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Level of education for men and women 16 years and older. County of residence. Numbers and per cent¹
	Numbers							Per cent
	Numbers	Below upper secondary education	Upper secondary education	Tertiary vocational education²	Higher education, short³	Higher education, long⁴	Unknown or no completed education	Below upper secondary education	Upper secondary education	Tertiary vocational education²	Higher education, short³	Higher education, long⁴
¹For many immigrants SSB has no information about their education. From 2014, figures include an estimated level of education for missing values for these immigrants. See About the statistics for more information.
²Includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as higher education.
³Higher education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.
⁴Higher education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.
Both sexes
1985	3 279 598	1 478 520	1 327 579		330 384	90 379	52 736	45.8	41.1		10.2	2.8
1990	3 399 468	1 389 063	1 434 984		412 253	108 034	55 134	41.5	42.9		12.3	3.2
1995	3 474 251	1 244 929	1 523 225		519 721	131 933	54 443	36.4	44.5		15.2	3.9
2000	3 558 436	1 181 597	1 551 474		604 165	167 376	53 824	33.7	44.3		17.2	4.8
2005	3 675 868	1 123 571	1 570 077		699 717	205 976	76 527	31.2	43.6		19.4	5.7
2010	3 937 847	1 111 379	1 625 640		811 360	269 627	119 841	29.1	42.6		21.3	7.1
2015	4 221 985	1 128 192	1 715 210		964 944	384 755	28 884	26.9	40.9		23.0	9.2

2017	4 304 284	1 120 799	1 601 106	122 765	1 014 637	416 540	28 437	26.2	37.4	2.9	23.7	9.7
Østfold	241 914	75 653	95 826	6 027	49 294	13 359	1 755	31.5	39.9	2.5	20.5	5.6
Akershus	487 001	116 383	170 256	12 654	124 914	59 654	3 140	24.1	35.2	2.6	25.8	12.3
Oslo	553 540	112 683	144 955	12 104	165 753	111 688	6 357	20.6	26.5	2.2	30.3	20.4
Hedmark	164 401	51 984	65 176	4 042	33 446	8 689	1 064	31.8	39.9	2.5	20.5	5.3
Oppland	158 056	46 290	65 932	4 315	32 141	8 485	893	29.5	42.0	2.7	20.5	5.4
Buskerud	229 668	64 795	88 258	6 842	51 064	17 129	1 580	28.4	38.7	3.0	22.4	7.5
Vestfold	204 126	54 179	81 008	6 542	47 251	13 773	1 373	26.7	40.0	3.2	23.3	6.8
Telemark	143 634	41 415	59 202	4 183	29 808	8 092	934	29.0	41.5	2.9	20.9	5.7
Aust-Agder	94 744	25 446	38 162	3 357	20 995	6 249	535	27.0	40.5	3.6	22.3	6.6
Vest-Agder	149 602	38 139	61 530	4 669	33 916	10 397	951	25.7	41.4	3.1	22.8	7.0
Rogaland	374 444	94 589	145 473	12 016	84 256	35 827	2 283	25.4	39.1	3.2	22.6	9.6
Hordaland	422 136	102 070	160 362	13 447	102 166	41 855	2 236	24.3	38.2	3.2	24.3	10.0
Sogn og Fjordane	89 475	22 553	38 936	2 890	19 452	5 247	397	25.3	43.7	3.2	21.8	5.9
Møre og Romsdal	217 157	58 832	88 939	8 173	47 735	12 352	1 126	27.2	41.2	3.8	22.1	5.7
Sør-Trøndelag (-2017)	261 636	62 148	98 844	6 357	62 857	30 305	1 125	23.9	37.9	2.4	24.1	11.6
Nord-Trøndelag (-2017)	111 914	30 585	48 166	3 048	23 957	5 668	490	27.4	43.2	2.7	21.5	5.1
Nordland	200 852	62 551	78 908	6 009	41 382	10 982	1 020	31.3	39.5	3.0	20.7	5.5
Troms - Romsa	136 914	39 154	49 085	4 185	30 765	13 056	669	28.7	36.0	3.1	22.6	9.6
Finnmark - Finnmárku	62 757	21 232	22 018	1 901	13 399	3 704	503	34.1	35.4	3.1	21.5	5.9
County not stated	313	118	70	4	86	29	6	38.4	22.8	1.3	28.0	9.4

Males
1985	1 606 112	668 083	677 653		156 994	74 655	28 727	42.4	43.0		10.0	4.7
1990	1 665 359	625 971	732 135		191 898	84 917	30 438	38.3	44.8		11.7	5.2
1995	1 701 135	557 611	783 418		234 414	97 812	27 880	33.3	46.8		14.0	5.8
2000	1 746 270	540 425	799 796		263 748	115 417	26 884	31.4	46.5		15.3	6.7
2005	1 807 423	530 769	815 111		292 386	133 163	35 994	30.0	46.0		16.5	7.5
2010	1 956 835	541 295	857 139		332 068	160 181	66 152	28.6	45.3		17.6	8.5
2015	2 117 010	570 495	927 460		394 123	211 317	13 615	27.1	44.1		18.7	10.0

2017	2 160 889	573 536	858 262	79 703	412 916	223 129	13 343	26.7	40.0	3.7	19.2	10.4
Østfold	120 328	37 930	51 163	3 345	19 637	7 433	820	31.7	42.8	2.8	16.4	6.2
Akershus	242 940	60 429	89 072	6 799	52 408	32 743	1 489	25.0	36.9	2.8	21.7	13.6
Oslo	274 482	58 677	75 868	6 089	73 348	57 809	2 691	21.6	27.9	2.2	27.0	21.3
Hedmark	81 615	26 559	34 574	2 694	12 623	4 619	546	32.8	42.6	3.3	15.6	5.7
Oppland	78 983	24 019	34 918	2 919	12 076	4 599	452	30.6	44.5	3.7	15.4	5.9
Buskerud	115 018	33 315	46 304	4 197	20 973	9 505	724	29.1	40.5	3.7	18.4	8.3
Vestfold	100 975	27 224	42 006	4 140	19 307	7 627	671	27.1	41.9	4.1	19.2	7.6
Telemark	71 512	20 544	31 623	2 951	11 432	4 523	439	28.9	44.5	4.2	16.1	6.4
Aust-Agder	47 684	12 636	20 408	2 455	8 334	3 577	274	26.7	43.0	5.2	17.6	7.5
Vest-Agder	74 849	19 300	32 505	3 333	13 476	5 833	402	25.9	43.7	4.5	18.1	7.8
Rogaland	190 272	47 520	80 508	8 200	33 360	19 608	1 076	25.1	42.6	4.3	17.6	10.4
Hordaland	213 237	51 158	88 072	9 033	41 860	22 020	1 094	24.1	41.5	4.3	19.7	10.4
Sogn og Fjordane	45 621	11 842	21 349	2 211	7 322	2 700	197	26.1	47.0	4.9	16.1	5.9
Møre og Romsdal	110 674	30 303	48 275	6 171	18 827	6 547	551	27.5	43.8	5.6	17.1	5.9
Sør-Trøndelag (-2017)	132 706	31 688	53 356	4 207	25 953	16 953	549	24.0	40.4	3.2	19.6	12.8
Nord-Trøndelag (-2017)	56 271	15 568	26 624	2 098	8 637	3 118	226	27.8	47.5	3.7	15.4	5.6
Nordland	101 615	32 281	42 528	4 352	16 195	5 748	511	31.9	42.1	4.3	16.0	5.7
Troms - Romsa	69 551	20 562	26 864	3 127	12 181	6 485	332	29.7	38.8	4.5	17.6	9.4
Finnmark - Finnmárku	32 439	11 943	12 218	1 380	4 926	1 673	299	37.2	38.0	4.3	15.3	5.2
County not stated	117	38	27	2	41	9	0	32.5	23.1	1.7	35.0	7.7

Females
1985	1 673 486	810 437	649 926		173 390	15 724	24 009	49.1	39.4		10.5	1.0
1990	1 734 109	763 092	702 849		220 355	23 117	24 696	44.6	41.1		12.9	1.4
1995	1 773 116	687 318	739 807		285 307	34 121	26 563	39.4	42.4		16.3	2.0
2000	1 812 166	641 172	751 678		340 417	51 959	26 940	35.9	42.1		19.1	2.9
2005	1 868 445	592 802	754 966		407 331	72 813	40 533	32.4	41.3		22.3	4.0
2010	1 981 012	570 084	768 501		479 292	109 446	53 689	29.6	39.9		24.9	5.7
2015	2 104 975	557 697	787 750		570 821	173 438	15 269	26.7	37.7		27.3	8.3

2017	2 143 395	547 263	742 844	43 062	601 721	193 411	15 094	25.7	34.9	2.0	28.3	9.1
Østfold	121 586	37 723	44 663	2 682	29 657	5 926	935	31.3	37.0	2.2	24.6	4.9
Akershus	244 061	55 954	81 184	5 855	72 506	26 911	1 651	23.1	33.5	2.4	29.9	11.1
Oslo	279 058	54 006	69 087	6 015	92 405	53 879	3 666	19.6	25.1	2.2	33.6	19.6
Hedmark	82 786	25 425	30 602	1 348	20 823	4 070	518	30.9	37.2	1.6	25.3	4.9
Oppland	79 073	22 271	31 014	1 396	20 065	3 886	441	28.3	39.4	1.8	25.5	4.9
Buskerud	114 650	31 480	41 954	2 645	30 091	7 624	856	27.7	36.9	2.3	26.4	6.7
Vestfold	103 151	26 955	39 002	2 402	27 944	6 146	702	26.3	38.1	2.3	27.3	6.0
Telemark	72 122	20 871	27 579	1 232	18 376	3 569	495	29.1	38.5	1.7	25.7	5.0
Aust-Agder	47 060	12 810	17 754	902	12 661	2 672	261	27.4	37.9	1.9	27.1	5.7
Vest-Agder	74 753	18 839	29 025	1 336	20 440	4 564	549	25.4	39.1	1.8	27.5	6.2
Rogaland	184 172	47 069	64 965	3 816	50 896	16 219	1 207	25.7	35.5	2.1	27.8	8.9
Hordaland	208 899	50 912	72 290	4 414	60 306	19 835	1 142	24.5	34.8	2.1	29.0	9.5
Sogn og Fjordane	43 854	10 711	17 587	679	12 130	2 547	200	24.5	40.3	1.6	27.8	5.8
Møre og Romsdal	106 483	28 529	40 664	2 002	28 908	5 805	575	26.9	38.4	1.9	27.3	5.5
Sør-Trøndelag (-2017)	128 930	30 460	45 488	2 150	36 904	13 352	576	23.7	35.4	1.7	28.8	10.4
Nord-Trøndelag (-2017)	55 643	15 017	21 542	950	15 320	2 550	264	27.1	38.9	1.7	27.7	4.6
Nordland	99 237	30 270	36 380	1 657	25 187	5 234	509	30.7	36.8	1.7	25.5	5.3
Troms - Romsa	67 363	18 592	22 221	1 058	18 584	6 571	337	27.7	33.2	1.6	27.7	9.8
Finnmark - Finnmárku	30 318	9 289	9 800	521	8 473	2 031	204	30.8	32.5	1.7	28.1	6.7
County not stated	196	80	43	2	45	20	6	42.1	22.6	1.1	23.7	10.5