Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 26a: Unemployment rates among persons aged 25 to 64, by level of educational attainment and country: 1991

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             Less than                         Higher         Higher
                 upper         Upper        education      education
Country      secondary     secondary  (non-university)   (university)
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Australia          9.1           6.0           6.6             4.2
Austria            4.8           3.1            **             1.5
Belgium           11.8           4.2           2.3             1.7
Canada            14.1           9.5           7.8             5.1
Denmark           14.2           9.1           5.7             4.6
Finland            8.6           7.0           2.9             2.1
France            10.6           6.6           3.6             3.8
Germany           10.5           6.6           4.6             4.5
Ireland           20.3           7.3           4.9             3.4
Italy              5.7           7.2                           5.0
Netherlands        8.6           4.9           4.2             4.6
New Zealand       10.9           7.4           5.3             4.2
Norway             6.7           4.4           2.3             1.6
Portugal           3.9           3.1           0.8             1.8
Spain             13.7          12.2            **             9.3
Sweden             2.6           2.3           1.1             1.1
Switzerland        1.3           1.5           0.8             2.2
Turkey             5.7           7.2            **             3.1
United Kingdom    10.4           6.5           3.7             3.1
United States*    10.4           5.1           3.4             2.2
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**Persons are included in counts of another level of education.
*1990 data.

NOTE: See supplemental note to Indicator 26 for a discussion of 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 R9. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing.

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Figure 26 Table 26bM