OECD (2000)

Education and Work Among the Youth Population
Table E2.1a. Education and work status of young men, by age group (1998)
Age group
In education
Not in education
Total in
Not
Not
education
Students in
in the
in the
and not
work-study Employed Unemployed Sub-total Employed Unemployed Sub-total
labour
labour
in
programme
force
force
education
Australia 15-19 m 29.7 4.5 41.7 75.9 15.2 7.0 2.0 24.1 100
20-24 m 21.5 1.8 9.0 32.4 55.1 9.4 3.1 67.6 100
25-29 m 10.0 0.8 2.5 13.2 75.6 6.9 4.3 86.8 100
Belgium 15-19 2.2 2.0 0.2 82.2 84.3 4.9 2.0 8.8 15.7 100
20-24 1.8 4.1 1.4 33.5 39.0 47.3 8.3 5.3 61.0 100
25-29 0.5 6.0 0.8 3.5 10.2 78.1 7.8 3.9 89.8 100
Canada 15-19 m 21.7 5.8 54.1 81.6 10.3 4.1 4.1 18.4 100
20-24 m 14.9 2.1 20.7 37.8 46.8 10.3 5.2 62.2 100
25-29 m 6.9 0.6 4.9 12.4 72.5 9.7 5.5 87.6 100
Czech Republic 15-19 m 2.1 0.1 63.3 65.5 18.2 4.0 12.2 34.5 100
20-24 m 0.8 0.0 16.6 17.5 74.7 5.9 2.0 82.5 100
25-29 m 0.4 0.0 1.5 1.9 91.5 4.3 2.4 98.1 100
Denmark 1 15-19 m 46.9 0.8 32.0 79.7 12.8 0.7 6.8 20.3 100
20-24 m 25.6 4.0 8.4 38.0 49.6 3.7 8.7 62.0 100
25-29 m 11.8 5.3 3.9 21.0 66.7 4.9 7.4 79.0 100
Finland 15-19 m 9.3 10.6 65.8 85.7 5.1 3.2 6.0 14.3 100
20-24 m 11.4 9.4 19.8 40.5 38.5 10.0 11.0 59.5 100
25-29 m 10.9 4.2 10.3 25.4 62.1 8.2 4.3 74.6 100
France 15-19 m 5.8 m 86.1 91.9 2.7 2.2 3.3 8.1 100
20-24 m 4.8 m 41.5 46.4 36.9 11.4 5.3 53.6 100
25-29 m 1.8 m 4.4 6.2 76.6 13.2 4.0 93.8 100
Germany 15-19 23.8 26.8 0.8 63.5 91.1 5.8 1.8 1.3 8.9 100
20-24 11.8 16.6 0.2 17.9 34.7 52.7 8.4 4.2 65.3 100
25-29 1.0 7.0 0.3 9.7 17.0 72.0 7.9 3.0 83.0 100
Greece 1 15-19 a 1.0 0.5 80.7 82.3 10.3 3.8 3.6 17.7 100
20-24 a 1.4 1.1 28.3 30.7 51.5 13.3 4.5 69.3 100
25-29 a 1.1 0.4 4.2 5.7 80.3 11.0 2.9 94.3 100
Italy 15-19 m 0.2 0.5 72.0 72.8 13.6 6.7 6.9 27.2 100
20-24 m 0.3 0.5 27.1 27.9 43.5 15.9 12.6 72.1 100
25-29 m 0.2 0.5 11.4 12.1 67.4 12.5 8.0 87.9 100
Netherlands 15-19 9.0 38.6 5.0 42.9 86.5 12.4 m 1.1 13.5 100
20-24 5.4 22.9 2.1 16.1 41.0 53.0 3.1 2.9 59.0 100
25-29 1.8 2.4 m 2.7 5.1 88.9 2.7 3.3 94.9 100
Portugal 15-19 m 2.9 0.5 67.8 71.3 23.1 1.9 3.7 28.7 100
20-24 m 6.4 1.0 23.5 30.9 60.6 4.7 3.7 69.1 100
25-29 m 6.6 0.5 4.5 11.7 81.1 4.0 3.2 88.3 100
Spain 15-19 0.1 2.1 2.2 67.9 72.2 14.4 9.4 4.0 27.8 100
20-24 0.1 4.0 3.5 32.9 40.4 42.0 14.5 3.1 59.6 100
25-29 0.1 3.9 2.6 7.3 13.9 67.1 15.2 3.9 86.1 100
Sweden 15-19 m 9.7 2.6 72.9 85.2 5.5 1.4 7.8 14.8 100
20-24 m 6.4 4.2 26.5 37.1 45.9 9.2 7.8 62.9 100
25-29 m 7.2 3.0 11.3 21.5 68.1 6.1 4.2 78.5 100
Switzerland 15-19 42.4 7.0 m 78.8 86.4 9.1 m m 13.6 100
20-24 8.4 8.6 m 22.6 31.3 59.8 m m 68.7 100
25-29 m 3.9 m 3.7 7.5 85.2 m m 92.5 100
Turkey 15-19 m 2.1 0.1 42.2 44.4 41.2 6.1 8.3 55.6 100
20-24 m 2.1 0.6 15.4 18.0 61.9 12.3 7.8 82.0 100
25-29 m 2.0 0.1 1.3 3.3 87.6 7.0 2.1 96.7 100
United Kingdom 15-19 10.4 28.4 3.8 34.3 66.5 24.1 7.0 2.4 33.5 100
20-24 3.2 12.8 1.5 14.8 29.1 59.6 8.1 3.2 70.9 100
25-29 0.7 8.9 0.6 2.4 11.8 77.0 6.5 4.7 88.2 100
United States 1 15-19 m 23.9 4.5 53.9 82.3 11.4 2.5 3.8 17.7 100
20-24 m 18.0 1.6 13.5 33.1 56.0 5.5 5.5 66.9 100
25-29 m 8.8 0.3 2.6 11.7 80.0 3.7 4.7 88.3 100
E 2
Country mean 15-19 m 14.4 2.7 61.2 78.1 13.3 4.0 5.1 21.9 100
20-24 m 10.2 2.2 21.6 33.7 52.0 9.1 5.6 66.3 100
25-29 m 5.5 1.3 5.1 11.8 76.6 7.7 4.2 88.2 100
. Year of reference 1997.
ource: OECD Database. See Annex 3 for notes.
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