Table

Entrerpreneurs that are persons in newly established private and public limited companies, by education, age and sex
	2011			2012¹
	Number of entrepreneurs	Share of men	Share of women	Number of entrepreneurs	Share of men	Share of women
¹Preliminary figures
²Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education more than 4 years
³Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years
⁴Other include persons with no completed education and those who haven't registrated any information about education.
Level of education
All educational levels	17 380	100.0	100.0	23 499	100.0	100.0
Primary and lower secondary education (level 1-2)	2 422	14.0	13.4	3 356	14.6	12.9
Upper secondary education (level 3-5)	7 954	47.3	38.9	10 526	46.7	36.9
Tertial education, 4 years or less (level 6)²	4 418	23.9	32.3	5 937	23.0	34.4
Tertial education, more than 4 years (level 7-8)³	2 108	12.0	12.8	2 727	11.4	12.3
Other⁴	478	2.8	2.5	953	4.2	3.5

Age groups
All ages	17 380	100.0	100.0	23 499	100.0	100.0
16-24 years	600	3.3	4.0	928	3.7	4.8
25-44 years	9 309	52.5	58.2	12 628	53.1	56.2
45-66 years	7 055	41.7	35.8	9 381	40.6	37.2
67 years or older	416	2.5	2.0	562	2.5	1.8
Unknown age	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0