Table 603.40.

Percentage of the population 25 to 64 years old who attained a postsecondary vocational degree, by age group and country: Selected years, 1999 through 2011

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Country	1999		2001		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009				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	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		Total, 25 to 64 years old		25 to 34 years old
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14		15		16		17		18		19
OECD average1	8.4	10.5	8.9	10.8	8.6	9.6	9.0	10.0	9.4	10.1	9.7	10.4	10.4	(0.03)	11.0	(0.07)	10.2	(0.03)	10.9	(0.07)	9.9	(0.03)	10.3	(0.06)
Australia	9.0	8.8	9.7	9.7	9.0	8.9	9.2	9.6	9.6	10.2	10.1	9.8	10.1	(0.20)	10.2	(0.39)	10.7	(0.29)	10.2	(0.52)	10.4	(0.17)	9.6	(0.33)
Austria2	4.7	5.8	7.3	7.4	8.7	8.1	7.5	6.3	7.2	5.6	7.4	5.9	7.6	(0.08)	5.8	(0.16)	7.3	(0.19)	5.4	(0.29)	7.3	(0.18)	5.5	(0.36)
Belgium	13.9	17.9	14.9	19.7	17.3	21.5	17.7	22.5	18.1	23.1	15.9	19.5	15.9	(0.15)	18.3	(0.34)	17.8	(0.16)	20.5	(0.36)	17.6	(0.16)	19.3	(0.36)
Canada	20.2	23.7	21.2	25.4	22.8	25.6	22.9	25.5	23.7	26.3	23.6	26.1	24.1	(0.16)	26.0	(0.32)	24.2	(0.17)	25.8	(0.38)	24.6	(0.16)	25.6	(0.33)
Chile2,3,4	0.9	1.4	1.0	1.6	2.8	4.1	---	---	---	---	8.5	11.5	8.0	(0.11)	11.0	(0.22)	10.3	(0.13)	13.1	(0.23)	12.1	(0.13)	14.5	(0.23)
Denmark	---	---	5.3	5.8	7.6	9.1	7.6	9.1	6.7	8.1	7.0	8.2	7.2	(0.11)	8.5	(0.35)	6.3	(0.10)	6.2	(0.25)	5.6	(0.09)	5.4	(0.22)
Estonia	---	---	---	---	11.1	8.7	11.1	8.7	11.1	9.4	12.0	12.3	13.2	(0.33)	14.8	(0.75)	13.3	(0.55)	14.0	(1.24)	12.1	(0.30)	12.3	(0.67)
Finland	17.4	21.8	17.5	20.2	16.6	11.0	15.9	9.0	15.4	7.5	15.0	5.4	14.7	(0.11)	3.4	(0.13)	14.7	(0.18)	2.5	(0.17)	14.4	(0.17)	1.6	(0.13)
France	10.5	15.6	11.2	16.7	10.0	17.0	10.6	17.7	10.9	17.7	11.1	16.9	11.6	(0.07)	17.5	(0.18)	11.5	(0.06)	16.9	(0.16)	11.5	(0.06)	16.0	(0.16)
Germany	9.9	8.6	9.7	8.2	9.7	7.4	8.9	6.8	8.7	6.5	9.0	6.5	9.3	(0.05)	6.8	(0.09)	9.6	(0.05)	7.2	(0.10)	11.2	(0.06)	9.4	(0.11)
Greece	5.5	8.6	5.4	7.4	6.7	8.4	7.0	9.0	7.4	9.4	6.6	9.6	6.7	(0.06)	10.1	(0.16)	7.2	(0.16)	10.9	(0.34)	7.7	(0.07)	11.8	(0.18)
Hungary	---	---	---	---	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.6	#	0.9	#	1.0	#	(†)	1.0	(#)	0.6	(0.02)	1.4	(0.06)	0.6	(0.04)	1.6	(0.11)
Iceland	4.6	5.3	6.0	5.5	4.7	3.3	3.9	3.0	3.7	3.2	3.4	2.2	3.9	(0.21)	2.5	(0.31)	3.8	(0.20)	2.2	(0.30)	3.9	(0.20)	2.5	(0.32)
Ireland2	10.5	13.4	21.6	28.1	10.6	14.4	10.9	14.0	11.1	14.0	11.7	14.5	14.9	(0.10)	18.7	(0.20)	15.6	(0.10)	18.4	(0.20)	14.7	(0.10)	16.1	(0.20)
Israel	---	---	---	---	16.0	15.1	16.0	15.1	15.2	13.4	15.1	13.4	15.5	(0.14)	13.4	(0.26)	15.0	(0.14)	12.4	(0.25)	15.4	(0.14)	13.4	(0.25)
Italy	---	---	---	---	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	#	#	#	(†)	#	(†)	#	(†)	#	(†)	0.3	(0.01)	0.2	(0.02)
Japan	13.4	22.1	14.6	23.4	17.7	25.3	17.5	24.4	17.9	24.6	18.5	24.1	19.1	(0.10)	23.9	(0.25)	19.5	(0.16)	23.7	(0.34)	20.1	(0.15)	23.8	(0.35)
Korea, Republic of	5.8	11.9	6.7	14.5	8.9	19.3	9.5	20.1	10.2	21.6	10.9	23.3	11.6	(0.16)	25.5	(0.42)	12.2	(0.17)	26.0	(0.43)	12.6	(0.17)	24.9	(0.43)
Luxembourg	6.6	8.1	6.7	8.3	9.6	13.2	7.6	10.8	8.8	11.9	7.7	10.8	14.6	(0.34)	20.4	(0.87)	14.7	(0.34)	18.1	(0.84)	12.0	(0.31)	14.5	(0.72)
Mexico	1.3	2.2	1.7	2.7	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	(0.01)	1.2	(0.03)	1.1	(#)	1.3	(#)	1.1	(#)	1.2	(#)
Netherlands	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.4	1.8	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.6	2.4	2.2	2.8	(0.03)	2.5	(0.07)	2.5	(0.03)	2.4	(0.07)	2.5	(0.03)	2.2	(0.07)
New Zealand	13.9	10.4	15.3	11.6	7.4	4.6	15.3	13.8	15.7	14.3	14.9	13.9	16.9	(0.36)	15.9	(0.76)	16.4	(0.31)	14.9	(0.64)	15.5	(0.30)	14.6	(0.64)
Norway2	2.0	2.2	2.6	2.6	2.4	1.9	2.4	1.7	2.4	1.9	2.4	1.8	2.2	(0.06)	1.4	(0.11)	2.1	(0.06)	1.0	(0.09)	2.2	(0.06)	1.1	(0.09)
Portugal	2.7	3.0	2.4	3.1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	(†)	---	(†)	---	(†)	---	(†)	---	(†)	---	(†)
Slovak Republic	---	---	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.8	(0.04)	0.9	(0.08)	0.7	(0.04)	0.6	(0.05)	1.3	(0.09)	1.3	(0.22)
Slovenia	---	---	---	---	9.6	9.5	9.6	9.5	10.6	12.4	10.8	11.7	10.8	(0.16)	11.7	(0.35)	10.6	(0.16)	12.2	(0.36)	11.2	(0.17)	12.6	(0.37)
Spain	6.2	11.4	6.7	11.6	8.3	12.8	8.7	13.2	9.0	13.0	9.2	13.0	9.5	(0.05)	13.2	(0.11)	9.2	(0.05)	12.2	(0.11)	9.3	(0.17)	12.4	(0.41)
Sweden	15.6	20.7	14.7	17.1	9.1	8.9	8.8	8.5	8.7	8.5	8.6	8.4	8.7	(0.07)	8.5	(0.15)	8.8	(0.06)	8.2	(0.13)	9.0	(0.07)	8.6	(0.13)
Switzerland	9.1	9.3	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.1	9.9	9.0	10.0	9.5	10.4	9.7	10.3	(0.17)	9.4	(0.36)	10.8	(0.11)	9.9	(0.24)	10.7	(0.10)	9.5	(0.23)
United Kingdom	8.2	8.4	8.0	9.0	8.8	8.1	8.7	8.2	9.1	7.7	9.0	7.7	10.0	(0.06)	8.5	(0.12)	10.2	(0.13)	8.1	(0.25)	9.8	(0.06)	7.6	(0.12)
United States	8.3	8.7	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.0	9.6	9.3	9.4	9.3	9.6	9.3	9.8	(0.08)	8.9	(0.15)	10.0	(0.12)	9.5	(0.22)	10.3	(0.11)	10.1	(0.24)
Other reporting       countries
Russian Federation5	---	---	33.5	34.2	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	(†)	---	(†)	---	(†)	---	(†)	26.4	(†)	22.4	(†)

---Not available.

†Not applicable.

#Rounds to zero.

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 1998 reported for 1999.

3 Data from 2000 reported for 2001.

4 Data from 2004 reported for 2005.

5 Data from 2002 reported for 2001.

NOTE: Data in this table refer to degrees classified as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) level 5B. ISCED level 5B corresponds to the associate's degree in the United States. Data for the Czech Republic, Poland, and Turkey are not shown because these countries are not able to separate tertiary degrees at this level. Standard errors are not available for years prior to 2009.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2001 through 2013. (This table was prepared September 2013.)