°Post-compulsory education
	Post-compulsory educational attainment of 20 year-old women and men 1990–2005 in %
	Women				Men
	Vocational training (without Professional "Matura")	Professional "Matura"	General education (without "Matura")	"Matura"	Vocational training (without Professional "Matura")	Professional "Matura"	General education (without "Matura")	"Matura"
1990	65.8		5.7	13.2	72.5		1.1	13.4
1991	64.7		6.3	13.9	72.4		1.2	15.0
1992	61.7		6.8	14.5	71.3		1.4	15.0
1993	61.4		7.4	15.7	71.7		1.6	15.6
1994	60.7		7.9	17.4	72.0		1.7	16.5
1995	57.7		8.2	17.5	69.5		1.9	16.7
1996	58.2		7.6	18.5	70.0		1.9	16.8
1997	58.6		8.0	18.7	70.1		1.8	17.2
1998	54.4	4.4	7.7	19.0	59.8	9.4	1.6	16.8
1999	56.0	5.1	6.8	19.2	61.0	9.7	1.6	16.4
2000	56.0	5.7	6.3	19.9	61.1	10.0	1.3	16.0
2001	58.3	6.2	5.6	20.6	61.6	10.8	1.2	17.1
2002	57.7	7.2	5.3	21.8	61.4	11.8	1.1	16.9
2003	54.3	8.4	5.3	21.8	58.9	12.3	1.1	16.0
2004	50.4	9.9	4.8	21.8	57.8	12.8	1.2	15.6
2005	49.7	10.9	5.0	21.9	59.1	13.4	1.3	16.1
	Educational status of the cohort which completed compulsory schooling in 2000 by sex in %
		In education/ training: tertiary level	In education/ training: upper sec. vocational	In education/ training: upper sec. general	Gap year, practical training, other	No longer in education/ training, with upper sec. attainment	No longer in education/ training, without upper sec. attainment
Women	2001	0.0	35.7	33.3	27.0	0.0	4.0
	2002	0.2	54.0	32.8	7.8	0.0	5.2
	2003	2.9	56.0	30.6	3.2	2.6	4.6
	2004	10.3	34.1	15.4	9.7	25.0	5.4
	2005	21.7	17.2	5.5	8.2	36.6	10.7
	2006	28.0	9.2	1.5	7.6	41.4	12.2
Men	2001	0.0	62.0	20.3	13.6	0.0	4.2
	2002	0.0	74.7	18.8	2.2	0.0	4.3
	2003	0.2	71.5	19.0	2.1	1.4	5.9
	2004	4.2	52.3	8.8	3.9	22.6	8.1
	2005	11.3	20.6	4.0	6.4	45.1	12.6
	2006	19.0	13.0	2.4	6.9	48.8	9.9
	20 to 24 year-olds by educational status, sex and country 2003 in %
		Still in education/ training	No longer in education/ training, without upper sec. attainment
FR	Women	53.8	12.6
	Men	48.4	15.9
SE	Women	46.3	8.2
	Men	37.2	11.3
ES	Women	45.7	26.0
	Men	36.3	38.8
DE	Women	44.3	13.7
	Men	39.9	14.0
US*	Women	36.9	10.8
	Men	33.0	13.2
CH	Women	35.5	9.4
	Men	35.9	11.1
UK	Women	32.1	7.0
	Men	32.1	6.7
US*: 2002