Year % of lower secondary school age 1976 21.3429794311523 1977 20.9924602508545 1978 19.0653800964355 1979 19.2045307159424 1980 19.4079303741455 1981 20.7153606414795 1982 20.7404403686523 1983 18.7808704376221 1984 21.7768993377686 1985 20.0119590759277 1986 21.2538108825684 1987 19.7413291931152 1988 19.4360198974609 1989 21.1892890930176 1990 21.204610824585 1991 20.7747592926025 1992 20.9947490692139 1993 21.1099300384521 1994 21.662410736084 1995 21.0048408508301 1996 21.0224704742432 1997 21.1016101837158 1998 20.9914703369141 1999 20.1498794555664 2000 20.6822700500488 2001 20.4043598175049 2002 19.2825107574463 2003 19.5063705444336 2004 17.6197605133057 2005 17.0840606689453 2006 16.9501991271973 2007 16.9031391143799 2008 16.3743801116943 2009 16.4312000274658 2010 16.23547 2011 15.72288 2012 15.64198 2013 15.81836 2014 15.52727 2015 16.12712 2016 16.36302 2017 16.33287