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| Table 603.90. | Employment to population ratios of 25- to 64-year-olds, by sex, highest level of educational attainment, and country: 2017 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Total population, 25 to 64 years old | Male | Female | |||||||||||||||||||||
| All levels of education | Less than high school completion | High school completion | Associate's or higher degree | All levels of education | Less than high school completion | High school completion | Associate's or higher degree | All levels of education | Less than high school completion | High school completion | Associate's or higher degree | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| OECD average1 | 75.8 | (0.18) | 57.5 | (0.52) | 75.5 | (0.28) | 85.0 | (0.26) | 82.2 | (0.23) | 67.4 | (0.70) | 82.0 | (0.34) | 89.5 | (0.34) | 69.5 | (0.27) | 47.4 | (0.75) | 68.4 | (0.43) | 80.9 | (0.37) |
| Australia | 77.1 | (0.25) | 58.9 | (0.66) | 78.2 | (0.41) | 84.0 | (0.33) | 83.4 | (0.32) | 66.7 | (0.93) | 85.1 | (0.47) | 89.2 | (0.42) | 71.1 | (0.37) | 51.8 | (0.92) | 69.0 | (0.69) | 79.8 | (0.47) |
| Austria | 76.4 | (0.13) | 54.1 | (0.41) | 76.6 | (0.18) | 86.4 | (0.19) | 81.0 | (0.18) | 60.6 | (0.67) | 80.4 | (0.24) | 89.2 | (0.25) | 71.9 | (0.20) | 49.9 | (0.52) | 72.5 | (0.27) | 83.6 | (0.30) |
| Belgium | 71.9 | (0.16) | 46.5 | (0.35) | 73.3 | (0.26) | 85.2 | (0.20) | 77.0 | (0.21) | 55.2 | (0.50) | 79.8 | (0.32) | 88.3 | (0.27) | 66.8 | (0.23) | 37.2 | (0.49) | 65.9 | (0.40) | 82.6 | (0.28) |
| Canada | 77.2 | --- | 55.6 | --- | 74.2 | --- | 82.4 | --- | 81.1 | --- | 63.7 | --- | 79.4 | --- | 85.9 | --- | 73.4 | --- | 44.5 | --- | 67.3 | --- | 79.6 | --- |
| Chile2 | 71.2 | (0.12) | 62.2 | (0.21) | 71.8 | (0.19) | 84.4 | (0.23) | 86.3 | (0.14) | 83.6 | (0.23) | 85.9 | (0.22) | 91.0 | (0.26) | 58.4 | (0.18) | 43.9 | (0.29) | 59.6 | (0.29) | 78.8 | (0.34) |
| Czech Republic | 81.2 | (0.12) | 50.5 | (0.58) | 82.2 | (0.14) | 86.0 | (0.23) | 88.9 | (0.14) | 61.7 | (0.95) | 89.2 | (0.16) | 93.9 | (0.23) | 73.2 | (0.19) | 43.2 | (0.72) | 74.4 | (0.22) | 78.9 | (0.36) |
| Denmark | 79.4 | (0.18) | 62.1 | (0.55) | 81.0 | (0.27) | 85.9 | (0.24) | 82.8 | (0.25) | 70.9 | (0.71) | 84.1 | (0.35) | 88.4 | (0.35) | 75.9 | (0.27) | 51.2 | (0.81) | 77.4 | (0.43) | 83.9 | (0.34) |
| Estonia | 80.0 | (0.32) | 65.4 | (1.09) | 78.8 | (0.46) | 85.7 | (0.46) | 83.5 | (0.43) | 70.6 | (1.32) | 82.9 | (0.58) | 91.1 | (0.64) | 76.5 | (0.47) | 55.5 | (1.86) | 73.5 | (0.74) | 82.5 | (0.62) |
| Finland | 76.3 | (0.17) | 52.7 | (0.57) | 74.1 | (0.26) | 84.9 | (0.21) | 78.0 | (0.23) | 58.6 | (0.71) | 76.6 | (0.34) | 87.7 | (0.30) | 74.6 | (0.24) | 42.5 | (0.92) | 70.9 | (0.40) | 82.8 | (0.29) |
| France | 72.9 | (0.09) | 52.7 | (0.20) | 73.0 | (0.13) | 85.2 | (0.12) | 77.2 | (0.12) | 60.7 | (0.29) | 76.8 | (0.18) | 88.3 | (0.17) | 68.8 | (0.13) | 45.5 | (0.27) | 68.9 | (0.20) | 82.6 | (0.18) |
| Germany | 80.7 | (0.06) | 60.0 | (0.21) | 81.6 | (0.08) | 88.6 | (0.09) | 85.1 | (0.08) | 68.4 | (0.30) | 85.0 | (0.10) | 91.7 | (0.11) | 76.2 | (0.09) | 52.8 | (0.29) | 78.3 | (0.12) | 84.7 | (0.16) |
| Greece | 60.6 | (0.14) | 49.6 | (0.25) | 59.3 | (0.22) | 71.8 | (0.24) | 71.2 | (0.18) | 62.9 | (0.34) | 72.1 | (0.29) | 78.1 | (0.33) | 50.1 | (0.20) | 35.4 | (0.33) | 46.5 | (0.31) | 66.4 | (0.35) |
| Hungary | 75.8 | (0.12) | 55.1 | (0.32) | 77.6 | (0.15) | 85.1 | (0.24) | 83.8 | (0.15) | 66.0 | (0.47) | 84.8 | (0.18) | 92.4 | (0.28) | 68.1 | (0.19) | 46.9 | (0.42) | 69.3 | (0.25) | 79.6 | (0.35) |
| Iceland | 88.2 | (0.38) | 77.0 | (1.01) | 89.5 | (0.61) | 93.1 | (0.46) | 91.3 | (0.47) | 82.1 | (1.33) | 92.6 | (0.67) | 95.9 | (0.57) | 84.9 | (0.58) | 71.5 | (1.49) | 84.5 | (1.13) | 91.1 | (0.65) |
| Ireland | 74.0 | (0.16) | 50.9 | (0.42) | 71.9 | (0.27) | 84.9 | (0.20) | 80.9 | (0.21) | 62.3 | (0.54) | 81.6 | (0.34) | 89.5 | (0.25) | 67.5 | (0.24) | 35.2 | (0.61) | 62.5 | (0.41) | 81.0 | (0.29) |
| Israel | 77.8 | (0.11) | 52.5 | (0.36) | 73.6 | (0.19) | 87.1 | (0.12) | 82.9 | (0.14) | 68.6 | (0.48) | 78.4 | (0.24) | 90.8 | (0.16) | 72.9 | (0.16) | 35.4 | (0.49) | 67.7 | (0.29) | 84.2 | (0.18) |
| Italy | 65.3 | (0.09) | 51.8 | (0.15) | 71.0 | (0.13) | 80.7 | (0.17) | 75.9 | (0.11) | 66.7 | (0.19) | 81.0 | (0.16) | 85.7 | (0.24) | 55.0 | (0.13) | 35.5 | (0.20) | 60.8 | (0.19) | 77.1 | (0.24) |
| Japan3 | 81.6 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 84.0 | --- | 91.3 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 94.1 | --- | 71.9 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 74.2 | --- |
| Korea, Republic of | 74.2 | --- | 65.8 | --- | 73.0 | --- | 77.4 | --- | 86.0 | --- | 77.3 | --- | 84.4 | --- | 88.9 | --- | 62.1 | --- | 58.3 | --- | 61.7 | --- | 63.8 | --- |
| Latvia | 76.4 | (0.29) | 61.4 | (0.89) | 72.9 | (0.40) | 87.6 | (0.41) | 78.6 | (0.41) | 67.6 | (1.09) | 77.0 | (0.54) | 89.9 | (0.66) | 74.4 | (0.40) | 50.6 | (1.47) | 68.4 | (0.60) | 86.3 | (0.51) |
| Lithuania | 78.8 | (0.22) | 52.1 | (1.02) | 73.4 | (0.31) | 90.7 | (0.26) | 79.2 | (0.32) | 54.0 | (1.30) | 76.5 | (0.43) | 91.4 | (0.42) | 78.5 | (0.30) | 48.7 | (1.63) | 70.0 | (0.46) | 90.2 | (0.33) |
| Luxembourg | 76.1 | (0.37) | 60.4 | (0.81) | 74.8 | (0.60) | 86.3 | (0.50) | 80.0 | (0.49) | 68.7 | (1.13) | 76.7 | (0.81) | 89.8 | (0.64) | 72.0 | (0.54) | 52.2 | (1.14) | 72.7 | (0.89) | 82.9 | (0.77) |
| Mexico | 68.5 | (0.11) | 64.6 | (0.14) | 70.6 | (0.23) | 80.0 | (0.21) | 89.0 | (0.11) | 89.0 | (0.14) | 89.6 | (0.23) | 88.4 | (0.23) | 50.6 | (0.16) | 43.8 | (0.20) | 54.5 | (0.34) | 71.6 | (0.33) |
| Netherlands | 79.3 | --- | 61.3 | --- | 80.1 | --- | 88.8 | --- | 85.2 | --- | 73.5 | --- | 85.4 | --- | 91.7 | --- | 73.4 | --- | 49.5 | --- | 74.6 | --- | 86.0 | --- |
| New Zealand | 82.8 | (0.28) | 72.9 | (0.69) | 82.6 | (0.44) | 88.6 | (0.39) | 89.1 | (0.34) | 81.3 | (0.87) | 89.9 | (0.49) | 92.9 | (0.48) | 76.9 | (0.43) | 64.6 | (1.03) | 74.9 | (0.71) | 85.1 | (0.58) |
| Norway | 80.3 | (0.17) | 61.1 | (0.49) | 79.7 | (0.27) | 88.8 | (0.20) | 82.4 | (0.23) | 66.9 | (0.66) | 82.8 | (0.34) | 89.6 | (0.29) | 78.1 | (0.25) | 54.5 | (0.72) | 75.7 | (0.43) | 88.2 | (0.28) |
| Poland | 73.0 | --- | 41.8 | --- | 69.6 | --- | 88.1 | --- | 80.3 | --- | 52.9 | --- | 78.9 | --- | 93.3 | --- | 65.7 | --- | 30.5 | --- | 58.7 | --- | 84.6 | --- |
| Portugal | 76.0 | (0.15) | 68.4 | (0.21) | 81.8 | (0.29) | 86.8 | (0.25) | 80.2 | (0.20) | 75.9 | (0.28) | 84.0 | (0.40) | 87.9 | (0.40) | 72.3 | (0.21) | 60.3 | (0.32) | 79.8 | (0.41) | 86.2 | (0.33) |
| Slovak Republic | 73.8 | (0.40) | 39.1 | (1.46) | 75.4 | (0.47) | 82.0 | (0.76) | 79.8 | (0.52) | 45.4 | (2.34) | 80.9 | (0.59) | 88.6 | (0.95) | 67.7 | (0.59) | 34.3 | (1.83) | 69.0 | (0.72) | 77.1 | (1.10) |
| Slovenia | 72.8 | --- | 45.9 | --- | 70.1 | --- | 86.6 | --- | 74.1 | --- | 52.0 | --- | 71.7 | --- | 88.0 | --- | 71.6 | --- | 41.4 | --- | 68.2 | --- | 85.7 | --- |
| Spain | 68.1 | (0.08) | 55.5 | (0.13) | 70.2 | (0.17) | 80.9 | (0.11) | 74.5 | (0.11) | 65.1 | (0.17) | 77.0 | (0.22) | 85.0 | (0.15) | 61.7 | (0.12) | 44.7 | (0.19) | 63.4 | (0.25) | 77.5 | (0.16) |
| Sweden | 84.2 | (0.09) | 66.8 | (0.29) | 86.0 | (0.14) | 89.5 | (0.12) | 86.3 | (0.12) | 72.9 | (0.38) | 88.3 | (0.17) | 90.4 | (0.18) | 82.0 | (0.14) | 60.0 | (0.45) | 82.9 | (0.22) | 88.8 | (0.16) |
| Switzerland | 82.8 | (0.13) | 67.2 | (0.49) | 81.8 | (0.21) | 88.3 | (0.17) | 88.0 | (0.17) | 75.1 | (0.70) | 86.7 | (0.27) | 92.0 | (0.19) | 77.5 | (0.20) | 60.8 | (0.66) | 77.5 | (0.29) | 83.5 | (0.29) |
| Turkey | 58.9 | --- | 52.3 | --- | 62.5 | --- | 75.2 | --- | 78.9 | --- | 75.7 | --- | 81.6 | --- | 84.4 | --- | 36.5 | --- | 29.3 | --- | 34.0 | --- | 63.6 | --- |
| United Kingdom4 | 79.6 | (0.19) | 62.6 | (0.50) | 81.0 | (0.30) | 85.5 | (0.24) | 85.2 | (0.24) | 71.2 | (0.68) | 86.4 | (0.38) | 90.0 | (0.30) | 74.1 | (0.28) | 54.5 | (0.71) | 75.3 | (0.47) | 81.3 | (0.36) |
| United States | 74.1 | (0.14) | 55.6 | (0.51) | 70.0 | (0.22) | 81.8 | (0.18) | 79.7 | (0.19) | 66.5 | (0.68) | 75.9 | (0.29) | 87.0 | (0.24) | 68.7 | (0.21) | 43.1 | (0.73) | 63.6 | (0.33) | 77.5 | (0.27) |
| Other reporting countries |
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| Argentina | 73.0 | --- | 65.3 | --- | 73.8 | --- | 85.5 | --- | 86.5 | --- | 82.8 | --- | 87.6 | --- | 92.9 | --- | 60.8 | --- | 46.3 | --- | 61.2 | --- | 80.8 | --- |
| Brazil2 | 70.8 | (0.10) | 65.0 | (0.15) | 73.9 | (0.17) | 83.4 | (0.22) | 83.5 | (0.12) | 80.6 | (0.18) | 85.8 | (0.20) | 89.9 | (0.29) | 59.2 | (0.16) | 49.1 | (0.23) | 63.7 | (0.26) | 78.9 | (0.32) |
| Colombia | 75.4 | (0.07) | 71.8 | (0.11) | 75.2 | (0.12) | 83.0 | (0.12) | 88.9 | (0.08) | 89.2 | (0.12) | 88.2 | (0.13) | 89.3 | (0.15) | 62.7 | (0.11) | 54.0 | (0.18) | 63.0 | (0.19) | 78.0 | (0.17) |
| Costa Rica | 68.6 | (0.41) | 63.8 | (0.52) | 69.1 | (1.03) | 80.8 | (0.82) | 85.5 | (0.46) | 84.4 | (0.56) | 87.2 | (1.11) | 87.5 | (1.08) | 51.8 | (0.60) | 42.0 | (0.74) | 52.7 | (1.50) | 74.9 | (1.18) |
| Indonesia | 74.7 | --- | 73.0 | --- | 74.1 | --- | 85.1 | --- | 91.2 | --- | 91.3 | --- | 90.8 | --- | 91.9 | --- | 58.4 | --- | 56.7 | --- | 52.4 | --- | 78.5 | --- |
| Russia2 | 75.5 | (0.05) | 51.1 | (0.26) | 71.5 | (0.09) | 81.3 | (0.07) | 81.0 | (0.07) | 58.4 | (0.34) | 78.5 | (0.11) | 87.3 | (0.09) | 70.7 | (0.08) | 42.1 | (0.38) | 63.1 | (0.14) | 77.4 | (0.09) |
| Saudi Arabia5 | 65.1 | --- | 59.7 | --- | 65.2 | --- | 75.4 | --- | 92.8 | --- | 91.4 | --- | 92.9 | --- | 95.2 | --- | 21.9 | --- | 16.4 | --- | 14.7 | --- | 43.1 | --- |
| South Africa | 55.9 | (0.14) | 43.3 | (0.27) | 57.7 | (0.18) | 84.7 | (0.41) | 63.2 | (0.21) | 51.1 | (0.39) | 65.3 | (0.25) | 89.2 | (0.53) | 48.8 | (0.20) | 35.6 | (0.35) | 50.4 | (0.25) | 80.7 | (0.61) |
| ---Not available. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Data are for 2015 instead of 2017. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Associate's or higher degree data include some persons (less than 5 percent of the total) whose highest level of education was high school completion or a postsecondary program below the associate's degree level. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 High school completion data include some persons (17 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Data are for 2014 instead of 2017. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: All data in this table were calculated using International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011. High school completion refers to completion of ISCED 2011 level 3 (upper secondary education); programs classified under ISCED 2011 as only partially completing level 3 are not included in the high school completion data except where otherwise noted. In this table, persons completing ISCED 2011 level 4 are also considered to have high school completion as their highest level of educational attainment. ISCED level 4 typically corresponds to postsecondary vocational programs below the associate’s degree level in the United States. Associate’s or higher degrees include ISCED 2011 level 5 (corresponding to the associate’s degree in the United States), level 6 (bachelor’s or equivalent degree), level 7 (master’s or equivalent degree), and level 8 (doctoral or equivalent degree). For each country, the employment to population ratio of 25- to 64-year-olds is the number of persons in this age group who are employed as a percentage of the total civilian population in this age group. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Online Education Database, retrieved May 28, 2019, from https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared May 2019.) |