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Table D.6.1
Educational attainment in the population aged 25 to 64, OECD countries, Canada and jurisdictions, 2005

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  Less than college1 College2 University3 College or university Total
percentage
OECD countries
Australia 68 9 23 32 100
Austria 82 9 9 18 100
Belgium 70 17 13 30 100
Canada4 54 23 23 46 100
Czech Republic5 87 .. 13 13 100
Denmark 66 8 26 34 100
Finland 65 17 18 35 100
France 75 10 15 25 100
Germany 75 10 15 25 100
Greece 79 7 14 21 100
Hungary5 83 .. 17 17 100
Iceland 69 5 26 31 100
Ireland 71 11 18 29 100
Italy5 87 1 12 13 100
Japan5 60 18 22 40 100
Korea 68 9 23 32 100
Luxembourg 73 10 17 27 100
Mexico 85 1 14 15 100
Netherlands 69 2 29 31 100
New Zealand 73 7 20 27 100
Norway 67 2 31 33 100
Poland5 83 .. 17 17 100
Portugal5 87 .. 13 13 100
Slovak Republic 86 1 13 14 100
Spain 72 8 20 28 100
Sweden 70 9 21 30 100
Switzerland 71 10 19 29 100
Turkey5 90 .. 10 10 100
United Kingdom 70 9 21 30 100
United States 61 9 29 38 100
OECD average5 74 .. 26 26 100
Jurisdictions
Newfoundland and Labrador 69 18 13 31 100
Prince Edward Island 55 28 17 45 100
Nova Scotia 58 23 20 42 100
New Brunswick 60 24 16 40 100
Quebec 56 22 22 44 100
Ontario 49 25 26 51 100
Manitoba 58 22 20 42 100
Saskatchewan 65 17 18 35 100
Alberta 57 20 23 43 100
British Columbia 56 20 24 44 100
Yukon 59 19 21 41 100
Northwest Territories 58 25 17 42 100
Nunavut 74 14 13 27 100
.. not available for a specific reference period
1. In Canada, this is equivalent to: no education or education below high school graduation; high school graduation or some postsecondary education (not completed); trade certificate or diploma from a vocational school or apprenticeship training.
2. Tertiary-Type-B education. In Canada, this is equivalent to: non-university certificate or diploma from a community college, CEGEP, school of nursing and similar programs at this level; university certificate below bachelor's level.
3. Tertiary-Type-A education and advanced research programs. In Canada, this is equivalent to: Bachelor's degree; university degree or certificate above bachelor's degree.
4. The data source (Labour Force Survey) does not allow for a clear delineation between "postsecondary non-tertiary education" and "tertiary-type B education". As a result, the figure reported for College (Tertiary-type B) is inflated. The data for Canada do not include the three territories.
5. Disaggregation of attainment at tertiary level not available; see OECD data source for more information.
Data sources: OECD, Education at a Glance, 2007 (Table A1.1a).
Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.
Updated June 16, 2008.
Date Modified: 2011-07-11

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