Statistics Norway

Indicators on Education, in the OECD

2   Percentage of the youth population in education, by age group and gender. 2002
OECD countries In education
Total Men Women
Australia      
15-19 79.7 79.3 80.0
20-24 38.7 38.4 38.9
25-29 16.5 16.8 16.2
Austria      
15-19 81.5 80.8 82.2
20-24 29.4 26.9 32.1
25-29 10.3 11.1 9.6
Belgium      
15-19 89.6 88.0 91.2
20-24 38.2 36.2 40.3
25-29 5.8 5.2 6.4
Canada      
15-19 83.1 81.1 85.2
20-24 39.1 35.7 42.6
25-29 14.0 13.4 14.6
Czech Republic      
15-19 88.3 87.4 89.2
20-24 25.7 24.7 26.6
25-29 2.9 3.0 2.8
Denmark      
15-19 88.7 88.9 88.5
20-24 55.3 52.0 58.3
25-29 35.0 32.0 37.9
Finland      
15-19 80.4 75.7 85.8
20-24 56.1 50.8 61.3
25-29 26.7 25.7 27.7
France      
15-19 94.6 93.7 95.6
20-24 53.2 49.8 56.6
25-29 11.7 10.6 12.8
Germany      
15-19 90.1 89.8 90.5
20-24 38.1 36.1 40.1
25-29 16.3 19.4 13.2
Greece      
15-19 86.8 86.1 87.6
20-24 36.3 34.3 38.1
25-29 6.1 6.1 6.1
Hungary      
15-19 87.5 86.8 88.2
20-24 37.7 36.7 38.7
25-29 10.6 10.3 10.9
Iceland      
15-19 80.9 77.3 84.6
20-24 53.8 51.8 55.9
25-29 36.5 33.5 39.6
Ireland      
15-19 81.7 77.2 86.4
20-24 29.0 26.1 31.9
25-29 3.5 3.9 3.1
Italy      
15-19 80.8 78.5 83.1
20-24 38.2 34.4 42.2
25-29 15.6 15.0 16.3
Luxembourg      
15-19 91.3 91.6 91.1
20-24 47.8 48.1 47.5
25-29 13.9 14.0 13.9
Mexico      
15-19 53.4 53.3 53.5
20-24 20.8 22.2 19.4
25-29 4.6 5.7 3.7
Netherlands      
15-19 80.7 79.9 81.6
20-24 35.3 35.3 35.2
25-29 6.2 7.2 5.2
Norway      
15-19 85.3 81.8 88.8
20-24 38.5 33.6 43.5
25-29 14.2 12.9 15.6
Poland      
15-19 95.9 95.1 96.8
20-24 53.8 51.5 56.1
25-29 14.9 15.0 14.7
Portugal      
15-19 72.4 67.4 77.6
20-24 34.7 31.2 38.3
25-29 10.7 9.9 11.4
Slovakia      
15-19 78.6 77.8 79.4
20-24 22.1 19.2 25.1
25-29 2.9 2.8 3.1
Spain      
15-19 81.9 78.4 85.5
20-24 43.4 38.6 48.4
25-29 16.1 14.6 17.6
Sweden      
15-19 88.4 87.5 89.4
20-24 41.7 37.3 46.4
25-29 22.4 20.7 24.3
Switzerland      
15-19 86.2 88.3 83.9
20-24 38.0 37.2 38.9
25-29 12.7 14.5 11.0
Turkey      
15-19 43.0 48.8 36.5
20-24 14.5 18.5 10.7
25-29 3.1 3.7 2.4
United Kingdom      
15-19 75.3 73.5 77.3
20-24 31.0 28.1 34.4
25-29 13.3 10.5 17.1
United States1      
15-19 81.2 80.3 82.0
20-24 33.9 32.5 35.3
25-29 11.8 10.5 13.0
Country mean      
15-19 81.8 80.5 83.0
20-24 37.9 35.8 40.1
25-29 13.3 12.9 13.7
1  Data refer to 2001.
Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2004.

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