Survey on training, schooling and education, 1999

1   Persons 30-44 years, by level of education, gender, immigrant category and country background1. 2001. Percentages
Gender, immigration category and country background1 Total Percentages
Unknown No completed education Below upper secondary level Upper secondary education2 Tertiary education, short3 Tertiary education, long4
Both genders              
All Norway 1 009 966 2.8 0.1 8.7 58.3 23.1 6.9
Of which              
Immigrant population 89 302 20.9 1.6 10.9 39.7 18.8 8.1
Population else  920 664 1.0 0.0 8.5 60.1 23.5 6.8
               
Of immigrant population1              
Western countries 27 665 22.0 0.5 7.0 31.2 26.4 12.9
Non-western countries 61 637 20.4 2.1 12.7 43.5 15.4 5.9
               
Nordic countries 15 336 22.2 0.6 7.9 35.4 25.7 8.2
Eastern Europe 13 222 21.9 0.4 8.3 45.8 15.2 8.3
Western Europe, except Turkey 9 815 21.7 0.4 6.5 27.0 26.3 18.1
Asia with Turkey 34 741 19.4 2.7 15.9 42.1 14.9 5.0
Africa 9 893 24.1 3.0 9.3 43.2 15.1 5.3
South and Central America 3 781 14.9 1.0 7.1 48.9 20.5 7.6
North America, Oceania 2 514 22.2 0.4 3.1 22.5 31.2 20.6
               
Selected western countries              
Denmark 4 926 18.3 0.7 10.6 38.0 23.8 8.7
Finland 1 961 28.3 0.2 7.6 33.1 22.7 8.1
Iceland 1 171 18.9 0.2 11.0 37.4 21.9 10.7
Sweden 7 041 23.8 0.8 5.2 33.8 28.7 7.7
Netherlands 1 177 18.9 0.2 1.4 29.1 30.9 19.5
United Kingdom 2 976 21.3 0.5 7.8 24.1 35.7 10.7
Germany 2 758 23.1 0.2 4.2 25.7 20.0 26.8
United States 1 860 21.7 0.3 2.6 22.0 31.4 22.0
               
Selected non-western countries              
Yugoslavia 4 010 29.0 0.6 11.3 44.9 12.2 2.0
Poland 1 968 11.3 0.3 4.4 45.5 22.4 16.1
Russia 1 225 30.3 - 3.7 29.1 14.0 23.0
Turkey 2 933 17.4 3.0 32.3 37.2 7.7 2.5
Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 226 16.3 0.5 10.3 59.7 11.5 1.7
Ethiopia 1 095 19.3 1.5 6.0 52.1 14.5 6.6
Morocco 1 893 20.6 7.4 17.6 36.2 15.6 2.6
Somalia 2 679 36.8 3.5 6.9 43.0 8.6 1.2
Sri Lanka 4 037 14.2 1.0 12.4 55.4 13.6 3.5
Philippines 2 417 12.7 1.6 9.5 34.7 35.0 6.5
India 1 659 12.2 0.9 9.5 43.6 25.0 8.9
Iraq 4 061 48.4 1.8 9.4 24.8 12.9 2.7
Iran 4 326 12.7 2.4 5.2 49.7 21.2 8.8
China 1 230 18.3 1.8 13.7 33.1 17.6 15.5
Pakistan 5 031 20.3 4.8 27.5 36.9 8.5 2.0
Thailand 1 647 20.2 6.1 32.7 31.0 8.4 1.5
Vietnam 4 465 7.8 3.2 13.9 62.2 9.3 3.5
Chile 2 068 9.4 1.0 6.1 57.5 21.7 4.4
               
               
Females              
All Norway  494 409 2.6 0.2 8.2 56.1 27.4 5.6
Of which   20.1 2.1 12.1 37.5 20.7 7.6
Immigrant population 43 016 20.1 2.1 12.1 37.5 20.7 7.6
Population else  451 393 0.9 0.0 7.8 57.9 28.0 5.4
               
Of immigrant population1              
Western countries 13 263 19.5 0.4 5.5 30.2 32.0 12.3
Non-western countries 29 753 20.3 2.9 15.0 40.7 15.7 5.5
               
Nordic countries 7 938 19.5 0.6 6.2 33.5 32.4 7.8
Eastern Europe 7 665 21.9 0.4 9.5 42.6 16.2 9.4
Western Europe, except Turkey 4 038 19.5 0.2 5.2 26.1 30.4 18.7
Asia with Turkey 16 296 18.1 3.7 18.9 39.3 15.9 4.0
Africa 3 772 29.1 5.2 12.7 39.4 11.1 2.4
South and Central America 2 020 15.6 1.0 8.6 47.0 20.0 7.8
North America, Oceania 1 287 20.0 0.2 2.8 22.8 34.3 19.9
               
Selected western countries              
Denmark 2 453 14.9 0.8 7.4 37.3 31.4 8.2
Finland 1 150 26.5 0.1 4.9 31.0 28.6 9.0
Iceland  604 16.6 0.3 13.2 34.8 26.5 8.6
Sweden 3 617 21.0 0.6 4.3 31.3 35.6 7.2
Netherlands  483 17.8 0.4 1.0 25.3 38.3 17.2
United Kingdom 1 020 17.8 0.3 8.0 23.4 40.3 10.1
Germany 1 362 20.1 0.1 3.1 28.0 23.1 25.6
United States  990 18.7 0.2 2.2 22.7 34.8 21.3
               
Selected non-western countries              
Yugoslavia 1 791 32.3 0.8 17.0 37.7 10.6 1.6
Poland 1 499 10.4 0.3 5.2 47.4 23.3 13.4
Russia 1 035 29.9 - 3.5 30.7 14.5 21.4
Turkey 1 179 17.4 4.7 38.3 31.4 5.4 2.8
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 623 15.8 0.6 11.7 57.9 12.5 1.6
Ethiopia  395 20.3 2.8 9.4 57.2 8.1 2.3
Morocco  640 25.9 13.3 25.8 25.9 8.4 0.6
Somalia 1 161 45.1 6.7 9.4 33.2 5.3 0.3
Sri Lanka 1 633 13.3 0.9 13.7 56.4 13.5 2.3
Philippines 2 072 13.0 1.4 9.7 33.6 36.3 5.8
India  833 13.1 0.5 9.8 39.4 28.2 9.0
Iraq  964 43.5 3.5 14.0 23.0 14.3 1.7
Iran 1 534 15.1 4.7 6.2 49.0 19.9 5.0
China  708 16.7 1.4 12.0 35.7 20.9 13.3
Pakistan 2 370 23.0 7.3 29.8 31.7 7.0 1.2
Thailand 1 554 20.5 6.4 33.4 30.3 8.2 1.3
Vietnam 2 059 10.1 4.1 18.9 56.6 8.1 2.2
Chile  918 10.7 0.5 7.4 56.0 21.2 4.1
               
               
Males              
All Norway  515 557 3.0 0.1 9.2 60.4 19.0 8.2
Of which              
Immigrant population 46 286 21.7 1.2 9.8 41.8 17.0 8.5
Population else  469 271 1.2 0.0 9.2 62.2 19.2 8.2
               
Of immigrant population1              
Western countries 14 402 24.3 0.6 8.3 32.2 21.3 13.4
Non-western countries 31 884 20.5 1.4 10.5 46.1 15.1 6.3
               
Nordic countries 7 398 25.1 0.7 9.7 37.3 18.5 8.7
Eastern Europe 5 557 22.0 0.4 6.8 50.3 13.8 6.7
Western Europe, except Turkey 5 777 23.2 0.5 7.5 27.7 23.4 17.7
Asia with Turkey 18 445 20.5 1.7 13.2 44.6 14.1 5.9
Africa 6 121 20.9 1.6 7.2 45.6 17.6 7.1
South and Central America 1 761 14.0 1.0 5.3 51.2 21.1 7.4
North America, Oceania 1 227 24.5 0.6 3.4 22.2 28.0 21.4
               
Selected western countries              
Denmark 2 473 21.6 0.6 13.7 38.7 16.2 9.1
Finland  811 30.8 0.2 11.5 36.3 14.3 6.9
Iceland  567 21.3 - 8.6 40.2 16.9 12.9
Sweden 3 424 26.8 1.0 6.3 36.4 21.3 8.2
Netherlands  694 19.7 - 1.7 31.7 25.8 21.0
United Kingdom 1 956 23.2 0.6 7.6 24.4 33.3 10.9
Germany 1 396 25.9 0.4 5.4 23.4 17.0 27.9
United States  870 25.1 0.5 3.1 21.1 27.5 22.8
               
Selected non-western countries              
Yugoslavia 2 219 26.3 0.5 6.6 50.7 13.6 2.3
Poland  469 14.1 - 1.9 39.7 19.6 24.7
Russia  190 32.6 - 4.7 20.0 11.1 31.6
Turkey 1 754 17.4 1.8 28.2 41.0 9.2 2.3
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 603 16.8 0.4 8.9 61.5 10.5 1.8
Ethiopia  700 18.7 0.7 4.1 49.3 18.1 9.0
Morocco 1 253 17.9 4.4 13.4 41.4 19.2 3.7
Somalia 1 518 30.4 1.1 4.9 50.5 11.1 1.9
Sri Lanka 2 404 14.8 1.2 11.5 54.7 13.7 4.2
Philippines  345 10.4 2.6 8.4 41.2 26.7 10.7
India  826 11.3 1.3 9.1 47.8 21.7 8.8
Iraq 3 097 50.0 1.2 7.9 25.3 12.4 3.1
Iran 2 792 11.3 1.1 4.7 50.1 21.9 10.9
China  522 20.5 2.3 15.9 29.5 13.2 18.6
Pakistan 2 661 18.0 2.6 25.4 41.5 9.8 2.7
Thailand 93 16.1 1.1 21.5 43.0 12.9 5.4
Vietnam 2 406 5.9 2.4 9.6 67.0 10.3 4.7
Chile 1 150 8.3 1.3 5.0 58.7 22.0 4.6
1  Country background concerns first generation immigrants and persons born in Norway of two foreign-born parents.
2  Including the level 'Intermediate level' which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
3  Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
4  Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years.

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