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CHART 2.13

Ratio of unemployment rate of persons without high school degrees to that of persons with college or university degrees, 2003

  • Unemployment rates were higher for persons without high school degrees, except in Mexico and Korea.
  • The unemployment rates of persons without high school degrees were at least three times that of persons with college or university degrees for men in Austria, Germany, the U.K., and the U.S. and for women in the U.S., Austria, and Australia.

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Chart of ratio of unemployment rate of persons without high school degrees to that of persons with college or university degrees, 2003

NOTE: NA = not available. 2002 for Italy and the Netherlands. The unemployment rates used to calculate these ratios are for men and women ages 25 to 64.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.


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