Table 2

Comparative table of education in Europe, 1985-1991

European countries in order of 0-19 yrs per total population
Country	0-19 yrs	Pupils per	16-18 yrs.	Higher Education
	in pop. (%)	pop. (%)	in school	Enrolled (%)	Growth (%)	Female (%)
	1990	1991/2	1991/2	1994	1985-90	1991/2
Ireland	36	25	53	31	30	47
Iceland	33	24	..	19	..	..
Portugal	29	21	50	19	27	60
Spain	28	22	65	25	31	51
France	27	21	85	33	25	54
Norway	26	21	..	24*	..	53
Greece	26	18	..	37	7	51
UK	26	21	70	24	22	49
Netherlands	26	23	90	22	18	45
Finland	25	20	83	27*	28	53
EURO 12	25	19	80	24	23	49
Belgium	24	20	90	37	11	48
Sweden	24	16	78	15*	6	54
Denmark	23	18	80	22*	23	53
Italy	23	17	..	..	22	50
Austria	23	16	77	12	17	46
Germany	21	17	95	17*	15	41
Note: * = % of age 22-25 which understates the proportion in these cases.
Sources: for Higher Education enrolment % of 18-21 year olds: UNDP, Human Development Report, 1997, New York, 1997, Table 31, p.208; for all other columns: EUROSTAT, Social Portrait of Europe, Brussels, 1996, pp. 56-58.