Table 601.30.

School-age populations as a percentage of total population, by age group and OECD or other country: Selected years, 1985 through 2010

Country	5- to 14-year-olds as a percent of total population												15- to 19-year-olds as a percent of total population
	19851	19901	19951	1999	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	19852	19902	19952	1999	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
OECD average3	—	—	—	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	—	—	—	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Australia	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Austria	—	—	—	—	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Belgium	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Canada	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	6	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Chile	—	—	—	—	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	—	—	—	—	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Czech Republic	(4)	(4)	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	(4)	(4)	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
Denmark	12	10	10	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Estonia	(4)	(4)	—	—	—	—	11	10	10	10	9	9	(4)	(4)	—	—	—	—	8	8	8	7	7	6
Finland	11	12	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
France	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	5	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6
Germany5	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	6	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Greece	—	—	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	—	5	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Hungary	—	—	—	—	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Iceland	16	15	14	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	7	7	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7
Ireland	18	18	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6
Israel	—	—	—	—	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	—	—	—	—	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Italy	13	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Japan	14	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Korea, Republic of	—	—	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	—	—	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Luxembourg	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	5	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Mexico	—	—	—	—	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	—	—	—	—	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Netherlands	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
New Zealand	15	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7
Norway	13	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7
Poland	—	—	—	—	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	—	—	—	—	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Portugal	—	—	—	—	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Slovak Republic	(4)	(4)	—	—	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	(4)	(4)	—	—	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Slovenia	(4)	(4)	—	—	—	—	10	10	9	9	9	9	(4)	(4)	—	—	—	—	6	6	6	6	5	5
Spain	15	13	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	7	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Sweden	11	10	11	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Switzerland	11	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Turkey	21	21	20	21	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	9	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
United Kingdom	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6
United States	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Other reporting countries
Brazil	—	—	—	—	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	—	—	—	—	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Russian Federation	(4)	(4)	14	14	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	(4)	(4)	—	—	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6

—Not available.

1 Data are for the 5- to 13-year-old population.

2 Data are for the 14- to 17-year-old population.

3 Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting OECD countries, to which each country reporting data contributes equally. The average includes all current OECD countries for which a given year's data are available, even if they were not members of OECD in that year. However, if data for a given year are available for less than 75 percent of the countries, the average for that year is omitted.

4 Country did not exist in its current form in the given year.

5 Data for 1985 are for the former West Germany.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, selected years, 1987 through 2001; and Online Education Database, retrieved July 23, 2013, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared July 2013.)