New entrants to ISCED 3 to 6 by age and sex (1998-2012) by country

Countries reporting
23
Highest
903,216
Germany
Lowest
4,818
Iceland
Median
76,498
Years covered
15
1998–2012
Data points
349

What the numbers show

New entrants to ISCED 3 to 6 by age and sex (1998-2012) is currently reported for 23 countries. The highest value is 903,216 in Germany; the lowest is 4,818 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 76,498, and the mean is 139,847.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 187.

Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Ireland (up 55.0%), and the largest decrease in Sweden (down 51.2%).

New entrants to ISCED 3 to 6 by age and sex: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 903,216 2012 down 19.5% falling
2 Italy 585,563 2012 up 1.3% falling
3 Poland 387,396 2012 down 39.7% falling
4 Romania 229,590 2012 down 19.2% falling
5 Sweden 120,115 2012 down 51.2% falling
6 Greece 118,623 2012 down 11.7% falling
7 Belgium 114,874 2012 down 0.2% falling
8 Hungary 111,968 2012 down 18.9% falling
9 Switzerland 99,215 2012 up 15.8% rising
10 Czechia 95,555 2012 down 31.4% falling
11 Ireland 87,627 2012 up 55.0% rising
12 Denmark 76,498 2012 up 11.7% rising
13 Bulgaria 62,142 2012 down 31.4% falling
14 Slovakia 57,867 2012 down 30.0% falling
15 Croatia 52,029 2012 down 3.8% falling
16 Latvia 24,567 2012 down 25.0% falling
17 Slovenia 23,673 2012 down 5.8% falling
18 North Macedonia 23,469 2012 down 7.4% flat
19 Estonia 16,017 2012 down 20.8% falling
20 Cyprus 10,628 2012 up 2.6% rising
21 Luxembourg 6,126 2012 up 10.0% rising
22 Malta 4,906 2012 up 15.1% rising
23 Iceland 4,818 2012 up 12.8% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
New entrants to ISCED 3 to 6 by age and sex (1998-2012)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
26 places, 349 data points, 1998–2012
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