Table 1 Distribution of the 25-to-64-year-old population, by highest level of education attained. 2008 and 2009

1 Distribution of the 25-to-64-year-old population, by highest level of education attained. 2008 and 2009
OECD countries	Less than upper secondary education		Upper secondary education		Tertiary education

OECD countries	2008	2009	2008	2009	2008	2009

Australia	30	29	34	34	36	37
Austria	19	18	64	64	18	19
Belgium	30	30	37	36	33	34
Canada	13	13	38	38	49	49
Chile		30		47		23
Czech Republic	9	8	76	76	14	16
Denmark	25	23	43	42	33	34
Estonia		11		53		36
Finland	19	18	45	45	36	38
France	30	30	43	41	28	30
Germany	14	14	60	59	25	26
Greece	39	39	37	38	23	24
Hungary	21	19	60	61	18	19
Iceland	36	34	33	33	31	33
Ireland	31	28	36	35	34	36
Israel		18		37		44
Italy	47	47	39	40	14	14
Japan	..	..	57	56	43	44
Korea	21	20	43	41	37	39
Luxembourg	33	23	40	42	28	35
Mexico	67	64	17	19	16	16
Netherlands	27	26	41	40	32	33
New Zealand	28	28	32	32	40	40
Norway	19	20	45	44	36	37
Poland	13	12	68	67	20	21
Portugal	72	70	14	16	14	14
Slovak Republic	10	9	75	75	15	16
Slovenia		17		60		23
Spain	48	48	22	22	29	31
Sweden	15	14	53	52	32	33
Switzerland	12	12	54	52	33	35
Turkey	70	68	18	18	12	13
United Kingdom	30	26	37	37	33	37
United States	11	11	48	47	41	41
OECD average	29	27	44	44	28	30

Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2011.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/edu/eag2011