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County of residence for educational attainment¹
	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

2018	4 339 490	1 111 540	1 603 066	125 788	1 038 789	432 346	27 961	25.8	37.2	2.9	24.1	10.0
Østfold	244 269	75 271	96 572	6 216	50 609	13 891	1 710	31.0	39.8	2.6	20.9	5.7
Akershus	495 579	117 316	171 205	13 148	128 561	62 215	3 134	23.8	34.8	2.7	26.1	12.6
Oslo	560 693	112 834	143 119	12 238	170 078	116 094	6 330	20.4	25.8	2.2	30.7	20.9
Hedmark	165 008	51 007	65 477	4 170	34 213	9 114	1 027	31.1	39.9	2.5	20.9	5.6
Oppland	158 431	45 587	65 988	4 445	32 759	8 792	860	28.9	41.9	2.8	20.8	5.6
Buskerud	231 323	64 256	88 368	7 055	52 255	17 834	1 555	28.0	38.5	3.1	22.7	7.8
Vestfold	206 190	53 930	81 077	6 683	48 705	14 430	1 365	26.3	39.6	3.3	23.8	7.0
Telemark	143 814	40 750	59 119	4 349	30 373	8 313	910	28.5	41.4	3.0	21.3	5.8
Aust-Agder	95 289	25 165	38 275	3 445	21 412	6 446	546	26.6	40.4	3.6	22.6	6.8
Vest-Agder	150 650	37 789	61 616	4 772	34 810	10 742	921	25.2	41.2	3.2	23.2	7.2
Rogaland	376 765	93 438	145 880	12 325	86 144	36 736	2 242	24.9	39.0	3.3	23.0	9.8
Hordaland	424 827	101 204	160 376	13 692	104 168	43 222	2 165	23.9	37.9	3.2	24.6	10.2
Sogn og Fjordane	89 339	22 170	38 674	2 909	19 840	5 362	384	24.9	43.5	3.3	22.3	6.0
Møre og Romsdal	217 952	58 093	88 901	8 339	48 632	12 881	1 106	26.8	41.0	3.8	22.4	5.9
Trøndelag	376 999	91 895	147 690	9 645	88 814	37 362	1 593	24.5	39.3	2.6	23.7	10.0
Nordland	201 336	61 306	79 237	6 115	42 164	11 533	981	30.6	39.5	3.1	21.0	5.8
Troms - Romsa	137 911	38 598	49 294	4 305	31 536	13 531	647	28.1	35.9	3.1	23.0	9.9
Finnmark - Finnmárku	62 821	20 826	22 136	1 930	13 633	3 815	481	33.4	35.5	3.1	21.9	6.1
County not stated	294	105	62	7	83	33	4	36.2	21.4	2.4	28.6	11.4

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

2018	2 178 565	571 085	862 053	81 089	422 087	229 202	13 049	26.4	39.8	3.7	19.5	10.6
Østfold	121 688	38 066	51 586	3 425	20 156	7 668	787	31.5	42.7	2.8	16.7	6.3
Akershus	247 269	61 031	90 068	6 995	53 970	33 718	1 487	24.8	36.6	2.8	22.0	13.7
Oslo	277 999	58 883	75 183	6 179	75 377	59 704	2 673	21.4	27.3	2.2	27.4	21.7
Hedmark	81 994	26 094	34 928	2 763	12 863	4 813	533	32.0	42.9	3.4	15.8	5.9
Oppland	79 244	23 795	35 090	2 976	12 296	4 657	430	30.2	44.5	3.8	15.6	5.9
Buskerud	115 916	33 198	46 553	4 295	21 425	9 749	696	28.8	40.4	3.7	18.6	8.5
Vestfold	102 141	27 289	42 270	4 170	19 911	7 838	663	26.9	41.7	4.1	19.6	7.7
Telemark	71 580	20 293	31 691	2 994	11 581	4 608	413	28.5	44.5	4.2	16.3	6.5
Aust-Agder	47 953	12 535	20 586	2 490	8 461	3 612	269	26.3	43.2	5.2	17.7	7.6
Vest-Agder	75 223	19 088	32 662	3 377	13 722	5 965	409	25.5	43.7	4.5	18.3	8.0
Rogaland	191 119	47 068	80 785	8 315	33 926	19 991	1 034	24.8	42.5	4.4	17.8	10.5
Hordaland	214 481	50 994	88 102	9 185	42 594	22 537	1 069	23.9	41.3	4.3	20.0	10.6
Sogn og Fjordane	45 518	11 642	21 284	2 224	7 448	2 729	191	25.7	47.0	4.9	16.4	6.0
Møre og Romsdal	111 015	30 067	48 322	6 276	19 154	6 664	532	27.2	43.7	5.7	17.3	6.0
Trøndelag	190 882	47 128	80 638	6 446	35 294	20 615	761	24.8	42.4	3.4	18.6	10.8
Nordland	101 844	31 724	42 837	4 399	16 426	5 956	502	31.3	42.3	4.3	16.2	5.9
Troms - Romsa	70 113	20 388	27 106	3 184	12 464	6 650	321	29.2	38.8	4.6	17.9	9.5
Finnmark - Finnmárku	32 470	11 764	12 337	1 393	4 979	1 719	278	36.5	38.3	4.3	15.5	5.3
County not stated	116	38	25	3	40	9	1	33.0	21.7	2.6	34.8	7.8

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

2018	2 160 925	540 455	741 013	44 699	616 702	203 144	14 912	25.2	34.5	2.1	28.7	9.5
Østfold	122 581	37 205	44 986	2 791	30 453	6 223	923	30.6	37.0	2.3	25.0	5.1
Akershus	248 310	56 285	81 137	6 153	74 591	28 497	1 647	22.8	32.9	2.5	30.2	11.6
Oslo	282 694	53 951	67 936	6 059	94 701	56 390	3 657	19.3	24.3	2.2	33.9	20.2
Hedmark	83 014	24 913	30 549	1 407	21 350	4 301	494	30.2	37.0	1.7	25.9	5.2
Oppland	79 187	21 792	30 898	1 469	20 463	4 135	430	27.7	39.2	1.9	26.0	5.3
Buskerud	115 407	31 058	41 815	2 760	30 830	8 085	859	27.1	36.5	2.4	26.9	7.1
Vestfold	104 049	26 641	38 807	2 513	28 794	6 592	702	25.8	37.6	2.4	27.9	6.4
Telemark	72 234	20 457	27 428	1 355	18 792	3 705	497	28.5	38.2	1.9	26.2	5.2
Aust-Agder	47 336	12 630	17 689	955	12 951	2 834	277	26.8	37.6	2.0	27.5	6.0
Vest-Agder	75 427	18 701	28 954	1 395	21 088	4 777	512	25.0	38.6	1.9	28.1	6.4
Rogaland	185 646	46 370	65 095	4 010	52 218	16 745	1 208	25.1	35.3	2.2	28.3	9.1
Hordaland	210 346	50 210	72 274	4 507	61 574	20 685	1 096	24.0	34.5	2.2	29.4	9.9
Sogn og Fjordane	43 821	10 528	17 390	685	12 392	2 633	193	24.1	39.9	1.6	28.4	6.0
Møre og Romsdal	106 937	28 026	40 579	2 063	29 478	6 217	574	26.3	38.2	1.9	27.7	5.8
Trøndelag	186 117	44 767	67 052	3 199	53 520	16 747	832	24.2	36.2	1.7	28.9	9.0
Nordland	99 492	29 582	36 400	1 716	25 738	5 577	479	29.9	36.8	1.7	26.0	5.6
Troms - Romsa	67 798	18 210	22 188	1 121	19 072	6 881	326	27.0	32.9	1.7	28.3	10.2
Finnmark - Finnmárku	30 351	9 062	9 799	537	8 654	2 096	203	30.1	32.5	1.8	28.7	7.0
County not stated	178	67	37	4	43	24	3	38.3	21.1	2.3	24.6	13.7