Table 601.40.

Percentage of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary education, by age group and OECD or other country: Selected years, 2002 through 2011

Country	Secondary education, 2011								Postsecondary education (total tertiary education)
	16 years old	17 years old	18 to 21 years old					22 years old and older	18 to 21 years old				22 to 25 years old				26 to 29 years old
			Total	18 years old	19 years old	20 years old	21 years old
									2002	2005	2010	2011	2002	2005	2010	2011	2002	2005	2010		2011
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20		21
OECD average1	94	88	25	56	28	14	9	1	26	28	31	31	21	23	25	26	9	10	11		11
Australia	95	80	23	39	24	18	14	3	35	34	36	37	20	21	23	24	10	10	11		11
Austria	90	75	18	44	19	8	4	#	15	16	21	21	18	20	26	26	9	9	15		15
Belgium	100	98	24	48	24	13	9	5	42	43	45	46	18	19	22	22	5	6	6		7
Canada	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36	35	—	—	20	20	—	—	8		8
Chile	90	86	12	32	10	3	2	#	—	—	36	39	—	—	26	28	—	—	11		11
Czech Republic	98	96	34	86	41	9	3	#	20	23	26	28	16	21	27	28	5	6	8		8
Denmark	94	89	50	84	58	34	23	2	10	10	13	15	29	34	35	37	16	20	19		20
Estonia	96	94	28	79	24	11	6	#	—	32	31	31	—	22	25	26	—	12	10		11
Finland	95	95	41	93	34	18	17	4	21	24	22	22	39	40	38	38	19	20	20		20
France	93	87	20	46	22	9	4	#	35	36	37	38	20	20	20	20	5	5	5		5
Germany	97	92	41	82	48	24	16	#	12	13	18	19	20	23	25	26	12	13	13		14
Greece	96	94	11	19	11	9	4	#	46	65	44	48	24	18	31	30	11	8	16	2	18	2
Hungary	100	98	32	75	33	14	8	1	24	29	29	28	18	23	24	24	7	9	8		7
Iceland	95	88	52	81	71	35	23	3	10	12	14	14	24	28	28	31	12	16	16		17
Ireland	100	86	12	39	5	2	1	#	36	38	46	41	11	13	13	13	5	5	—		—
Israel	94	88	5	16	2	1	#	#	10	12	13	13	26	25	27	27	17	15	18		19
Italy	91	88	27	75	21	8	4	#	24	29	27	27	21	23	25	25	8	8	8		8
Japan	93	94	1	3	1	—	—	#	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—
Korea, Republic of	95	91	2	6	#	#	#	#	56	65	70	68	32	32	38	38	7	6	8		8
Luxembourg	89	80	40	70	46	27	15	#	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—
Mexico	64	51	13	20	28	3	1	2	15	16	20	21	7	9	10	10	3	3	3		3
Netherlands	99	90	39	66	44	29	18	2	28	29	34	36	22	24	27	31	6	7	8		11
New Zealand	97	83	14	29	12	8	6	2	30	34	36	37	17	23	22	22	8	11	12		11
Norway	95	92	39	88	39	19	10	1	17	19	20	21	27	30	28	28	13	14	13		13
Poland	97	96	36	92	41	11	6	#	27	31	35	35	26	30	32	32	7	6	6		6
Portugal	100	90	26	51	28	16	10	2	25	27	33	34	20	21	18	20	8	8	7		8
Slovak Republic	94	91	32	81	39	9	2	#	21	22	26	25	13	16	24	24	4	5	6		6
Slovenia	97	95	26	86	26	#	#	1	—	37	43	44	—	35	39	39	—	11	11		10
Spain	95	89	25	47	28	17	11	1	35	34	37	38	24	22	23	25	8	9	9		10
Sweden	100	98	37	94	25	14	14	2	17	17	18	18	28	32	29	29	13	16	16		16
Switzerland	91	88	40	79	49	23	11	#	10	12	14	15	18	20	24	24	9	10	12		12
Turkey	73	65	8	30	—	—	—	—	—	20	30	33	—	11	22	23	—	4	8		9
United Kingdom	97	83	15	34	14	8	6	1	30	28	32	33	12	13	13	13	6	7	7		7
United States	93	84	7	25	4	#	#	#	46	45	49	50	25	23	28	27	11	11	12		14
Other reporting countries
Brazil	87	84	30	54	31	19	13	2	3	10	13	15	10	9	13	15	5	5	8		8
Russian Federation	69	45	6	15	5	4	1	#	42	41	—	49	10	26	—	21	—	—	—		10

—Not available.

#Rounds to zero.

1 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.

2 Data are for the population 26 to 28 years old.

NOTE: Data refer to programs classified as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) level 3, level 5A (first and second award), level 5B, and level 6. ISCED level 3 corresponds to secondary education in the United States. ISCED levels 5A (first and second award), 5B, and 6 together make up total tertiary education, which corresponds to 2-year and 4-year college undergraduate and graduate programs in the United States. Excludes enrollment in ISCED level 4, which is non-tertiary education that corresponds to enrollment in programs of less than 2 years after high school in the United States. Includes both full-time and part-time students. Some increases in enrollment rates may be due to more complete reporting by countries. Enrollment rates may not be directly comparable across countries due to differing definitions of postsecondary (tertiary) education and the age at which it begins. Differences in reference dates between enrollment and population data can result in enrollment rates that exceed 100 percent. Postsecondary data for Luxembourg are not shown because tertiary students generally study for no more than 1 year in Luxembourg and must complete their studies in other countries.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Online Education Database, retrieved December 26, 2013, from http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared December 2013.)