Statistics Norway

Indicators on Education, in the OECD

1   School expectancy. 1990, 1998 and 2002. Expected years of schooling under current conditions, excluding education for children under the age of five
OECD countries 2002 1998 1990
Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time Full-time and part-time
All levels of education combined Primary and lower secondary education Upper secondary education Post-secondary non-tertiary education Tertiary education All levels of education combined All levels of education combined
Total Men Women Total Total Total Total Total Total
Australia 21.1    20.9 21.4 11.8 4.4 0.6 3.6 20.0 16.4
Austria 16.0 16.0 16.1 8.2 3.8 0.6 2.1 16.0 14.3
Belgium 19.4 18.8 20.0 9.3 5.8 0.4 2.8 17.3 ..
Canada .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16.7 16.5
Czech Republic 16.2 16.1 16.3 9.0 3.6 0.2 1.8 15.1 13.9
Denmark 18.0 17.5 18.6 9.7 3.7 - 2.7 17.5 16.1
Finland 19.4 18.7 20.2 9.0 4.5 0.0 4.3 17.9 15.5
France 16.6 16.3 16.9 9.5 3.3 - 2.6 16.6 ..
Germany 17.1 17.2 17.0 10.1 3.0 0.5 2.1 16.8 ..
Greece 16.3 15.9 16.7 8.9 3.0 0.3 3.3 15.5 ..
Hungary 16.8 16.5 17.1 8.1 3.9 0.7 2.4 15.6 13.8
Iceland 18.5 17.6 19.4 9.9 4.9 0.1 2.7 17.7 16.0
Ireland 16.5 16.0 17.1 10.9 2.2 0.7 2.7 15.9 14.5
Italy 16.7 16.3 16.9 8.4 4.6 0.1 2.6 15.7 ..
Japan .. .. .. 9.1 3.0 .. .. .. ..
Korea 16.2 17.1 15.3 8.9 2.8 . 4.0 15.5 ..
Luxembourg 14.4 13.8 13.9 9.1 3.5 0.2 0.6 .. ..
Mexico 12.9 12.8 13.1 9.6 1.5 . 1.1 12.2 11.8
Netherlands 17.2 17.3 17.1 10.5 3.1 - 2.6 17.2 16.7
New Zealand 18.3 17.3 19.2 10.1 4.0 0.8 3.3 17.1 14.8
Norway1 17.9 16.4 17.8 9.9 3.8 0.1 3.3 17.7 16.0
Poland 17.0 16.5 17.5 9.0 3.2 0.3 3.1 15.6 ..
Portugal 17.0 16.6 17.5 10.6 2.9 . 2.6 16.9 13.7
Slovakia 15.1 15.0 15.2 9.0 3.1 0.1 1.7 .. ..
Spain 17.3 16.9 17.8 10.9 2.3 0.1 3.0 17.3 15.4
Sweden 20.1 18.7 21.6 9.8 5.1 0.1 3.4 19.4 ..
Switzerland 16.5 16.7 16.2 9.5 3.2 0.3 1.8 16.2 15.3
Turkey .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9.7 ..
United Kingdom 20.4 18.9 21.9 8.9 8.7 .. 2.5 17.1 15.4
United States 16.8 16.5 17.3 9.1 2.6 0.1 4.1 16.8 16.3
Country mean 17.2 16.8 17.5 9.6 3.7 0.2 2.7 16.4 15.1
1  The total (men + women) includes the 5-year-olds for Norway but is not included in the distribution of 5-year-olds by sex.
Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2004.

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