Education
DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONS AGED 25-64 BY LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
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| Country | Reference year | Below upper secondary education(a) | Upper secondary education and post-secondary non tertiary education(b) | Tertiary type B education(c) | Tertiary type A and advanced research programs (d) | Total |
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| Australia | 1998 | 44 | 31 | 9 | 17 | 100 |
| Canada | 1998 | 20 | 41 | 20 | 19 | 100 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 100 |
| France | 1998 | 39 | 40 | 10 | 11 | 100 |
| Greece | 1997 | 54 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 100 |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 100 |
| Indonesia | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 100 |
| Italy | 1998 | 56 | 35 | (e) | 9 | 100 |
| Japan | 1998 | 20 | 50 | 13 | 18 | 100 |
| Korea (Republic of) | 1998 | 35 | 43 | 5 | 17 | 100 |
| Malaysia | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 100 |
| New Zealand | 1998 | 27 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 100 |
| Papua New Guinea | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 100 |
| Singapore | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 100 |
| Sweden | 1998 | 24 | 48 | 15 | 13 | 100 |
| United Kingdom | 1998 | 19 | 57 | 8 | 15 | 100 |
| United States of America | 1998 | 14 | 52 | 8 | 27 | 100 |
| Viet Nam | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 100 |
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(a) International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) levels 0, 1 and 2. For Australia this includes Preschool, Primary School and lower Secondary School levels as well as the Basic Vocational level.
(b) International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) levels 3 and 4. For Australia this includes Year 12 completion as well as the Skilled Vocational level.
(c) International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) level 5B. For Australia this includes Associate Diplomas and Undergraduate Diplomas.
(d) International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) levels 5A and 6. For Australia this includes Bachelor degree level or higher.
(e) Data is included in another column of the table.
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Education at a glance OECD Indicators, 2000 Edition.
EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION (a) AND EXPENDITURE
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| | Enrolment rates age group (years) | | | |
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| Country | Reference year(b) | 15-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40 and over | Reference year(b) | Direct public expenditure as a proportion of GDP(c) | Total public and private expenditure as a proportion of GDP(d) |
| | % | % | % | | | % | % |
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| Australia | 1998 | 81.6 | 27.1 | 14.5 | 6.0 | 1997 | 4.3 | 5.6 |
| Canada | 1998 | 78.0 | 19.8 | 4.4 | 1.1 | 1997 | 5.4 | 6.5 |
| China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province) | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | n.a. |
| France | 1998 | 87.8 | 19.1 | 1.9 | (e) | 1997 | 5.8 | 6.3 |
| Greece | 1998 | 77.6 | 18.4 | - | - | 1997 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
| Hong Kong (SAR of China) | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | n.a. |
| Indonesia | 1998 | 37.0 | 3.3 | - | - | . . | n.a. | n.a. |
| Italy | 1998 | 69.8 | 16.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1997 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| Japan | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 1997 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
| Korea (Republic of) | 1998 | 78.6 | 20.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1997 | 4.4 | 7.4 |
| Malaysia | 1998 | 38.2 | 4.9 | 0.3 | - | 1997 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| New Zealand | 1998 | 71.7 | 20.3 | 8.4 | 2.7 | 1997 | 6.1 | n.a. |
| Papua New Guinea | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | n.a. |
| Singapore | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | n.a. |
| Sweden | 1998 | 86.1 | 30.4 | 13.3 | 2.7 | 1997 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| United Kingdom | 1998 | 69.5 | 18.1 | 8.8 | 3.2 | 1997 | 4.6 | n.a. |
| United States of America | 1998 | 74.2 | 21.4 | 5.6 | 1.6 | 1997 | 5.2 | 6.9 |
| Viet Nam | . . | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | . . | n.a. | n.a. |
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(a) Participation rates are based on full-time and part-time enrolments.
(b) 1 January of the reference year is considered a good proxy for the mid-point of the school year except for Australia and Korea where 1 July is used as the mid-point of the reference period.
(c) Direct public expenditure includes both purchases by the government agency itself on educational resources and also appropriations by the government agency to educational institutions which have been given responsibility to purchase educational resources themselves.
(d) Public expenditure refers to the spending of public authorities at all levels. Private expenditure refers to expenditure funded by private sources i.e. households, private business firms and non-profit organisations of religious, charitable or business and labour associations.
(e) Data is included in another column of the table.
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Education at a glance OECD Indicators, 2000 Edition.
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