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| 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 2012 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | 1999 | 2001 | 2005 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2012 | |||||||||||||
| 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 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | ||||||
| OECD average1 | 8.4 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 10.4 | (0.03) | 11.0 | (0.07) | 10.2 | (0.04) | 10.9 | (0.07) | 9.8 | (0.03) | 10.0 | (0.06) |
| Australia | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 10.1 | (0.20) | 10.2 | (0.39) | 10.7 | (0.29) | 10.2 | (0.52) | 11.5 | (0.17) | 10.5 | (0.33) |
| Austria2 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 7.6 | (0.08) | 5.8 | (0.16) | 7.3 | (0.19) | 5.4 | (0.29) | 7.3 | (0.14) | 5.2 | (0.29) |
| Belgium | 13.9 | 17.9 | 14.9 | 19.7 | 17.3 | 21.5 | 15.9 | 19.5 | 15.9 | (0.15) | 18.3 | (0.34) | 17.8 | (0.16) | 20.5 | (0.36) | 16.9 | (0.16) | 18.2 | (0.35) |
| Canada | 20.2 | 23.7 | 21.2 | 25.4 | 22.8 | 25.6 | 23.6 | 26.1 | 24.1 | (0.16) | 26.0 | (0.32) | 24.2 | (0.17) | 25.8 | (0.38) | 24.9 | (0.16) | 25.5 | (0.32) |
| Chile2,3,4,5 | 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) | 5.8 | (0.07) | 6.1 | (0.15) |
| Denmark | — | — | 5.3 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 7.2 | (0.11) | 8.5 | (0.35) | 6.3 | (0.10) | 6.2 | (0.25) | 5.6 | (0.09) | 5.3 | (0.21) |
| Estonia | — | — | — | — | 11.1 | 8.7 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 13.2 | (0.33) | 14.8 | (0.75) | 13.3 | (0.55) | 14.0 | (1.24) | 12.6 | (0.45) | 13.1 | (0.98) |
| Finland | 17.4 | 21.8 | 17.5 | 20.2 | 16.6 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 5.4 | 14.7 | (0.11) | 3.4 | (0.13) | 14.7 | (0.18) | 2.5 | (0.17) | 13.5 | (0.17) | 0.9 | (0.10) |
| France | 10.5 | 15.6 | 11.2 | 16.7 | 10.0 | 17.0 | 11.1 | 16.9 | 11.6 | (0.07) | 17.5 | (0.18) | 11.5 | (0.06) | 16.9 | (0.16) | 11.9 | (0.06) | 16.1 | (0.16) |
| Germany | 9.9 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 6.5 | 9.3 | (0.05) | 6.8 | (0.09) | 9.6 | (0.05) | 7.2 | (0.10) | 11.1 | (0.06) | 9.5 | (0.11) |
| Greece | 5.5 | 8.6 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 6.7 | (0.06) | 10.1 | (0.16) | 7.2 | (0.16) | 10.9 | (0.34) | 8.8 | (0.08) | 13.5 | (0.21) |
| Hungary | — | — | — | — | 0.2 | 0.5 | # | 1.0 | # | (†) | 1.0 | (#) | 0.6 | (0.02) | 1.4 | (0.06) | 0.7 | (0.02) | 1.5 | (0.07) |
| Iceland | 4.6 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 3.9 | (0.21) | 2.5 | (0.31) | 3.8 | (0.20) | 2.2 | (0.30) | 4.1 | (0.21) | 2.6 | (0.32) |
| Ireland2 | 10.5 | 13.4 | 21.6 | 28.1 | 10.6 | 14.4 | 11.7 | 14.5 | 14.9 | (0.10) | 18.7 | (0.20) | 15.6 | (0.10) | 18.4 | (0.20) | 14.8 | (0.10) | 16.0 | (0.20) |
| Israel | — | — | — | — | 16.0 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 13.4 | 15.5 | (0.14) | 13.4 | (0.26) | 15.0 | (0.14) | 12.4 | (0.25) | 13.9 | (0.14) | 11.7 | (0.25) |
| Italy | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.6 | # | # | # | (†) | # | (†) | # | (†) | # | (†) | 0.3 | (—) | 0.2 | (—) |
| Japan | 13.4 | 22.1 | 14.6 | 23.4 | 17.7 | 25.3 | 18.5 | 24.1 | 19.1 | (0.10) | 23.9 | (0.25) | 19.5 | (0.16) | 23.7 | (0.34) | 20.2 | (0.15) | 23.4 | (0.35) |
| Korea, Republic of | 5.8 | 11.9 | 6.7 | 14.5 | 8.9 | 19.3 | 10.9 | 23.3 | 11.6 | (0.16) | 25.5 | (0.42) | 12.2 | (0.17) | 26.0 | (0.43) | 13.3 | (0.17) | 25.8 | (0.43) |
| Luxembourg | 6.6 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 13.2 | 7.7 | 10.8 | 14.6 | (0.34) | 20.4 | (0.87) | 14.7 | (0.34) | 18.1 | (0.84) | 13.1 | (0.25) | 14.1 | (0.58) |
| Mexico | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | (0.01) | 1.2 | (0.03) | 1.1 | (#) | 1.3 | (#) | 1.2 | (#) | 1.4 | (#) |
| Netherlands | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.8 | (0.03) | 2.5 | (0.07) | 2.5 | (0.03) | 2.4 | (0.07) | 2.8 | (0.03) | 2.6 | (0.07) |
| New Zealand | 13.9 | 10.4 | 15.3 | 11.6 | 7.4 | 4.6 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 16.9 | (0.36) | 15.9 | (0.76) | 16.4 | (0.31) | 14.9 | (0.64) | 15.3 | (0.30) | 14.1 | (0.62) |
| Norway2 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | (0.06) | 1.4 | (0.11) | 2.1 | (0.06) | 1.0 | (0.09) | 2.4 | (0.06) | 0.8 | (0.08) |
| Portugal | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.1 | — | — | — | — | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) |
| Slovak Republic | — | — | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | (0.04) | 0.9 | (0.08) | 0.7 | (0.04) | 0.6 | (0.05) | 1.3 | (0.09) | 1.2 | (0.19) |
| Slovenia | — | — | — | — | 9.6 | 9.5 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 10.8 | (0.16) | 11.7 | (0.35) | 10.6 | (0.16) | 12.2 | (0.36) | 11.7 | (0.18) | 13.8 | (0.40) |
| Spain | 6.2 | 11.4 | 6.7 | 11.6 | 8.3 | 12.8 | 9.2 | 13.0 | 9.5 | (0.05) | 13.2 | (0.11) | 9.2 | (0.05) | 12.2 | (0.11) | 9.7 | (0.05) | 12.5 | (0.12) |
| Sweden | 15.6 | 20.7 | 14.7 | 17.1 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.7 | (0.07) | 8.5 | (0.15) | 8.8 | (0.06) | 8.2 | (0.13) | 9.1 | (0.07) | 9.4 | (0.14) |
| Switzerland | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 10.3 | (0.17) | 9.4 | (0.36) | 10.8 | (0.11) | 9.9 | (0.24) | 10.8 | (0.12) | 9.0 | (0.25) |
| United Kingdom | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 10.0 | (0.06) | 8.5 | (0.12) | 10.2 | (0.13) | 8.1 | (0.25) | 10.0 | (0.06) | 7.7 | (0.12) |
| United States | 8.3 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 9.8 | (0.08) | 8.9 | (0.15) | 10.0 | (0.12) | 9.5 | (0.22) | 10.4 | (0.12) | 9.9 | (0.20) |
| Other reporting countries |
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| Russian Federation6 | — | — | 33.5 | 34.2 | — | — | — | — | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | — | (†) | 25.7 | (—) | 21.5 | (—) |
| —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 2011 reported for 2012. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 Data from 2002 reported for 2001. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data in this table refer to degrees classified as International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 1997 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 do not 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, selected years, 2001 through 2014. (This table was prepared December 2014.) |
