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November 06, 2002 1 min read

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Percentage of the populations in 30 industrialized countries that in 2001 had graduated from at least an upper-secondary education program.

	AGE GROUP
	25-64	25-34	55-64
Australia	59	71	44
Austria	76	83	63
Belgium	59	75	38
Canada	82	89	67
Czech Republic	86	92	76
Denmark	80	86	72
Finland	74	87	51
France	64	78	46
Germany	83	85	76
Greece	51	73	28
Hungary	70	81	44
Iceland	57	61	46
Ireland	58	73	35
Italy	43	57	22
Japan	83	94	63
Luxembourg	53	59	42
Mexico	22	25	11
Netherlands	65	74	51
New Zealand	76	82	60
Norway	85	93	70
Poland	20	32	9
Portugal	46	52	36
Slovak Republic	85	94	66
South Korea	68	95	30
Spain	40	57	17
Sweden	81	91	65
Switzerland	87	92	81
Turkey	24	30	13
United Kingdom	63	68	55
United States	88	88	83
Country mean	64	74	49

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

A version of this article appeared in the November 06, 2002 edition of Education Week as International Comparisons

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