Education: Key Tables from OECD
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Tertiary level educational attainment for age group 25-64 2009
As a percentage of the population of that age group
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Education: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2075-5120 - © OECD 2009
| Tertiary level educational attainment for age group 25-64 | |||||||||
| As a percentage of the population in the corresponding age group | |||||||||
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | ||
Australia | 26.7 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 30.8 | 31.3 | 30.8 | 31.7 | 33.0 | |
Austria | 10.9 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.5 | | 18.3 | 17.8 | 17.6 | |
Belgium | 26.7 | 27.1 | 27.6 | 28.1 | 29.0 | 30.4 | 31.0 | 31.8 | |
Canada | 39.2 | 40.0 | 41.6 | 42.6 | 44.0 | 44.6 | 46.1 | 47.0 | |
Czech Republic | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 13.1 | 13.5 | |
Denmark | 26.5 | 26.2 | 28.4 | 29.6 | 31.9 | 32.9 | 33.5 | 34.7 | |
Finland | 31.3 | 32.0 | 32.3 | 32.6 | 33.3 | 34.2 | 34.6 | 35.1 | |
France | 21.5 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 23.9 | 24.5 | 25.4 | 26.2 | |
Germany | 22.9 | 23.5 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 24.0 | 24.9 | 24.6 | 23.9 | |
Greece | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 18.6 | 19.2 | 21.2 | 21.3 | 22.2 | |
Hungary | 13.5 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 17.1 | 17.7 | |
Iceland | 22.4 | 23.2 | 24.6 | 25.6 | 28.9 | 29.1 | 30.5 | 29.5 | |
Ireland | 20.5 | 18.5 | | 23.6 | 24.8 | 26.3 | 27.8 | 29.1 | 30.8 | |
Italy | 9.3 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 12.9 | |
Japan | 31.8 | 33.6 | 34.1 | 36.6 | 37.4 | 38.7 | 39.9 | 40.5 | |
Korea | 23.1 | 23.9 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 31.6 | 32.9 | |
Luxembourg | 18.3 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 18.6 | 14.3 | | 23.7 | 26.5 | 24.0 | |
Mexico | 13.4 | 14.6 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 14.9 | 15.4 | |
Netherlands | 22.6 | 23.4 | 23.2 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 29.5 | 30.1 | 30.2 | |
New Zealand | 29.0 | 29.2 | 29.3 | 30.8 | 32.3 | 35.6 | 39.4 | 38.3 | |
Norway | 27.5 | 28.4 | 30.2 | 31.0 | 31.0 | 31.8 | 32.7 | 32.9 | |
Poland | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 17.9 | |
Portugal | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 10.8 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 13.5 | |
Slovak Republic | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 14.2 | |
Spain | 21.0 | 22.6 | 23.6 | 24.4 | 25.2 | 26.4 | 28.2 | 28.5 | |
Sweden | 28.7 | 30.1 | 31.6 | 32.6 | 33.4 | 34.5 | | 29.6 | 30.5 | |
Switzerland | 23.6 | 24.2 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 26.9 | 28.1 | 28.8 | 29.9 | |
Turkey | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 10.4 | |
United Kingdom | 24.8 | 25.7 | 26.1 | 26.9 | 28.0 | 29.2 | 29.6 | 30.5 | |
United States | 35.8 | 36.5 | 37.3 | 38.1 | 38.4 | 39.1 | 39.0 | 39.5 | |
| Last updated: 19 November 2009 | |||||||||
| Note: |: Break in series | |||||||||
| Source: OECD Factbook 2009 | |||||||||