Data table for Chart 3
Population aged 25 to 64 with below upper secondary education and their employment rate, Canada,1 provinces and territories, and selected OECD countries, 2009

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Data table for Chart 3 Population aged 25 to 64 with below upper secondary education and their employment rate, Canada, provinces and territories, and selected OECD countries, 2009
  Population with below upper secondary education (%) Employment rate (%)
OECD 27 56
Canada1 12 55
Newfoundland and Labrador 20 38
Prince Edward Island 17 58
Nova Scotia 16 52
New Brunswick 16 47
Quebec 16 53
Ontario 11 54
Manitoba 15 64
Saskatchewan 12 65
Alberta 11 67
British Columbia 9 56
Yukon 18 54
Northwest Territories 26 51
Nunavut 45 50
France 30 56
Germany 15 55
Italy 46 51
United Kingdom 26 57
United States 11 52
Australia 29 66
Denmark 24 65
Finland 18 57
New Zealand 28 69
Norway 19 65
Sweden 14 64
1. These Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates for Canada were derived using the results of the LFS in the provinces. The calculation of the Canada level average does not include the territories.
Note: The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) system was used to classify educational attainment, which reflects the highest level of education successfully completed (ISCED 2).
Sources: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, Tables A7.3a and A1.4; Statistics Canada, Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective 2011, Tables A.1.4 and A.5.2.
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