Educational attainment of the population, 1 October 2012

Population 16 years and over, by gender, year and level of education. Absolute figures and shares
	2007		2012
	Males	Females	Males	Females
¹Includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education
²Tertiary education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.
³Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.
⁴People with unknown or no completed education are not included.
Total	1 860 816	1 905 681	2 028 819	2 033 165
Basic school level	537 876	584 527	546 197	561 701
Below upper secondary level¹	825 432	756 754	875 896	772 311
Tertiary education, short²	307 171	433 816	353 006	513 342
Tertiary education, long³	143 199	86 125	174 733	129 328
Unknown or no completed education	47 138	44 459	78 987	56 483
	Shares⁴
Basic school level	29.7	31.4	28.0	28.4
Upper secondary education¹	45.5	40.7	44.9	39.1
Tertiary education, short²	16.9	23.3	18.1	26.0
Tertiary education, long³	7.9	4.6	9.0	6.5

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