Minifacts about Norway 2012

 

7. Education



Kindergarten coverage1



1 Proportion of children in kindergartens as percentage of children in corresponding age group.
Source:  Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/barnehager_en/

Pupils attending after-school care facilities
  2000 2005 2011
Total  121 414  129 741  150 797
Year 1 38 388 41 827 47 797
Year 2 35 853 38 630 45 057
Year 3 29 719 31 359 36 673
Year 4 16 416 16 685 19 575
Years 5 to 7 1 038 1 296 1 695
Source: The information system for primary and lower secondary education.
More information: http://www.wis.no/gsi/

Schools and pupils/students
  1984/85 2010/11
Type of school Schools Pupils/students Schools Pupils/students
Primary/lower secondary schools 3 540  545 879 2 957  614 020
Private primary/lower secondary schools . .  159 16 250
Upper secondary schools1   920  203 702  450  248 828
Private upper secondary schools . 16 936 96 28 121
Universities and colleges2   228 92 083 70  226 867
Private universities and colleges 67 15 402 32 33 762
1  Pupils and apprentices in upper secondary schools as well as pupils and students in technical schools and county colleges.
2  Military colleges are not included.
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/utdanning_tema_en/

Share of men and women with higher education. Per cent



Source:  Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/utniv_en/

Students in higher education, by category of educational institution1 
  2000/01 Per cent female 2011/12* Per cent female*
Total students  186 002 60.0  236 139 60.0
Universities 69 195 55.3  101 409 57.6
Specialised institutions at university level 7 706 48.9 31 071 51.5
University colleges 84 880 65.9 86 459 64.6
National institutes of the arts  770 68.3  822 65.3
Norwegian Police University College  940 29.7 2 233 38.2
Military colleges  949 6.0  786 10.0
Private university colleges 21 562 56.7 13 359 73.5
1  Norwegian students abroad are not included.
Source: Statistisk sentralbyrå.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/utuvh_en/

Foreign students1  in Norway
  Students in higher education
Nationality 2005/06 2009/10 2010/11 Per cent female 2010/11
Total students2  13 631 17 696 18 740 57.7
Sweden 1 056 1 228 1 323 64.9
Russia  716  873  949 77.4
Germany  462  631  772 60.9
Denmark  779  732  726 61.7
China  547  707  722 62.0
Nepal 73  195  329 26.1
USA  314  314  325 59.4
Iran  253  284  322 57.5
Poland  153  255  309 75.4
UK  314  308  308 51.9
Iceland  202  266  282 68.1
Finland  264  278  276 79.7
Ethiopia  188  230  272 26.8
Ukraine  113  259  266 89.8
Netherlands  138  215  262 56.1
Pakistan  163  266  252 23.0
Lithuania  152  150  196 83.2
India  102  150  193 37.8
Ghana  124  194  186 33.3
Romania  116  151  156 78.2
Spain  101 72  153 53.6
France  119  111  137 53.3
Iraq  213  153  133 51.9
Bosnia-Herzegovina  198  135  127 46.5
Latvia 94 83  120 86.7
Philippines 60 89  111 80.2
Italy 48 78  107 49.5
Brazil 54 88  102 80.4
         
Others and unspecified3  6 515 9 201 9 324 54.0
1  Foreign students are not necessarily in Norway only for study purposes. Some students with foreign nationality may have permanent residence here. Persons attending doctoral programmes are not included.
2  Some foreign students were probably not yet registered on the date of the census, 1 October. This may have resulted in underestimation of the number of foreign nationals attending higher education.
3  Unspecified nationality. Includes exchange students.
Source: Statistics Norway
More information: http://www.ssb.no/utuvh_en/

Norwegian students/pupils abroad
  Degree studies Exchange or study-abroad programmes
Country 1992/93 2000/01 2010/11 2010/11
Total 8 932 15 510 14 154 7 657
         
UK 2 195 3 928 3 527  621
Denmark  675 1 901 2 529  257
Poland 10  327 1 383 13
Hungary 10  630  751 14
Sweden 1 096  881  750  149
Netherlands  158  572  361  123
Slovakia . .  307 -
Czech Republic . 53  257 17
France  374  457  240  306
Germany  949  700  205  244
Ireland 3  148  135 21
Spain 60  158  107  223
Italy 74 89 61  103
Switzerland  248  222 56 39
Belgium 32 . 34 26
Austria 46 . 30 45
Iceland 22 24 27 16
Finland 23 35 22 27
Russia . . 10 94
Other Europe .  158  176  125
         
China . . 25  279
Japan . . 20  112
Singapore . . 13  134
India . . -  165
Other Asia . 82 83  644
         
USA 2 305 1 699 1 255 1 286
Canada  130  164  163  155
         
Latin America . 65 33  458
         
South Africa . . 75  217
Tanzania . . -  376
Other Africa . 47 10  468
         
Australia . 3 062 1 446  769
New Zealand .  108 62  128
         
Other  522 . 1 3
Source: Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund.
More information: http://www.lanekassen.no/english

Research & Development expenditure
  2001 2010
  R & D expenditure. NOK mill. R & D man-years R & D expenditure. NOK mill. R & D man-years
Total 24 469 27 108 42 767 36 245
Business and industry 12 614 12 636 18 521 15 444
Research institute sector 5 581 6 988 10 416 8 831
University and college sector 6 274 7 484 13 830 11 970
         
Total R & D expenditure as share of GDP. Per cent 1.59   1.71  
Source: Statistics Norway and NIFU STEP Studies in Innovation, Research and Education.
More information: http://www.nifu.no/English/

R & D full-time equivalents with higher education per million inhabitants. Selected countries. 2009



Source:  Report on Science & Technology Indicators for Norway 2011, Research Council of Norway.
More information:  http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Home_page/1177315753906