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Table 601.35. Percentage of 3- and 4-year-olds and 5- to 14-year-olds enrolled in school, by country: Selected years, 2000 through 2020
Land Compulsory education (2020)1 Percent of 3- and 4-year-olds enrolled Percent of 5- to 14-year-olds enrolled
Starting
age
Ending
age2
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
OECD average3 5 4 16 4 79.2 78.3   79.1 79.7 79.8   81.2 81.3 83.4 82.0 97.4   98.2 98.3 98.2 98.3 98.2 98.0 97.9 97.8 97.8 98.1 98.4 98.3
Australien 6   17   --- 72.1   77.3 79.2 77.0   76.3 76.2 75.0 73.8 100.0 5 99.2 100.0 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.9 99.9 99.3
Österreich 6   15   80.6 81.4   82.3 83.7 84.2   85.0 85.5 85.9 85.8 98.2   --- 98.4 98.6 98.5 98.4 98.4 98.5 97.9 98.6 98.7 98.7 98.7
Belgium6 6   18   98.2 98.3   98.1 98.2 98.3 7 98.6 98.4 98.1 98.3 99.1   98.2 97.4 98.1 98.2 98.2 98.3 98.2 98.2 98.8 98.8 98.8 98.9
Kanada 6   16-18   --- ---   --- --- ---   --- --- --- --- 97.1   --- 93.5 93.4 99.9 99.9 100.0 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.9 99.9
Chile 6   18   65.6 66.6   68.5 70.5 71.0   71.5 71.7 71.7 68.7 93.6   91.9 96.2 96.0 95.9 96.2 96.4 96.7 96.9 97.1 97.4 98.0 97.3

Colombia8
5   16   --- ---   --- --- 53.6   66.2 70.7 71.0 71.0 ---   --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 94.7 94.9 95.8 97.2 96.3
Costa Rica 4   16   --- 33.6   34.5 33.8 34.4   34.5 43.5 --- 48.4 ---   --- --- --- --- 96.7 95.6 92.7 93.2 91.0 94.8 --- 94.6
Tschechische Republik 5   15   70.3 70.9   76.1 81.5 84.3   83.8 83.2 82.3 82.4 99.8   100.0 98.7 98.4 98.6 98.1 97.7 97.7 97.5 97.9 98.0 98.0 97.7
Dänemark 6   15   96.9 96.9   96.9 97.5 97.3   97.3 99.1 97.3 97.2 99.2   --- 99.1 99.3 99.4 99.4 99.3 99.3 99.2 99.3 99.7 99.5 99.5
Estland 7   16   88.1 89.2   88.4 88.7 89.4   89.4 89.8 89.7 90.2 ---   100.0 97.2 96.7 96.4 95.6 96.5 96.4 96.6 96.7 96.8 96.9 97.0

Finnland
7   16   71.3 71.4   71.1 71.5 76.1   76.7 80.0 82.8 86.3 91.6   96.7 96.8 96.9 96.8 96.8 96.7 96.5 97.2 97.2 97.3 97.6 97.6
Frankreich 3   16   100.0 100.0 5 99.1 100.0 100.0   100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8   99.9 99.1 99.2 99.1 99.0 98.3 99.0 99.4 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0
Deutschland 6   18   94.3 94.5   94.6 95.0 93.7   93.2 92.9 92.7 92.2 99.4   95.9 98.7 98.3 98.5 99.2 98.9 98.9 98.1 98.6 98.7 98.6 98.5
Griechenland 5   14-15   --- 37.3   58.7 46.6 46.8   51.0 28.1 55.4 36.7 99.8   --- --- --- --- 97.1 96.0 97.7 97.3 96.9 96.5 96.7 96.2
Ungarn 3   16   84.0 84.3   86.6 88.2 90.1   90.3 90.4 91.7 91.3 99.9   100.0 98.5 98.1 97.8 97.1 96.6 95.9 95.5 95.5 95.4 95.4 95.3

Island
6   16   96.1 96.4   96.6 96.9 96.7   97.2 96.9 96.7 96.4 98.5   98.9 98.5 98.6 98.8 98.5 98.6 98.7 98.9 98.9 98.8 98.7 98.5
Irland 6   16   --- 73.0   73.0 68.3 75.7   96.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0   100.0 100.0 100.0 --- 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Israel 3   17   89.4 100.0   97.9 100.0 100.0   100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.6   96.0 97.8 98.2 98.2 98.3 97.8 97.5 97.4 97.0 96.8 96.5 96.4
Italien 6   16   97.0 96.5   94.1 93.9 94.1   92.9 92.7 93.9 93.8 99.7   100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.2 97.8 97.6 97.4 97.4 98.4 98.5
Japan 6   15   85.9 88.2   88.4 87.7 89.6   --- 89.3 92.1 92.7 100.0   --- --- --- --- 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 --- 100.0 100.0 100.0

Korea, Republic of
6   14   89.1 93.6   91.4 91.5 94.8   95.6 93.0 93.6 96.2 92.3   --- 99.4 98.6 98.4 98.1 98.2 98.4 97.5 97.1 98.9 98.7 97.8
Lettland 5   16   83.4 86.1   88.3 89.1 90.5   91.5 91.0 91.2 90.9 ---   99.5 98.2 98.6 98.2 97.8 97.7 97.6 98.0 98.3 98.5 98.4 98.3
Litauen 7   16   73.1 77.7   80.6 81.3 81.3   82.8 84.5 86.3 88.4 ---   97.5 98.2 98.7 98.8 98.5 98.9 99.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Luxemburg 4   16   85.4 85.1   83.1 80.4 80.2   82.3 83.0 83.5 84.7 95.3   --- --- --- --- 97.1 97.1 97.0 97.0 96.6 96.9 97.8 98.6
Mexiko 3   17   65.0 66.1   66.0 67.6 67.9   69.3 69.1 67.7 67.9 94.8   97.1 99.6 99.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8

Niederlande
5   18   91.4 91.5   88.4 89.5 91.2   92.2 84.5 86.3 87.9 99.4   98.7 99.5 99.7 99.7 99.5 99.4 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.6 99.7 99.7
Neuseeland 5   16   95.9 89.8   90.2 91.8 90.3   92.7 90.4 86.3 84.1 99.0   99.6 99.0 98.8 98.5 98.4 98.4 98.3 98.5 98.6 98.7 99.0 98.7
Norwegen 6   16   96.1 96.2   96.1 96.2 96.4   96.5 96.7 96.8 96.8 97.4   98.6 99.5 99.6 99.5 99.5 99.4 99.3 99.1 99.2 99.1 99.1 98.9
Polen 6   15   58.7 60.0   64.7 72.5 78.1   76.1 80.1 83.4 84.7 93.6   94.6 95.1 95.2 96.4 95.9 95.7 95.5 95.5 95.2 95.8 96.5 97.1
Portugal 6   18   84.9 84.2   83.6 84.6 85.2   89.9 89.2 89.4 89.4 100.0   100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.7 98.9 98.3 98.3 98.4 99.5 100.0

Slovak Republic
6   16   67.5 68.1   68.9 67.7 69.1   73.3 73.8 73.8 74.1 ---   97.2 95.2 94.8 94.5 94.2 93.7 93.4 93.3 93.0 93.4 93.9 94.3
Slowenien 6   14   87.1 86.7   85.8 86.1 86.8   88.1 89.4 90.8 91.3 ---   96.7 97.1 97.1 97.4 97.1 97.0 97.4 97.1 97.5 98.1 98.3 98.6
Spanien 6   16   96.1 96.2   96.5 96.2 96.3   97.0 97.1 96.8 96.8 100.0   100.0 98.6 98.2 97.8 97.5 97.2 97.1 97.1 97.2 97.5 97.7 97.8
Schweden 6   15   --- 93.7   93.9 92.2 92.9   93.5 93.3 94.0 94.5 97.8   --- --- --- --- 98.5 98.2 98.5 99.0 99.5 99.0 98.8 98.9
Schweiz 4-5   15   21.6 22.2   23.5 24.8 25.1   25.3 25.3 25.5 25.6 98.8   99.6 100.0 99.4 99.3 99.6 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7

Türkiye
6   17   12.0 21.7   20.0 20.8 21.1   23.3 24.6 25.2 22.4 80.2   --- --- --- --- 96.3 95.9 95.8 94.9 96.5 98.3 99.2 99.6
Vereinigtes Königreich 4-5   16   --- 96.3   90.7 100.0 100.0   100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.9   --- 100.0 98.2 96.7 98.2 98.4 98.3 98.4 98.3 97.7 97.4 97.0
Vereinigte Staaten 4-6   16-18   52.2 53.7   54.7 54.4 52.7   53.8 54.0 53.7 53.7 99.3   98.7 97.4 97.3 97.3 96.9 97.2 98.0 99.2 99.8 98.8 99.3 99.1

Other reporting
     countries
                                                         
Brasilien 4   17   57.3 59.6   62.4 64.4 67.5   68.0 68.1 69.4 67.4 90.1   --- --- --- 95.3 95.5 95.0 94.6 95.6 95.5 95.7 95.9 95.7
---Not available.
1The compulsory ages are from Education at a Glance 2022 and may have changed over time. For federal countries, where subnational entities set compulsory ages, there is a range of ages.
2Ending age of compulsory education is the age at which compulsory schooling ends.
3Refers to the mean of the data values for all reporting Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, to which each country reporting data contributes equally. The average includes all current OECD countries for which a given year's data are available, even if they were not members of OECD in that year.
4Countries reporting an age range are excluded from the OECD average calculation.
5Rounds to 100.
6Excludes the German-Speaking Community of Belgium.
7Excludes 3-year-olds.
8Data on ISCED 1 by age refer only to pupils enrolled in public institutions.
NOTE: For each country, this table shows the number of persons in each age group who are enrolled in that country as a percentage of that country's total population in the specified age group. If a country enrolls many residents of other countries, the country's total population in the specified age group can be smaller than the total number enrolled, resulting in enrollment rate estimates exceeding 100 percent. Enrollment rates exceeding 100 percent have been capped at 100 percent in this table. Conversely, if a country has many residents who are enrolled outside of the country, the country's enrollment rates may be underestimated. Enrollment rate estimates can also be affected if population and enrollment data were collected at different times. Includes both full-time and part-time students, such as students who are enrolled in regular schools for a fraction of their time and receiving education in other forms for the remaining time. Data are collected for the school year ending in the reported year for each country. For example, for reported year 2020, the reference period is school year 2019-2020 for Northern Hemisphere countries and 2020 for Southern Hemisphere countries. For more information on the school year reported by OECD countries, see Annex Table X1.3 here: https://stat.link/3ha7ok. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance, 2002 and 2022; and Online Education Database, retrieved October 13, 2022, from https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx. (This table was prepared October 2022.)

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