elementary secondary higher

level level education

United States 84 46 24

Soviet Union 71 * 50

Japan 57 26 13

Australia 71 45 *

Western Europe 69 48 37

Brazil 86 54 21**

*Official data not available. **1970 figure.

Sources: UNESCO, Statistical Yearbook (1981); U.S.

Department of Education, Digest of Education Statistics

(1981).