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Educational attainment for persons 16 years and over. Per cent (SY 179)¹
	Total						Men						Women
	Total	Primary and lower secondary education	Upper secondary education²	Tertiary vocational education	Tertiary education,short³	Tertiary education, long⁴	Total	Primary and lower secondary education	Upper secondary education²	Tertiary vocational education	Tertiary education,short³	Tertiary education, long⁴	Total	Primary and lower secondary education	Upper secondary educa-tion²	Tertiary vocational education	Tertiary education,short³	Tertiary education, long⁴
¹Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
²Includes "Intermediate level", which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which is not accredited as tertiary education.
³Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education four years or shorter.
⁴Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than four years.
⁵For many immigrants Statistics Norway has no information about their level of education. As of 2014 figures include an estimated level of education for missing values for these immigrants.
1970	100	53.2	39.4	..	5.7	1.7	100	49.5	41.6	..	5.8	3.1	100	56.8	37.3	..	5.6	0.4
1980	100	48.9	39.9	..	8.8	2.4	100	45.2	41.6	..	8.9	4.2	100	52.4	38.3	..	8.7	0.7
1990	100	41.6	42.9	..	12.2	3.2	100	38.3	44.8	..	11.7	5.2	100	44.8	41.2	..	12.7	1.3
2000	100	34.0	44.3	..	17.0	4.7	100	31.6	46.5	..	15.2	6.6	100	36.3	42.1	..	18.8	2.8
2005	100	31.6	43.7	..	19.2	5.6	100	30.2	46.1	..	16.3	7.4	100	32.9	41.4	..	22.0	3.8
2006	100	31.3	43.4	..	19.6	5.8	100	30.1	45.8	..	16.6	7.5	100	32.4	41.0	..	22.5	4.1
2007	100	30.9	43.1	..	19.9	6.0	100	30.0	45.6	..	16.8	7.6	100	31.8	40.8	..	23.0	4.4
2008	100	29.9	43.3	..	20.3	6.4	100	29.6	45.4	..	17.0	7.9	100	30.3	41.2	..	23.6	4.9
2009	100	29.8	42.9	..	20.8	6.5	100	29.3	45.4	..	17.2	8.1	100	30.4	40.4	..	24.2	5.0
2010	100	29.4	42.7	..	21.1	6.7	100	29.0	45.4	..	17.4	8.2	100	29.9	40.1	..	24.7	5.3
2011	100	28.6	42.3	..	21.7	7.4	100	28.3	45.2	..	17.8	8.7	100	29.0	39.5	..	25.4	6.1
2012	100	28.2	42.0	..	22.1	7.7	100	28.0	44.9	..	18.1	9.0	100	28.4	39.1	..	26.0	6.5
2013	100	27.9	41.7	..	22.4	8.0	100	27.8	44.7	..	18.3	9.1	100	27.9	38.7	..	26.4	6.9
2014⁵	100	27.3	41.3	..	22.7	8.7	100	27.2	44.5	..	18.6	9.7	100	27.3	38.2	..	26.8	7.7
2015	100	26.9	40.9	..	23.0	9.2	100	27.1	44.1	..	18.7	10.0	100	26.7	37.7	..	27.3	8.3
2016	100	26.5	37.8	2.8	23.4	9.5	100	26.9	40.2	3.7	19.0	10.2	100	26.2	35.3	2.0	27.8	8.7