OECD: Enrollment rates of full-time and part-time students in public and private institutions, by age and country: 2008

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Table A.1.01.

OECD: Enrollment rates of full-time and part-time students in public and private institutions, by age and country: 2008

¹ The rates of "4 and under as a percentage of the population aged 3 to 4" are overestimated. A significant number of students are younger than 3 years old. The net rates of students between 3- and 5-year-olds are around 100 percent.
Country	Ending age of compulsory education	Number of years at which over 90 percent of the population are enrolled	Age range at which over 90 percent of the population are enrolled	Students as percent of respective age group
Country	Ending age of compulsory education			4 and under	5 to 14	15 to 19	20 to 29	30 to 39		40 and over
OECD average	16	13		71	99	82	25	6		2

OECD countries
Australia	15	12	5 - 16	32	99	82	33	13		6
Austria	15	12	5 - 16	72	98	79	22	4		1
Belgium¹	18	15	3 - 17	126	99	92	29	9		4
Canada²	16-18	—	—	—	—	80	25	5		1
Chile	18	10	6 - 15	52	96	74	21	3		1

Czech Republic	15	13	5 - 17	80	99	90	21	3		#
Denmark	16	13	3 - 16	95	98	84	37	8		1
Finland	16	13	6 - 18	48	95	87	43	15		4
France¹	16	15	3 - 17	110	101	86	19	3	³	—
Germany¹	18	14	4 - 17	102	99	89	28	3		#

Greece	14-15	11	6 - 16	26	99	83	29	—		—
Hungary	18	14	4 - 17	82	100	89	25	5		1
Iceland	16	14	3 - 16	96	98	84	35	13		4
Ireland	16	14	5 - 18	34	102	90	18	4		#
Italy¹	16	14	3 - 16	102	100	82	21	3		#

Japan	15	14	4 - 17	86	101	—	—	—		—
Korea	14	11	6 - 16	31	95	89	28	2		1
Luxembourg⁴	15	12	4 - 15	83	96	75	10	1		#
Mexico	15	11	4 - 14	64	103	52	11	4		1
Netherlands	18	14	4 - 17	51	100	90	29	3		1

New Zealand	16	12	4 - 15	91	100	74	29	12		5
Norway	16	15	3 - 17	94	99	87	29	7		2
Poland	16	13	6 - 18	44	94	93	30	5	³	—
Portugal	14	12	5 - 16	72	104	81	23	9		2
Slovak Republic	16	12	6 - 17	75	97	85	19	4		1

Spain¹	16	14	3 - 16	129	100	81	21	4		1
Sweden	16	15	4 - 18	90	99	86	33	13		3
Switzerland	15	12	5 - 16	27	100	85	23	4		#
Turkey	14	7	7 - 13	8	92	46	13	2		#
United Kingdom	16	13	4 - 16	95	101	73	17	6		2

United States	17	11	6 - 16	47	99	81	23	6		1

Non-OECD member countries
Brazil	17	9	7 - 15	50	96	76	21	9		3
China	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—
Estonia	15	14	4 - 17	89	100	84	26	7		1
India	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—
Indonesia	15	7	6-12	13	95	57	8	#		#
Israel	17	12	5 - 16	83	96	64	21	5		1
Russian Federation	17	—	—	—	94	77	20	—		—
Slovenia	14	12	6 - 17	79	97	91	33	5		1
— Not available.
# Rounds to zero.
² Reference year 2007.
³ Includes students 40 and over as a percentage of the population aged 30 to 39.
⁴ Data underestimated because a significant number of resident students go to school in the neighboring countries.
NOTE: Ending age of compulsory education is the age at which compulsory schooling ends. For example, an ending age of 18 indicates that all students under 18 are legally obliged to participate in education. Mismatches between the coverage of the population data and the enrollment data mean that the participation rates may be underestimated for countries such as Luxembourg that are net exporters of students and may be overestimated for those that are net importers. See Annex 3 of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2009 for more detailed notes by country. Apparent differences may not be statistically significant.
SOURCE: Data from Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). (2010). Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators 2010, table C1.1. Paris: Author.