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Table A.1.1
Distribution of the 25- to 64-year-old population, by highest level of education attained, 2007

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  Classification of the levels of education based on the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED-97)
ISCED 0/1
(Pre-primary and primary)		 ISCED 2
(Lower secondary)		 ISCED 3C
(Short programme)		 Upper secondary education ISCED 4
(Postsecondary non-tertiary education)		 Tertiary education All levels of education
ISCED 3C
(Long programme)/3B 		ISCED 3A ISCED 5B
(Type B)		 ISCED 5A
(Type A)		 ISCED 6
(Advanced research programmes)
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10
percentage
OECD countries
Australia 8 24 [5] [5] 31 3 10 24 [8] 100
Austria [2] 18 1 47 6 9 7 10 [8] 100
Belgium 14 18 ... 10 24 2 18 14 1 100
Canada 4 9 ... [5] 26 12 24 25 [8] 100
Czech Republic 0s 9 ... 41 35 ... [8] 14 [8] 100
Denmark 1 22 2 37 6 0s 7 25 1 100
Finland 10 10 ... ... 44 0s 15 20 1 100
France 13 18 ... 31 11 0s 11 15 1 100
Germany 3 13 ... 50 3 7 9 14 1 100
Greece 26 11 3 3 26 8 7 15 0s 100
Hungary 1 19 ... 31 28 2 0s 17 0s 100
Iceland 3 24 9 13 10 11 4 25 1 100
Ireland 15 17 0s [5] 25 11 11 21 0s 100
Italy 15 32 1 7 30 1 1 13 0s 100
Japan [5] [5] [5] [5] 59 ... 18 23 [8] 100
Korea 11 12 ... [5] 43 ... 10 24 [8] 100
Luxembourg 18 9 7 17 19 4 9 17 1 100
Mexico 47 20 ... ... 18 ... ... 15 [8] 100
Netherlands 7 20 [4] 16 23 3 2 28 1 100
New Zealand [2] 21 8 10 9 11 16 25 [8] 100
Norway 0s 21 ... 30 11 3 2 31 1 100
Poland [2] 14 ... 33 31 4 [8] 19 [8] 100
Portugal 56 16 [5] [5] 13 1 [8] 13 1 100
Slovak Republic 1 12 [4] 35 38 [5] 1 13 0s 100
Spain 22 27 ... 8 14 0s 9 19 1 100
Sweden 6 10 ... [5] 47 6 9 23 [8] 100
Switzerland 3 9 1 46 6 3 10 19 3 100
Turkey 61 10 ... 8 10 ... [8] 11 [8] 100
United Kingdom 0s 14 18 30 7 0s 9 22 1 100
United States 4 8 [5] [5] 48 [5] 9 30 1 100
Provinces
Newfoundland and Labrador 8 13 ... [5] 24 21 20 15 [8] 100
Prince Edward Island 6 12 ... [5] 26 10 27 18 [8] 100
Nova Scotia 4 12 ... [5] 24 15 24 21 [8] 100
New Brunswick 8 11 ... [5] 28 10 26 18 [8] 100
Quebec 7 10 ... [5] 21 16 22 23 [8] 100
Ontario 3 8 ... [5] 26 8 27 28 [8] 100
Manitoba 4 13 ... [5] 31 10 21 21 [8] 100
Saskatchewan 3 12 ... [5] 32 19 17 18 [8] 100
Alberta 2 9 ... [5] 29 15 21 23 [8] 100
British Columbia 3 8 ... [5] 31 13 20 26 [8] 100
Note: [ ] Data included in column of the table whose number is shown in the squared brackets.
Sources: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2009, Education at a Glance 2009: OECD Indicators, Table A1.1a., Educational attainment: adult population (2007), (www.oecd.org/edu/eag2009); Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (LFS).
Date Modified: 2009-12-14

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