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Table 1 Distribution of ISCED levels across countries (frequencies and percentage distribution).

From: Degrees of competency: the relationship between educational qualifications and adult skills across countries

ISCED

AT

CA

CZ

DK

EN/NI

EE

BE

FI

FR

DE

IE

Below ISCED 2

30

0.8%

1025

4.7%

 

90

1.6%

1065

15.2%

40

0.7%

218

5.8%

272

6.2%

454

8.7%

92

2.3%

426

8.9%

ISCED 2 3Cs

506 14.0%

2032

9.4%

349

7.9%

879

16.0%

1960

27.9%

763

12.4%

446

11.8%

288

6.6%

834

16.0%

220

5.5%

752

15.7%

ISCED 3 4 voc.

2057

56.9%

3514

16.2%

2821

63.8%

1510

27.5%

251

3.6%

1584

25.7%

497

13.1%

1502

34.4%

1691

32.5%

1763

44.5%

897

18.7%

ISCED 3 4 non-voc.

153

4.2%

4660

21.5%

197

4.5%

562

10.2%

960

13.7%

1217

19.7%

2030

53.7%

270

6.2%

545

10.5%

362

9.1%

868

18.1%

ISCED 5B

356

9.8%

4510

20.8%

130

2.9%

1267

23.1%

815

11.6%

1047

17.0%

 

800

18.3%

621

11.9%

582

14.7%

743

15.5%

ISCED 5A BA

51

1.4%

4449

20.5%

142

3.2%

426

7.8%

1968

28.0%

176

2.9%

52

1.4%

613

14.0%

523

10.0%

384

9.6%

659

13.7%

ISCED 5A MA 6

464

12.8%

1472

6.8%

777

17.6%

760

13.8%

 

1337

21.7%

541

14.3%

625

14.3%

527

10.1%

559

14.1%

458

9.5%

Total

3617

100%

21,662

100%

4423

100%

5494

100%

7019

100%

6164

100%

3784

100%

4370

100%

5210

100%

3962

100%

4803

100%

ISCED

IT

JP

KO

NL

NO

PL

SK

ES

SE

US

Average

Below ISCED 2

401

10.3%

 

557

10.1%

239

6.0%

35

1.0%

37

0.8%

 

1107

23.3%

113

3.5%

78

1.9%

6315

5.6%

ISCED 2 3Cs

1082

27.7%

445

10.3%

596

10.8%

898

22.7%

590

17.4%

420

8.7%

743

16.8%

1220

25.7%

392

12.0%

300

7.4%

15,715

13.9%

ISCED 3 4 voc.

412

10.6%

503

11.6%

876

15.9%

1103

27.9%

866

25.5%

2376

49.5%

1319

29.8%

110

2.3%

618

18.9%

372

9.2%

26,642

23.6%

ISCED 3 4 non-voc.

1315

33.7%

1161

26.8%

1190

21.6%

328

8.3%

365

10.7%

443

9.2%

1473

33.2%

797

16.8%

856

26.2%

1516

37.5%

21,268

18.8%

ISCED 5B

 

982

22.7%

932

16.9%

169

4.3%

193

5.7%

  

419

8.8%

362

11.1%

384

9.5%

16,252

12.7%

ISCED 5A BA

609

15.6%

1093

25.3%

1201

21.8%

832

21.1%

821

24.1%

336

7.0%

134

3.0%

504

10.6%

446

13.7%

822

20.4%

14,27

14.4%

ISCED 5A MA 6

83

2.1%

140

3.2%

168

3.0%

382

9.7%

531

15.6%

1191

24.8%

735

16.6%

587

12.4%

478

14.6%

566

14.0%

12,381

11.0%

Total

3902

100%

4326

100%

5520

100%

3951

100%

3401

100%

4803

100%

4431

100%

4744

100%

3265

100%

4038

100%

112,889

100%

  1. ISCED 5A BA in England includes respondents with ISCED 5A BA, MA and ISCED 6