Indicators on Education, in the OECD

3   Percentage of upper secondary graduation rates to total population at typical age of graduation. 2000
OECD countries General programmes Pre-vocational/ Vocational programmes
M + W Women M + W Women
Australia .. .. .. ..
Austria .. .. .. ..
Belgium 36 40 54 57
Canada .. .. .. ..
Czech Republic1,2 8 10 41 35
Denmark 52 64 54 64
Finland 53 64 72 77
France 31 37 67 62
Germany 33 36 58 57
Greece 56 64 26 22
Hungary 26 32 70 62
Iceland 47 58 36 30
Ireland 59 63 20 23
Italy 29 39 64 60
Japan 69 73 26 24
Korea 60 58 37 38
Luxembourg1,2 26 29 40 40
Mexico 28 30 4 5
Netherlands 37 41 57 56
New Zealand .. .. .. ..
Norway 64 79 52 44
Poland 32 41 67 58
Portugal .. .. .. ..
Slovak Republic 18 21 79 77
Spain1,2 46 53 22 24
Sweden 42 46 32 31
Switzerland .. .. .. ..
Turkey2 20 19 16 13
United Kingdom .. .. .. ..
United States .. .. .. ..
Country mean 40 45 45 44
1  Significant proportion of the youth cohort is missing.
2  See www.oecd.org/els/education/eag2002.
Source:  OECD.

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