Table
| Below upper secondary school level | Upper secondary level4 | Higher education of 4 years' or less duration5 | Higher education of more than 4 years' duration6 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Norway | STN area North of Saltfjellet7 | Other areas North of Saltfjellet8 | All of Norway | STN area North of Saltfjellet7 | Other areas North of Saltfjellet8 | All of Norway | STN area North of Saltfjellet7 | Other areas North of Saltfjellet8 | All of Norway | STN area North of Saltfjellet7 | Other areas North of Saltfjellet8 | |
| 1The definition of the different levels of education used in statistics on the population's educational levels where changed in 2006. The 2006 definition of level of education are used as the basis for all years. | ||||||||||||
| 2Discrepancies in the figure from earlier publications are due to corrections of the data. | ||||||||||||
| 3Does not include persons with unstated or incompleted education. | ||||||||||||
| 4Includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education. | ||||||||||||
| 5Tertiary education level, short comprises higher education of up to 4 years' duration. | ||||||||||||
| 6Tertiary education, long comprises higher education of more than 4 years' duration, and post-graduate research. | ||||||||||||
| 7The area of activity of the Sami Parliament subsidy schemes for business development (STN). Based on the 2012 definition of the STN area. | ||||||||||||
| 8Areas North of Saltfjellet outside the area of activity of the Sami Parliament subsidy schemes for business development (STN). | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Both sexes | 28.3 | 42.2 | 33.1 | 40.7 | 37.5 | 39.9 | 19.7 | 15.1 | 18.7 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 4.7 |
| Men | 27.7 | 43.3 | 32.7 | 42.9 | 41.1 | 43.3 | 16.3 | 10.7 | 14.9 | 7.6 | 2.2 | 5.5 |
| Women | 28.9 | 41.1 | 33.6 | 38.5 | 33.6 | 36.5 | 23.1 | 19.9 | 22.6 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 3.9 |
| 2010 | ||||||||||||
| Both sexes | 27.7 | 41.4 | 32.4 | 40.2 | 37.6 | 39.6 | 19.9 | 15.3 | 19.0 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 4.9 |
| Men | 27.1 | 42.7 | 32.1 | 42.5 | 41.1 | 43.1 | 16.3 | 10.8 | 14.9 | 7.7 | 2.3 | 5.6 |
| Women | 28.3 | 40.0 | 32.8 | 38.0 | 33.8 | 36.0 | 23.4 | 20.2 | 23.1 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Both sexes | 28.6 | 42.0 | 32.6 | 42.3 | 39.7 | 41.0 | 21.7 | 15.8 | 20.6 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 5.8 |
| Men | 28.3 | 43.1 | 32.5 | 45.2 | 43.4 | 44.8 | 17.8 | 10.9 | 16.2 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 6.5 |
| Women | 29.0 | 40.7 | 32.7 | 39.5 | 35.6 | 37.3 | 25.4 | 21.1 | 24.9 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 5.1 |
| 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Both sexes | 28.2 | 41.3 | 32.1 | 42.0 | 39.7 | 40.9 | 22.1 | 16.3 | 21.0 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 6.1 |
| Men | 28.0 | 42.6 | 32.2 | 44.9 | 43.5 | 44.6 | 18.1 | 11.4 | 16.4 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 6.7 |
| Women | 28.4 | 39.9 | 31.9 | 39.1 | 35.5 | 37.1 | 26.0 | 21.8 | 25.5 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 5.5 |