Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth - Indicator 23: International Higher Education Enrollment

Indicator 23: International Higher Education Enrollment

Table 23. Enrollment of 18- to 29-year-olds in higher education as a percentage of all 18-to 29-year-olds, by country: 1994, 1999, and 2001
	1994	1999			2001
Country	Total	Total	18 to 24 years old	25 to 29 years old	Total	18 to 24 years old	25 to 29 years old
Canada	24	17	24	7	19	27	8
France	18	19	30	5	20	31	5
Germany¹	13	14	15	12	14	15	12
Italy¹	—	16	23	9	16	23	9
United Kingdom²	12	15	22	6	15	22	6
United States	24	25	36	11	27	36	12
— Not available.
¹Data on doctoral students are missing for 1999 and 2001.
²The United Kingdom includes England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
NOTE: These countries were selected for comparison because they are relatively similar to the United States in their economic development and because they are among the Group of Seven (G-7) countries. Higher education refers to International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) level 5A (academic higher eduation–first stage), 5B (technical and vocational higher education), and 6 (academic higher education-second stage/doctoral studies).
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education Database, 2001, unpublished data, and U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October, various years, unpublished tabulations.