°Educational attainment
	Proportion of women and men with high education by age and country 2004 in %
Women	25–34 Years	35–44 Years	45–54 Years	55–64 Years	25–64 Years
US	41.9	41.1	40.8	33.1	39.6
SE	47.1	38.3	36.1	28.8	37.5
UK	34.6	28.8	26.2	21.0	28.7
ES	42.4	29.0	17.4	8.4	26.4
FR	41.5	24.7	18.5	13.5	25.0
DE	22.5	23.1	21.4	14.6	20.6
CH	23.3	21.6	18.1	11.7	19.1
IT	17.1	12.6	10.6	5.7	11.8
AT	20.1	17.2	13.5	8.0	15.0
Men
US	36.2	37.8	40.5	39.6	38.4
SE	37.7	33.2	29.8	25.8	31.6
UK	34.7	30.0	28.4	23.6	29.4
ES	34.1	27.7	21.5	16.6	26.3
FR	34.7	22.4	17.3	15.3	22.8
DE	23.3	30.5	31.0	31.1	29.2
CH	37.7	40.0	37.5	32.6	37.3
IT	12.1	11.3	11.3	8.7	11.0
AT	20.4	22.3	21.8	22.1	21.7
	Percentage of the resident population in Switzerland with low education by nationality and age 2006
	15–24 years	25–39 years	40–54 years	55–64 years	65 y. and over
CH	55.3	5.9	10.9	16.1	36.0
IT, ES	54.3	17.1	43.5	66.3	74.3
PT, TR, ex-YU	69.6	57.6	65.1	74.1	68.4
DE, AT, FR	44.3	3.6	5.1	8.9	21.3