Education in States and Nations: 1991
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Less than Higher Higher
upper Upper education education
Country secondary secondary(non-university) (university)
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Australia 44 25 21 10
Austria 33 61 ** 7
Belgium 57 24 10 10
Canada 24 36 23 17
Czechoslovakia 27 63 ** 10
Denmark 39 43 6 13
Finland 40 42 8 10
France 49 35 5 10
Germany 18 60 11 11
Ireland 60 24 8 8
Italy 72 22 ** 6
Netherlands 44 37 13 6
New Zealand 44 33 13 10
Norway 21 54 12 12
Portugal 93 3 1 3
Spain 78 12 ** 10
Sweden 33 44 11 12
Switzerland 19 60 13 7
Turkey 82 11 ** 6
United Kingdom 35 49 7 10
United States* 19 51 7 23
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*1990 data.NOTE: Row figures may not sum to 100, due to rounding. See supplemental note to Indicator 21 for a discussion of the levels of education; the supplemental note for details on data provided by Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States; and for a discussion comparing educational attainment data for the United States as it is found in the Current Population Survey to the same in the 1990 U.S. Census of Population.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Center for Educational Research and Innovation, Education at a Glance, 1993, Table C1(A). U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population, Education in the United States, Table 1.
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