OECD (2000)

A2
Educational Attainment of the Adult Population
Table A2.1b. Distribution of the labour force 25 to 64 years of age by level of educational attainment (1998)
Tertiary-
Post-
Pre-primary Lower Tertiary- type A and
secondary
and primary secondary Upper secondary education type B advanced
non-tertiary
education education education research All levels
education
programmes of education
ISCED 3C ISCED 3C
ISCED 0/1 ISCED 2 ISCED 3A ISCED 4 ISCED 5B ISCED 5A/6
Short Long / 3B
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Australia x(2) 38 a 11 22 x(5) 10 19 100
Austria 1 x(2) 21 a 55 6 6 5 8 100
Belgium 11 21 a 7 28 x(4) 17 16 100
Canada x(2) 16 x(5) x(5) 28 14 22 21 100
Czech Republic x(2) 11 a 45 33 x(5) a 12 100
Denmark n 17 a 49 5 x(5) 22 6 100
Finland 1 x(2) 26 a a 41 a 18 15 100
France 15 18 30 3 10 0.2 11 12 100
Germany 1 11 a 55 1 5 10 16 100
Greece 1 39 9 2 2 23 5 5 15 100
Hungary 1 23 a 29 30 x(4) x(9) 17 100
Iceland 2 35 7 a 22 12 5 17 100
Ireland 16 25 m m 32 x(5,7) 13 13 100
Italy 15 32 3 6 27 6 x(8) 12 100
Japan x(2) 18 a x(5) 50 m 11 20 100
Korea 17 16 a x(5) 42 a 5 19 100
Mexico 1 55 21 a 8 x(2) a 1 15 100
Netherlands 8 20 a x(5) 43 x(8) x(8) 28 100
New Zealand x(2) 23 a 22 19 8 14 14 100
Norway 1 0.1 14 a 39 18 1 2 26 100
Poland x(2) 17 26 a 41 3 x(8) 13 100
Portugal 66 13 x(5) x(5) 11 x(5) 3 8 100
Spain 34 24 0.4 5 10 n 7 18 100
Sweden 9 12 x(5) x(5) 49 x(7) 16 14 100
Switzerland x(2) 16 a 52 7 x(4,5) 10 15 100
Turkey 68 9 a 4 10 a x(8) 9 100
United Kingdom x(2) 14 28 17 14 x(9) 9 17 100
United States 4 7 x(5) x(5) 51 x(5) 9 29 100
Country mean 20 18 14 24 25 5 10 16 100
ote: Column of reference is given in brackets after ‘‘x’’. x(2) means that data are included in column 2.
. Year of reference 1997.
ource: OECD Database. See Annex 3 for notes.
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