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Population 16 years and over, by level of education, gender and age¹
	2014
	Population 1October	Highest completed education²
	Total	Basic school level	Upper secondary education³	Higher education, short⁴	Higher education, long⁵
¹For many immigrants SSB has no information about their level of education. 2014 figures includes an estimated level of education for missing values for these immigrants. For more information see About the statistics.
²Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
³Including the level 'Intermediate level' which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
⁴Higher education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.
⁵Higher education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.
Total	4 174 815	27.3	41.3	22.7	8.7
16-19 years	261 870	87.5	12.5	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	342 831	29.4	50.7	19.0	0.9
25-29 years	351 731	21.9	33.2	32.5	12.3
30-34 years	345 670	19.2	33.1	30.6	17.2
35-39 years	341 636	16.6	36.8	31.3	15.3
40-49 years	746 812	17.7	42.5	28.5	11.3
50-59 years	652 918	23.4	44.7	23.7	8.2
60-66 years	399 901	20.1	51.4	21.2	7.3
67 years or older	731 446	33.2	47.5	14.3	5.0

Males	2 091 035	27.2	44.5	18.6	9.7
16-19 years	134 956	89.9	10.1	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	176 179	33.8	52.3	13.2	0.7
25-29 years	178 904	24.8	39.3	25.2	10.7
30-34 years	178 027	21.6	39.3	23.4	15.8
35-39 years	176 655	17.8	43.3	23.9	15.0
40-49 years	385 007	18.5	47.3	22.5	11.7
50-59 years	333 800	22.5	48.6	19.3	9.6
60-66 years	201 429	18.9	51.8	19.1	10.2
67 years or older	326 078	27.8	48.6	14.8	8.8

Females	2 083 780	27.3	38.2	26.8	7.7
16-19 years	126 914	84.9	15.1	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	166 652	24.8	49.1	25.1	1.1
25-29 years	172 827	19.0	26.8	40.2	14.0
30-34 years	167 643	16.6	26.5	38.3	18.6
35-39 years	164 981	15.3	29.9	39.2	15.6
40-49 years	361 805	16.9	37.4	34.8	10.9
50-59 years	319 118	24.4	40.6	28.2	6.7
60-66 years	198 472	21.3	50.9	23.4	4.4
67 years or older	405 368	37.5	46.6	13.9	1.9