Indicators on Education, in the OECD

2   Enrolment rates. 2000
OECD countries Ending age of compulsory education Number of years at which over 90 per cent of the population are enrolled Age range at which over 90 per cent of the population are enrolled Students' age
4 years and under as a percentage of the population aged 3-4 5-14 as a percentage of the population aged 5-14 15-19 as a percentage of the population aged 15-19 20-29 as a percentage of the population aged 20-29 30-39 as a percentage of the population aged 30-39 40 and over as a percentage of the population aged 40 and over
Australia 15 12 5 - 16 34.2  100.0 81.8 28.2 14.9 7.1
Austria 15 11 6 - 16 60.6 98.2 76.4 17.9 3.1 ..
Belgium1 18 15 3 - 17  118.7 99.1 90.5 25.2 8.4 1.4
Canada 16 12 6 - 17 20.1 97.1 74.2 21.7 4.6 1.2
Czech Republic 15 12 5 - 16 70.6 99.8 80.8 14.2 1.1 -
Denmark 16 13 4 - 16 81.4 99.2 80.4 29.9 5.6 0.9
Finland 16 11 7 - 17 38.0 91.6 84.8 37.9 9.7 1.8
France1 16 15 3 - 17  117.7 99.8 86.4 19.1 1.7 ..
Germany 18 12 6 - 17 67.9 99.4 88.3 23.6 2.8 0.2
Greece 14 12 6 - 19 28.9 99.8 87.4 16.9 0.1 -
Hungary 16 12 5 - 16 79.2 99.9 81.1 18.7 4.2 0.1
Iceland1 16 13 4 - 16  123.9 98.5 78.9 30.5 6.5 1.8
Ireland 15 12 5 - 16 26.9  100.5 79.8 15.6 3.4 ..
Italy1 14 12 3 - 14 97.5 99.7 65.5 18.7 2.3 0.1
Japan 15 14 4 - 17 77.4  101.2 .. .. .. ..
Korea 14 12 6 - 17 17.5 92.3 78.6 23.9 1.4 0.3
Luxembourg 15 12 4 - 15 65.8 95.3 73.7 4.6 0.4 -
Mexico 15 7 6 - 12 35.5 94.8 41.0 9.1 2.8 0.7
Netherlands 18 14 4 - 17 49.9 99.4 86.6 22.9 3.0 0.6
New Zealand 16 13 4 - 16 86.8 99.0 72.4 21.4 9.0 3.1
Norway 16 12 6 - 17 74.5 97.4 85.5 27.5 6.1 1.3
Poland 15 11 6 - 16 29.2 93.6 84.2 24.4 3.0 ..
Portugal 14 10 6 - 15 63.9  105.2 80.3 19.9 3.0 0.5
Slovak Republic 15 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Spain1 16 13 4 - 16 98.1  104.4 79.5 24.3 2.7 0.4
Sweden1 16 13 6 - 18 70.5 97.8 86.4 33.4 15.0 3.4
Switzerland 15 11 6 - 16 20.8 98.8 83.5 18.9 3.3 0.1
Turkey1 14 5 7 - 11 - 80.2 28.4 5.2 0.2 -
United Kingdom 16 12 4 - 15 81.1 98.9 73.3 23.8 13.2 5.4
United States 17 10 6 - 15 49.9 99.3 73.9 21.2 5.4 1.5
Country mean 16 12   63.8 97.9 77.3 21.4 4.9 1.3
1  See www.oecd.org/els/education/eag2002.
Source:  OECD.

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