Table
| 2008 | 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Percentage women | Total | Percentage women | |
| 1The number of unknown can mainly be explained by lack of information on county of residence at the age 16 for students born before 1957. | ||||
| County of residence at the age of 16 | ||||
| Total | 225 469 | 61.0 | 293 287 | 59.5 |
| Østfold | 9 748 | 60.4 | 13 920 | 59.9 |
| Akershus | 22 302 | 58.9 | 33 220 | 57.2 |
| Oslo | 18 156 | 57.7 | 25 982 | 55.6 |
| Hedmark | 7 791 | 63.5 | 9 835 | 62.3 |
| Oppland | 7 760 | 62.5 | 9 077 | 62.6 |
| Buskerud | 9 778 | 61.5 | 13 212 | 60.4 |
| Vestfold | 9 514 | 59.8 | 12 818 | 58.9 |
| Telemark | 7 239 | 62.5 | 9 057 | 61.3 |
| Aust-Agder | 4 804 | 60.1 | 6 020 | 57.5 |
| Vest-Agder | 7 091 | 58.8 | 9 844 | 59.7 |
| Rogaland | 17 436 | 59.7 | 24 323 | 59.6 |
| Hordaland | 19 928 | 61.7 | 26 488 | 60.0 |
| Sogn og Fjordane | 5 738 | 62.8 | 6 581 | 61.9 |
| Møre og Romsdal | 12 018 | 62.4 | 14 368 | 61.3 |
| Sør-Trøndelag (-2017) | 11 659 | 61.5 | 14 719 | 60.4 |
| Nord-Trøndelag (-2017) | 6 247 | 63.3 | 7 343 | 63.6 |
| Nordland | 11 828 | 62.4 | 13 035 | 62.2 |
| Troms - Romsa | 7 505 | 63.1 | 9 125 | 61.5 |
| Finnmark - Finnmárku | 3 551 | 65.8 | 4 102 | 65.5 |
| Abroad | 12 105 | 60.0 | 16 263 | 61.8 |
| County not stated1 | 13 271 | 62.7 | 13 955 | 51.7 |