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Table D.6.1
Educational attainment in the population aged 25 to 64, OECD countries, Canada and jurisdictions, 2006

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  Less than college1 College2 University3 College or university All levels combined
percentage
OECD countries
Australia 67 9 24 33 100
Austria 82 7 10 18 100
Belgium 68 18 14 32 100
Canada4 53 23 24 47 100
Czech Republic5 86 .. .. 14 100
Denmark 65 8 27 35 100
Finland 64 16 19 35 100
France 74 11 16 26 100
Germany 76 9 15 24 100
Greece 78 7 15 22 100
Hungary 82 <1 17 17 100
Iceland 70 4 26 30 100
Ireland 69 11 19 30 100
Italy 87 1 12 13 100
Japan 60 18 23 40 100
Korea 67 9 23 33 100
Luxembourg 76 8 16 24 100
Mexico 85 1 14 15 100
Netherlands 70 2 28 30 100
New Zealand 62 15 23 38 100
Norway 67 2 31 33 100
Poland5 82 .. .. 18 100
Portugal5 87 .. .. 13 100
Slovak Republic 86 1 13 14 100
Spain 71 9 20 28 100
Sweden 69 9 22 31 100
Switzerland 70 10 20 30 100
Turkey5 90 .. .. 10 100
United Kingdom 69 9 21 30 100
United States 61 5 35 39 100
OECD average5 73 .. .. 27 100
Jurisdictions
Newfoundland and Labrador 68 18 14 32 100
Prince Edward Island 56 26 18 44 100
Nova Scotia 57 23 21 43 100
New Brunswick 58 25 17 42 100
Quebec 56 22 22 44 100
Ontario 47 26 27 53 100
Manitoba 58 21 21 42 100
Saskatchewan 64 17 19 36 100
Alberta 57 20 23 43 100
British Columbia 55 20 25 45 100
Yukon 61 16 22 39 100
Northwest Territories 53 25 22 47 100
Nunavut 67 18 15 33 100
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.
Note: Percentage distributions may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Data sources: OECD, Education at a Glance, 2008 (Table A1.1a);
Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
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 December 16, 2008.
Date Modified: 2008-12-16

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