Number of bachelor's degree recipients per 100 persons of the theoretical age of graduation, \1\ by sex: Selected countries: 1989 to 1992

Table 403.

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        Country        |     Men and women     |          Men          |        Women
                       |                       |                       |
                       |-----------------------|----------- -----------|-----------------------
                       |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992 |1989 |1990 |1991 |1992
-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----
           1           |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13
-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----
Australia  ............|20.8 | --- |24.4 |26.3 |19.3 | --- |21.6 |22.0 |22.3 | --- |27.3 |30.8
Austria  ..............| 6.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | --- | 7.7 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.2
Belgium  ..............| --- | --- |13.3 | --- | --- | --- |15.0 | --- | --- | --- |11.5 | ---
Canada ................|30.2 |31.8 |33.3 |32.2 |26.9 |27.6 |28.2 |26.9 |33.5 |36.0 |38.7 |37.7
Denmark  ..............|12.9 |15.0 |16.5 |22.1 |11.5 |13.2 |14.4 |17.6 |14.4 |16.8 |18.7 |26.9
                       |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Finland ...............| --- | --- | --- | 6.5 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
France ................|13.9 |14.9 |16.3 | --- |13.8 |14.7 |14.9 | --- |14.0 |15.1 |17.7 | ---
Germany (former West) .|13.2 |12.9 |13.3 | --- |16.1 |15.7 |15.9 | --- |10.1 |10.0 |10.6 | ---
Ireland  ..............|16.3 |17.5 |16.0 |17.4 | --- |16.9 |15.8 |17.7 | --- |18.2 |16.2 |17.1
Italy  ................| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
                       |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Japan  ................| --- |21.8 |23.7 |23.4 | --- |30.9 |33.5 |32.3 | --- |12.3 |13.7 |14.1
Netherlands ...........|10.2 | 8.0 | 8.3 |17.8 |12.3 | 9.4 | 9.6 |17.6 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 |18.0
New Zealand  ..........|15.7 |15.1 |16.1 |18.0 |16.4 |15.7 |16.5 |17.7 |15.0 |14.6 |15.8 |18.3
Norway  ...............| --- | --- | --- |19.4 | --- | --- | --- |14.8 | --- | --- | --- |24.2
Portugal  .............| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
                       |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
Spain  ................| --- | --- | --- | 8.0 | --- | --- | --- | 5.8 | --- | --- | --- |10.4
Sweden  ...............|13.1 |12.2 |12.5 |11.4 |11.1 |10.5 |11.0 | 9.6 |15.1 |14.0 |14.2 |13.3
Switzerland  ..........| 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | --- |10.1 |10.3 | 9.8 | --- | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | ---
Turkey  ...............| 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.4
United Kingdom ........| --- | --- | --- |20.4 | --- | --- | --- |21.1 | --- | --- | --- |19.7
United States  ........|27.8 |28.1 |28.1 |27.4 |26.1 |25.9 |25.3 |24.7 |29.6 |30.5 |31.0 |30.3
-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----

\1\In most countries the theoretical age of graduation was 22 or 23. The range was from 21 to 25. The number of bachelor's degree recipients may be of any age.

--- Data not available.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance. (This table was prepared July 1996.)

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