Percent of population enrolled in secondary and postsecondary institutions, by age group: Selected countries, 1985, 1990, and 1991

Table 387.


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                       |                    |                 Postsecondary institutions
                       | Secondary schools, |---------------------------------------------------------------
                       | 14 to 17 years old | 18 to 21 years old | 22 to 25 years old | 26 to 29 years old
        Country        |--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------
                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
                       | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991 | 1985 | 1990 | 1991
-----------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|-------
           1           |  2   |  3   |  4   |  5   |  6   |  7   |  8   |  9   |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13
-----------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|-------
Australia  ............|  --- |  --- | 91.4 |  --- |  --- | 28.9 |  --- |  --- | 11.6 |  --- |  --- |   7.6
Belgium ...............| 91.7 |  --- | 94.6 | 24.5 |  --- | 30.4 |  7.2 |  --- |  9.1 |  1.5 |  --- |   1.7
Canada ................| 92.5 | 95.8 | 94.0 | 25.5 | 28.9 | 29.7 |  9.5 | 11.4 | 12.2 |  3.0 |  3.4 |   3.5
Denmark ...............| 89.9 | 90.0 | 90.0 |  7.4 |  7.4 |  8.2 | 16.3 | 17.9 | 18.3 |  8.2 |  9.3 |   9.5
Finland ...............| 89.8 | 98.2 |  --- |  9.3 | 13.6 |  --- | 17.3 | 20.7 |  --- |  7.9 | 10.2 |   ---
                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
France ................| 93.0 | 95.1 | 95.4 | 19.4 | 24.6 | 26.6 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 12.7 |  4.3 |  3.9 |   4.0
Germany (former West) .| 94.7 | 94.2 | 93.6 |  8.8 |  8.5 |  9.1 | 15.5 | 15.9 | 16.3 |  8.9 | 10.4 |  10.6
Ireland ...............| 83.6 | 87.2 | 89.7 | 15.2 | 20.3 | 20.5 |  2.8 |  4.3 |  4.3 |  --- |  --- |   ---
Japan  ................| 95.7 | 95.7 | 96.1 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   ---
Netherlands ...........| 93.0 | 92.5 | 92.7 | 14.4 | 17.9 | 19.1 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.5 |  5.7 |  4.7 |   4.7
                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
New Zealand ...........| 74.4 | 84.2 | 88.4 | 14.9 | 20.8 | 23.2 |  9.6 | 13.8 | 16.1 |  --- |  --- |   ---
Norway ................| 90.0 | 93.2 | 93.5 |  8.6 | 13.6 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 17.4 | 18.9 |  6.2 |  7.4 |   8.2
Portugal ..............|  --- |  --- | 69.1 |  5.8 |  --- | 11.3 |  5.4 |  --- |  6.6 |  2.3 |  --- |   2.2
Spain .................| 67.3 | 79.1 | 81.6 | 14.9 | 21.2 | 21.5 | 10.6 | 13.5 | 14.2 |  4.0 |  4.5 |   5.3
Sweden ................| 91.3 | 91.4 | 91.6 |  7.9 |  8.7 |  9.3 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.8 |  6.5 |  6.1 |   6.2
                       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
Switzerland ...........| 88.9 | 89.8 | 90.0 |  5.7 |  6.4 |  6.6 | 10.6 | 12.1 | 12.8 |  5.2 |  6.4 |   7.0
Turkey ................|  --- | 32.6 | 33.9 |  --- |  7.4 |  7.9 |  --- |  4.6 |  4.9 |  --- |  2.3 |   2.1
United Kingdom ........| 77.7 | 83.3 | 84.2 |  --- | 16.1 | 17.6 |  --- |  4.7 |  6.2 |  --- |  --- |   3.4
United States\1\ ......| 92.1 | 92.9 | 92.9 | 33.0 | 36.2 | 36.4 | 14.5 | 17.1 | 16.7 |  8.2 |  8.5 |   9.1
-----------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|-------

1 \Postsecondary includes higher education only.

---Data not available.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance, and unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1995.)

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