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| Table 603.10. | Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who completed high school, by age group and country: Selected years, 2001 through 2011 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | ||||||||||||||
| Total, 25 to 64 years old |
25 to 34 years old | Total, 25 to 64 years old |
25 to 34 years old | Total, 25 to 64 years old |
25 to 34 years old | Total, 25 to 64 years old |
25 to 34 years old | 35 to 44 years old | 45 to 54 years old | 55 to 64 years old | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |||||||
| OECD average1 | 64.2 | 74.0 | 72.8 | 82.6 | 74.0 | (0.03) | 81.9 | (0.06) | 74.8 | (0.04) | 82.2 | (0.07) | 78.5 | (0.06) | 72.6 | (0.07) | 63.8 | (0.08) |
| Australia | 58.9 | 70.7 | 65.0 | 78.6 | 73.2 | (0.41) | 84.8 | (0.62) | 74.1 | (0.25) | 84.4 | (0.41) | 78.4 | (0.45) | 69.2 | (0.51) | 60.8 | (0.59) |
| Austria2,3 | 75.7 | 83.3 | 80.6 | 87.5 | 82.5 | (0.12) | 88.0 | (0.23) | 82.5 | (0.26) | 88.2 | (0.44) | 86.0 | (0.43) | 81.9 | (0.50) | 72.3 | (0.65) |
| Belgium2 | 58.5 | 75.3 | 66.1 | 80.9 | 70.5 | (0.19) | 82.1 | (0.34) | 71.3 | (0.19) | 81.9 | (0.35) | 79.0 | (0.35) | 68.0 | (0.38) | 55.5 | (0.43) |
| Canada | 81.9 | 89.3 | 85.2 | 90.8 | 88.4 | (0.12) | 92.2 | (0.20) | 88.8 | (0.13) | 92.5 | (0.19) | 91.8 | (0.19) | 87.8 | (0.21) | 82.8 | (0.28) |
| Chile4 | — | — | 50.0 | 64.3 | 71.4 | (0.19) | 86.6 | (0.24) | 72.3 | (0.18) | 87.8 | (0.23) | 76.9 | (0.28) | 67.0 | (0.32) | 55.5 | (0.40) |
| Czech Republic | 86.2 | 92.5 | 89.9 | 93.9 | 91.9 | (0.08) | 94.2 | (0.14) | 92.3 | (0.07) | 94.3 | (0.14) | 95.5 | (0.11) | 92.6 | (0.15) | 86.6 | (0.18) |
| Denmark | 80.2 | 86.3 | 81.0 | 87.4 | 75.7 | (0.17) | 79.8 | (0.42) | 76.9 | (0.17) | 80.3 | (0.38) | 81.7 | (0.30) | 76.0 | (0.30) | 69.8 | (0.36) |
| Estonia | — | — | 89.1 | 87.4 | 89.1 | (0.30) | 86.4 | (0.73) | 88.9 | (0.29) | 85.7 | (0.71) | 89.3 | (0.55) | 93.8 | (0.42) | 86.6 | (0.64) |
| Finland | 73.8 | 86.8 | 78.8 | 89.4 | 83.0 | (0.12) | 90.8 | (0.20) | 83.7 | (0.18) | 90.2 | (0.31) | 89.3 | (0.31) | 85.9 | (0.32) | 71.3 | (0.41) |
| France5 | 63.9 | 78.4 | 66.3 | 81.1 | 70.8 | (0.09) | 83.8 | (0.16) | 71.6 | (0.09) | 83.3 | (0.16) | 78.3 | (0.16) | 67.7 | (0.17) | 57.6 | (0.19) |
| Germany | 82.6 | 85.5 | 83.1 | 84.1 | 85.8 | (0.06) | 86.5 | (0.12) | 86.3 | (0.12) | 86.8 | (0.21) | 86.9 | (0.30) | 87.0 | (0.28) | 84.1 | (0.31) |
| Greece | 51.4 | 72.6 | 57.1 | 73.6 | 65.2 | (0.12) | 78.9 | (0.21) | 67.1 | (0.12) | 80.1 | (0.22) | 73.6 | (0.23) | 64.4 | (0.24) | 47.2 | (0.26) |
| Hungary | 70.2 | 80.9 | 76.4 | 85.0 | 81.3 | (0.10) | 86.3 | (0.19) | 81.8 | (0.27) | 87.3 | (0.32) | 83.3 | (0.41) | 80.7 | (0.46) | 75.3 | (0.50) |
| Iceland | 56.9 | 61.2 | 62.9 | 69.0 | 66.5 | (0.50) | 72.4 | (0.92) | 70.7 | (0.48) | 74.7 | (0.90) | 74.8 | (0.93) | 68.8 | (0.94) | 63.3 | (1.09) |
| Ireland | 57.6 | 73.4 | 64.5 | 81.1 | 73.5 | (0.12) | 86.9 | (0.18) | 73.4 | (0.13) | 85.0 | (0.20) | 79.8 | (0.22) | 68.4 | (0.27) | 52.3 | (0.33) |
| Israel | — | — | 79.2 | 85.7 | 82.1 | (0.15) | 88.1 | (0.24) | 83.0 | (0.15) | 89.7 | (0.23) | 84.6 | (0.28) | 79.5 | (0.35) | 74.2 | (0.41) |
| Italy | 43.3 | 57.5 | 50.1 | 65.9 | 55.2 | (0.08) | 71.0 | (0.18) | 56.0 | (0.14) | 71.3 | (0.36) | 60.3 | (0.29) | 51.8 | (0.28) | 40.3 | (0.28) |
| Japan | 83.1 | 93.6 | — | — | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
| Korea, Republic of | 68.0 | 94.6 | 75.5 | 97.3 | 80.4 | (0.20) | 97.8 | (0.14) | 81.4 | (0.20) | 98.0 | (0.14) | 95.6 | (0.19) | 75.4 | (0.42) | 45.1 | (0.63) |
| Luxembourg | 52.7 | 59.4 | 65.9 | 76.5 | 77.7 | (0.40) | 84.0 | (0.80) | 77.3 | (0.40) | 83.4 | (0.76) | 78.0 | (0.71) | 75.2 | (0.77) | 70.9 | (0.94) |
| Mexico | 21.6 | 25.4 | 21.3 | 24.0 | 36.2 | (0.06) | 43.6 | (0.12) | 36.3 | (0.06) | 44.0 | (0.12) | 36.9 | (0.12) | 33.7 | (0.13) | 23.3 | (0.15) |
| Netherlands2,5 | 65.0 | 74.0 | 71.8 | 81.3 | 73.0 | (0.09) | 82.7 | (0.18) | 72.3 | (0.09) | 81.7 | (0.18) | 77.2 | (0.17) | 70.6 | (0.17) | 60.3 | (0.20) |
| New Zealand | 75.7 | 81.8 | 78.7 | 85.2 | 73.0 | (0.37) | 79.4 | (0.73) | 74.1 | (0.36) | 80.4 | (0.71) | 77.8 | (0.66) | 73.2 | (0.70) | 63.7 | (0.83) |
| Norway2 | 85.2 | 93.4 | 77.2 | 83.5 | 80.6 | (0.16) | 83.0 | (0.34) | 81.9 | (0.16) | 83.8 | (0.33) | 84.6 | (0.29) | 77.6 | (0.34) | 81.4 | (0.33) |
| Poland | 45.9 | 51.7 | 51.4 | 62.5 | 88.7 | (0.07) | 93.7 | (0.10) | 89.1 | (0.06) | 94.1 | (0.10) | 91.9 | (0.12) | 89.5 | (0.12) | 80.0 | (0.16) |
| Portugal | 19.9 | 32.5 | 26.5 | 42.8 | 31.9 | (0.16) | 52.1 | (0.39) | 35.0 | (0.16) | 55.7 | (0.39) | 38.7 | (0.34) | 24.3 | (0.27) | 18.4 | (0.26) |
| Slovak Republic | 85.1 | 93.7 | 85.7 | 93.0 | 91.0 | (0.12) | 94.1 | (0.20) | 91.3 | (0.23) | 94.1 | (0.46) | 94.1 | (0.41) | 91.7 | (0.44) | 84.1 | (0.57) |
| Slovenia | — | — | 80.3 | 91.2 | 83.3 | (0.19) | 93.5 | (0.27) | 84.5 | (0.19) | 94.0 | (0.27) | 87.3 | (0.38) | 83.1 | (0.36) | 72.9 | (0.45) |
| Spain | 40.0 | 57.1 | 48.8 | 63.9 | 52.9 | (0.08) | 64.7 | (0.16) | 54.0 | (0.29) | 64.8 | (0.59) | 61.1 | (0.53) | 50.0 | (0.55) | 33.8 | (0.57) |
| Sweden | 80.6 | 90.7 | 83.6 | 90.6 | 86.5 | (0.08) | 91.1 | (0.13) | 87.0 | (0.08) | 90.9 | (0.14) | 91.4 | (0.13) | 87.4 | (0.15) | 78.2 | (0.18) |
| Switzerland | 87.4 | 91.8 | 83.0 | 87.9 | 86.1 | (0.12) | 90.2 | (0.24) | 85.6 | (0.12) | 89.1 | (0.24) | 87.4 | (0.21) | 84.6 | (0.23) | 80.7 | (0.26) |
| Turkey | 24.3 | 30.2 | 27.2 | 35.7 | 31.2 | (0.09) | 42.2 | (0.18) | 32.1 | (0.09) | 43.5 | (0.18) | 29.8 | (0.17) | 24.6 | (0.17) | 19.4 | (0.18) |
| United Kingdom3,5 | 63.0 | 68.0 | 66.7 | 72.9 | 75.1 | (0.18) | 82.9 | (0.35) | 76.8 | (0.09) | 84.3 | (0.17) | 80.3 | (0.17) | 74.7 | (0.18) | 66.7 | (0.20) |
| United States | 87.7 | 88.1 | 87.8 | 86.7 | 89.0 | (0.14) | 88.4 | (0.24) | 89.3 | (0.13) | 89.0 | (0.25) | 89.0 | (0.22) | 89.3 | (0.25) | 89.6 | (0.21) |
| Other reporting countries | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil4 | — | — | 29.5 | 38.0 | — | (†) | — | (†) | 43.3 | (0.11) | 56.7 | (0.19) | 44.0 | (0.21) | 36.4 | (0.22) | 26.2 | (0.25) |
| Russian Federation6 | 88.0 | 91.0 | — | — | — | (†) | — | (†) | 94.1 | (0.05) | 94.0 | (0.10) | 95.2 | (0.10) | 95.5 | (0.09) | 91.0 | (0.15) |
| —Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (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. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Data from 2000 reported for 2001. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Data in 2005 columns include some International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 3C short programs. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Data from 2004 reported for 2005. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Data in 2001 columns include some ISCED 3C short programs. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Data from 2002 reported for 2001. | ||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data in this table refer to degrees classified as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) level 3. ISCED level 3 corresponds to high school completion in the United States. ISCED 3C short programs do not correspond to high school completion; these short programs are excluded from this table except where otherwise noted. Standard errors are not available for 2001 and 2005. | ||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2013. (This table was prepared July 2013.) |
