Table 2 Population aged 15-19 and 20-29 in education. Per cent. 1995-2006

2 Population aged 15-19 and 20-29 in education. Per cent. 1995-2006
OECD countries	15-to-19-year-olds in education as a percentage of the population aged 15 to 19 years								20-to-29-year-olds in education as a percentage of the population aged 20 to 29 years

OECD countries	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	1995	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006

Australia	81	82	81	83	82	82	82	83	23	28	28	33	33	33	33	33
Austria	75	77	77	77	77	79	80	82	16	18	19	17	18	19	19	20
Belgium	94	91	91	92	94	95	94	95	24	25	26	27	29	30	29	29
Canada	80	81	81	80	80	79	80	81	22	23	24	25	25	25	26	26
Czech Republic	66	81	87	90	90	91	90	90	10	14	15	16	17	19	20	20
Denmark	79	80	83	82	85	85	85	83	30	35	36	36	36	36	38	38
Finland	81	85	85	85	86	87	87	88	28	38	39	40	40	41	43	43
France	89	87	86	86	87	87	86	86	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20
Germany	88	88	90	89	89	89	89	89	20	24	24	26	27	28	28	28
Greece	62	82	74	83	83	86	97	93	13	16	22	25	26	28	24	32
Hungary	64	78	79	81	83	85	87	88	10	19	20	21	22	24	24	25
Iceland	..	79	79	81	83	84	85	85	24	31	30	32	36	37	37	37
Ireland	79	81	82	83	84	87	89	88	14	16	18	19	19	23	21	20
Italy	..	72	73	76	78	79	80	81	..	17	17	18	20	20	20	20
Japan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Korea	75	79	79	80	81	84	86	86	15	24	25	27	27	28	27	28
Luxembourg	73	74	75	75	75	75	72	73	..	5	6	6	6	7	6	9
Mexico	36	42	42	44	45	47	48	49	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	11
Netherlands	89	87	86	87	85	86	86	89	21	22	23	23	25	26	26	27
New Zealand	68	72	72	74	74	74	74	74	17	23	25	28	30	31	30	29
Norway	83	86	85	85	85	86	86	86	25	28	26	26	29	29	29	30
Poland	78	84	86	87	88	90	92	93	16	24	26	28	29	30	31	31
Portugal	68	71	73	71	72	73	73	73	22	22	22	22	23	23	22	21
Slovak Republic	..	..	74	76	80	83	85	85	..	..	12	13	13	15	16	17
Spain	73	77	78	78	78	80	81	80	21	24	23	23	22	22	22	22
Sweden	82	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	22	33	33	34	34	36	36	36
Switzerland	80	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	15	19	20	20	21	21	22	22
Turkey	30	28	30	34	35	40	41	45	7	5	5	6	6	10	10	11
United Kingdom¹	72	75	75	77	75	79	79	¹70	18	24	24	27	26	28	29	17
United States	73	74	76	75	75	76	79	78	20	21	22	23	22	23	23	23
OECD average	74	77	78	79	79	81	81	82	18	22	22	23	24	25	25	25

¹	Break in time series following methodological changes from 2006.
Source: OECD, Education at a Glance 2008.
More information: http://www.oecd.org/edu/eag2008