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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 2014 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | 2001 | 2005 | 2012 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | 75.2 | (0.03) | 82.5 | (0.07) | 76.3 | (0.03) | 83.2 | (0.07) | 80.3 | (0.06) | 74.2 | (0.07) | 66.2 | (0.08) |
| Australia | 58.9 | 70.7 | 65.0 | 78.6 | 76.4 | (0.25) | 86.6 | (0.41) | 77.1 | (0.25) | 86.7 | (0.40) | 82.3 | (0.45) | 71.2 | (0.53) | 65.3 | (0.60) |
| Austria2,3 | 75.7 | 83.3 | 80.6 | 87.5 | 83.1 | (0.24) | 88.6 | (0.50) | 83.9 | (0.20) | 90.0 | (0.34) | 86.1 | (0.37) | 83.4 | (0.34) | 75.2 | (0.48) |
| Belgium2 | 58.5 | 75.3 | 66.1 | 80.9 | 71.6 | (0.19) | 81.9 | (0.35) | 73.6 | (0.21) | 82.3 | (0.38) | 80.4 | (0.37) | 72.4 | (0.39) | 58.7 | (0.46) |
| Canada | 81.9 | 89.3 | 85.2 | 90.8 | 89.1 | (0.13) | 92.2 | (0.19) | 90.0 | (0.12) | 92.6 | (0.19) | 92.8 | (0.18) | 89.2 | (0.20) | 85.4 | (0.25) |
| Chile2,4,5,6 | 45.9 | 57.9 | 50.0 | 64.3 | 57.5 | (0.16) | 76.6 | (0.27) | 61.4 | (0.15) | 80.0 | (0.24) | 65.9 | (0.29) | 53.4 | (0.29) | 41.7 | (0.33) |
| Czech Republic | 86.2 | 92.5 | 89.9 | 93.9 | 92.5 | (0.07) | 93.7 | (0.15) | 93.2 | (0.07) | 94.6 | (0.15) | 95.9 | (0.11) | 94.1 | (0.14) | 87.6 | (0.18) |
| Denmark | 80.2 | 86.3 | 81.0 | 87.4 | 77.9 | (0.16) | 81.7 | (0.36) | 79.6 | (0.16) | 82.2 | (0.36) | 84.0 | (0.30) | 80.4 | (0.28) | 71.6 | (0.34) |
| Estonia | — | — | 89.1 | 87.4 | 89.8 | (0.41) | 86.4 | (0.95) | 91.0 | (0.25) | 89.0 | (0.57) | 89.0 | (0.52) | 94.0 | (0.40) | 92.0 | (0.47) |
| Finland | 73.8 | 86.8 | 78.8 | 89.4 | 84.8 | (0.18) | 90.0 | (0.32) | 86.5 | (0.12) | 90.2 | (0.22) | 90.3 | (0.21) | 89.0 | (0.21) | 77.2 | (0.27) |
| France6,7 | 63.9 | 78.4 | 66.3 | 81.1 | 72.5 | (0.09) | 83.3 | (0.16) | 74.8 | (0.08) | 85.3 | (0.15) | 81.1 | (0.15) | 72.3 | (0.16) | 61.0 | (0.18) |
| Germany | 82.6 | 85.5 | 83.1 | 84.1 | 86.3 | (0.12) | 86.8 | (0.32) | 86.9 | (0.12) | 87.3 | (0.32) | 87.0 | (0.32) | 87.4 | (0.28) | 85.8 | (0.31) |
| Greece | 51.4 | 72.6 | 57.1 | 73.6 | 68.5 | (0.13) | 82.5 | (0.23) | 68.3 | (0.13) | 81.7 | (0.24) | 75.1 | (0.24) | 64.7 | (0.26) | 49.8 | (0.27) |
| Hungary | 70.2 | 80.9 | 76.4 | 85.0 | 82.1 | (0.10) | 87.5 | (0.18) | 83.1 | (0.10) | 87.0 | (0.20) | 85.6 | (0.18) | 82.6 | (0.21) | 77.2 | (0.21) |
| Iceland | 56.9 | 61.2 | 62.9 | 69.0 | 71.0 | (0.48) | 75.0 | (0.87) | 73.3 | (0.48) | 73.8 | (0.95) | 77.7 | (0.92) | 72.9 | (0.95) | 68.1 | (1.02) |
| Ireland | 57.6 | 73.4 | 64.5 | 81.1 | 74.6 | (0.13) | 85.9 | (0.19) | 78.8 | (0.22) | 90.1 | (0.25) | 85.6 | (0.26) | 74.4 | (0.36) | 58.9 | (0.46) |
| Israel | — | — | 79.2 | 85.7 | 84.5 | (0.15) | 90.3 | (0.23) | 85.4 | (0.14) | 90.8 | (0.22) | 87.0 | (0.26) | 82.5 | (0.31) | 78.2 | (0.35) |
| Italy | 43.3 | 57.5 | 50.1 | 65.9 | 57.2 | (0.14) | 71.8 | (0.37) | 59.3 | (0.15) | 73.8 | (0.38) | 64.7 | (0.31) | 54.0 | (0.28) | 46.1 | (0.29) |
| Japan | 83.1 | 93.6 | — | — | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
| Korea, Republic of | 68.0 | 94.6 | 75.5 | 97.3 | 82.4 | (0.20) | 98.2 | (0.14) | 85.0 | (0.18) | 98.3 | (0.13) | 97.4 | (0.15) | 84.1 | (0.35) | 54.4 | (0.63) |
| Luxembourg | 52.7 | 59.4 | 65.9 | 76.5 | 78.3 | (0.31) | 86.1 | (0.58) | 82.0 | (0.44) | 86.9 | (0.92) | 86.4 | (0.77) | 79.3 | (0.86) | 73.1 | (0.97) |
| Mexico | 21.6 | 25.4 | 21.3 | 24.0 | 37.3 | (0.06) | 45.8 | (0.12) | 33.7 | (0.06) | 45.6 | (0.12) | 33.3 | (0.12) | 28.3 | (0.13) | 19.9 | (0.14) |
| Netherlands2,7 | 65.0 | 74.0 | 71.8 | 81.3 | 73.4 | (0.09) | 83.3 | (0.17) | 75.9 | (0.09) | 85.2 | (0.17) | 80.2 | (0.17) | 74.1 | (0.16) | 64.9 | (0.18) |
| New Zealand | 75.7 | 81.8 | 78.7 | 85.2 | 74.1 | (0.37) | 80.0 | (0.72) | 74.1 | (0.37) | 81.1 | (0.69) | 78.1 | (0.68) | 71.0 | (0.72) | 65.6 | (0.81) |
| Norway2 | 85.2 | 93.4 | 77.2 | 83.5 | 82.1 | (0.16) | 82.1 | (0.36) | 81.9 | (0.17) | 81.4 | (0.36) | 86.0 | (0.29) | 79.7 | (0.33) | 80.4 | (0.35) |
| Poland | 45.9 | 51.7 | 51.4 | 62.5 | 89.6 | (0.06) | 94.4 | (0.10) | 90.5 | (0.07) | 94.2 | (0.11) | 93.0 | (0.12) | 90.8 | (0.13) | 84.2 | (0.15) |
| Portugal | 19.9 | 32.5 | 26.5 | 42.8 | 37.6 | (0.17) | 57.9 | (0.39) | 43.3 | (0.17) | 64.7 | (0.38) | 52.3 | (0.32) | 34.2 | (0.30) | 22.9 | (0.27) |
| Slovak Republic | 85.1 | 93.7 | 85.7 | 93.0 | 91.7 | (0.23) | 94.1 | (0.41) | 90.8 | (0.12) | 92.5 | (0.25) | 94.0 | (0.21) | 91.6 | (0.24) | 84.5 | (0.29) |
| Slovenia | — | — | 80.3 | 91.2 | 85.0 | (0.19) | 94.2 | (0.27) | 85.7 | (0.18) | 93.9 | (0.27) | 90.7 | (0.33) | 84.1 | (0.36) | 74.6 | (0.44) |
| Spain | 40.0 | 57.1 | 48.8 | 63.9 | 54.6 | (0.08) | 64.2 | (0.17) | 56.6 | (0.28) | 65.6 | (0.61) | 65.4 | (0.51) | 53.0 | (0.52) | 38.6 | (0.56) |
| Sweden | 80.6 | 90.7 | 83.6 | 90.6 | 87.5 | (0.08) | 90.8 | (0.14) | 81.6 | (0.09) | 81.8 | (0.20) | 86.2 | (0.17) | 83.8 | (0.17) | 73.7 | (0.21) |
| Switzerland | 87.4 | 91.8 | 83.0 | 87.9 | 86.3 | (0.13) | 89.4 | (0.28) | 88.0 | (0.11) | 91.0 | (0.24) | 88.8 | (0.21) | 87.4 | (0.20) | 84.3 | (0.25) |
| Turkey | 24.3 | 30.2 | 27.2 | 35.7 | 33.9 | (0.09) | 45.9 | (0.18) | 35.6 | (0.09) | 49.5 | (0.19) | 35.3 | (0.18) | 24.6 | (0.17) | 21.0 | (0.18) |
| United Kingdom3,7,8 | 63.0 | 68.0 | 66.7 | 72.9 | 78.1 | (0.09) | 84.8 | (0.16) | 79.2 | (0.09) | 86.2 | (0.16) | 81.6 | (0.17) | 76.5 | (0.18) | 71.3 | (0.20) |
| United States | 87.7 | 88.1 | 87.8 | 86.7 | 89.3 | (0.16) | 89.3 | (0.29) | 89.6 | (0.15) | 90.0 | (0.29) | 89.0 | (0.26) | 89.4 | (0.29) | 89.9 | (0.29) |
| Other reporting countries | ||||||||||||||||||
| Argentina | 41.9 | 51.5 | — | — | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
| Brazil4,6 | 27.2 | 31.8 | 29.5 | 38.0 | 44.9 | (0.11) | 58.9 | (0.19) | 46.4 | (0.26) | 60.8 | (0.33) | 47.6 | (0.35) | 40.0 | (0.37) | 28.4 | (0.40) |
| China9 | 14.9 | 15.8 | — | 24.5 | (—) | 35.7 | (—) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | |
| Colombia5 | — | — | — | — | 41.8 | (—) | — | (†) | 52.0 | (0.25) | 67.4 | (0.31) | 53.3 | (0.37) | 41.7 | (0.39) | 32.9 | (0.48) |
| Costa Rica | — | — | — | — | — | (†) | — | (†) | 39.6 | (—) | 47.2 | (—) | 37.3 | (—) | 35.7 | (—) | 34.7 | (—) |
| Indonesia5 | 21.4 | 32.8 | — | — | 31.0 | (—) | 40.0 | (—) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
| Latvia | — | — | — | — | 89.1 | (0.27) | 85.4 | (0.69) | 89.5 | (0.33) | 86.0 | (0.72) | 87.5 | (0.64) | 94.7 | (0.38) | 89.7 | (0.53) |
| Lithuania | — | — | — | — | — | (†) | — | (†) | 91.2 | (0.15) | 88.4 | (0.44) | 88.3 | (0.36) | 95.8 | (0.19) | 91.4 | (0.29) |
| Russian Federation6,10 | 88.0 | 91.0 | — | — | 94.3 | (0.05) | 94.4 | (0.10) | 94.7 | (0.05) | 94.8 | (0.10) | 95.2 | (0.10) | 96.2 | (0.08) | 92.3 | (0.14) |
| Saudi Arabia4,6 | — | — | 34.2 | — | — | (†) | — | (†) | 51.0 | (—) | 64.8 | (—) | 49.0 | (—) | 39.9 | (—) | 27.7 | (—) |
| South Africa | — | — | — | — | 64.9 | (—) | 77.4 | (—) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
| —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 secondary programs. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Data from 2004 reported for 2005. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Data from 2011 reported for 2012. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Data from 2013 reported for 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 Data in 2001 columns include some short secondary (ISCED 3C) programs. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 Data for 2014 include some persons (18 percent of the total) who have completed a sufficient volume and standard of programs, any one of which individually would be classified as a program that only partially completes the high school (or upper secondary) level of education. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 Data from 2010 reported for 2012. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 Data from 2002 reported for 2001. | ||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) was revised in 2011. The previous version, ISCED 1997, was used to calculate all data for 2012 and earlier years. For most countries, data for 2014 were calculated using ISCED 2011 and may not be comparable to data for earlier years. (The countries for which 2014 data were calculated using ISCED 1997 are Brazil, the Russian Federation, and Saudi Arabia.) Data in this table refer to degrees classified as ISCED level 3, which corresponds to high school completion in the United States, with the following exceptions: Programs classified under ISCED 1997 as level 3C short programs do not correspond to high school completion; these short programs are excluded from this table except where otherwise noted. Programs classified under ISCED 2011 as only partially completing level 3 are also excluded 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, selected years, 2002 through 2015. (This table was prepared January 2016.) |