Survey on training, schooling and education, 1999

3   Persons 16 years and above, by level of education, gender, immigrant category and country background1. 2001. Percentages
Gender, immigrant category and country background Total Percentages
Unknown No completed education Below upper secondary level Upper secondary education2 Tertiary education, short3 Tertiary education, long4
Both genders              
All Norway 3 571 207 2.1 0.3 20.7 55.2 17.1 4.7
Of which              
Immigrant population  228 487 20.1 1.7 14.2 40.8 16.5 6.6
First generation immigrants  218 512 20.8 1.8 14.0 39.8 16.8 6.8
Persons born in Norway of two foreign-born parents 9 975 5.5 0.1 17.1 63.7 10.9 2.7
Population else 3 342 720 0.9 0.2 21.1 56.2 17.1 4.6
               
Of immigrant population1              
Western countries 82 798 17.5 0.5 13.1 36.0 23.0 9.9
Non-western countries  145 689 21.6 2.5 14.8 43.6 12.8 4.7
First generation immigrants from non-western countries  138 327 22.4 2.6 14.6 42.4 13.1 4.9
Persons born in Norway of two foreign-born parents from non-western countries 7 362 6.2 0.1 19.0 66.1 7.4 1.3
               
Nordic countries 45 787 18.9 0.5 14.9 37.9 21.2 6.6
Eastern Europe 35 818 22.6 0.7 11.3 44.7 13.6 7.0
Western Europe, except Turkey 28 988 15.4 0.5 11.0 34.8 24.9 13.4
Asia with Turkey 80 505 20.6 3.2 17.3 42.8 12.4 3.7
Africa 20 283 26.2 3.2 12.5 42.4 11.6 4.1
South and Central America 9 083 15.6 1.4 11.1 49.3 16.6 6.1
North America, Oceania 8 023 17.5 0.4 10.3 29.7 26.2 16.0
               
Selected western countries              
Denmark 17 091 12.3 0.5 18.5 42.5 19.7 6.5
Finland 5 567 23.8 0.4 13.9 34.2 20.9 6.8
Iceland 2 717 17.4 0.2 13.5 41.6 18.8 8.5
Sweden 19 655 23.7 0.6 11.7 34.4 23.2 6.6
France 1 912 25.6 0.6 6.2 24.7 23.8 19.1
Italy 1 096 18.6 1.0 16.6 39.6 13.0 11.2
Netherlands 3 220 13.7 0.3 6.4 33.5 31.0 15.1
Spain 1 244 17.0 1.4 22.7 35.9 13.4 9.7
United Kingdom 9 599 13.8 0.6 11.9 31.6 31.6 10.4
Germany 8 292 14.9 0.3 9.6 38.2 20.0 17.1
United States 6 327 17.0 0.4 10.4 29.2 26.0 17.0
               
Selected non-western countries:              
Croatia 1 381 33.2 0.7 11.5 42.6 10.3 1.8
Yugoslavia 9 183 29.8 0.9 14.9 43.4 9.5 1.6
Poland 5 552 9.9 0.4 9.3 45.7 19.7 14.9
Russia 3 042 31.7 0.1 5.4 31.2 14.7 16.9
Turkey 7 649 19.5 4.4 30.8 38.3 5.5 1.7
Hungary 1 543 7.6 0.6 14.5 46.6 19.9 10.9
Bosnia-Herzegovina 10 009 20.2 1.1 11.9 54.6 10.8 1.4
Ethiopia 2 043 22.1 1.7 8.1 50.7 11.7 5.7
Morocco 4 011 21.9 7.4 20.9 38.3 9.9 1.5
Somalia 6 049 38.5 3.3 11.4 40.7 5.3 0.9
Sri Lanka 6 862 17.1 0.9 14.2 53.9 11.3 2.6
Philippines 4 948 14.6 1.6 10.8 37.1 29.8 6.1
India 4 485 13.2 1.3 11.1 43.1 23.3 8.1
Iraq 8 815 53.3 2.1 10.1 23.3 9.3 2.0
Iran 8 353 15.1 2.7 9.0 49.1 17.5 6.5
China 2 786 17.4 3.2 16.5 35.6 16.3 11.0
Lebanon 1 042 22.3 1.6 19.9 39.0 13.6 3.6
Pakistan 15 685 18.8 4.4 23.6 44.0 7.8 1.4
First generation immigrants 12 570 21.8 5.4 24.3 38.4 8.5 1.5
Persons born in Norway of two foreign-born parents 3 115 6.8 0.0 20.7 66.5 5.3 0.6
Thailand 3 216 22.2 5.4 31.0 33.3 6.7 1.4
Vietnam 11 259 8.7 4.3 17.1 58.2 9.0 2.6
Chile 5 075 10.0 1.4 11.2 57.3 16.2 4.0
               
Females              
All Norway 1 818 417 2.1 0.3 23.0 52.7 19.0 2.9
Of which              
Immigrant population  114 912 19.6 2.3 15.1 39.0 18.3 5.8
First generation immigrants  110 101 20.2 2.4 15.0 38.0 18.5 5.9
Persons born in Norway of two foreign-born parents 4 811 5.3 0.1 15.9 63.5 12.6 2.4
Population else 1 703 505 0.9 0.2 23.5 53.7 19.1 2.7
               
Of immigrant population1              
Western countries 43 126 15.3 0.4 13.2 35.8 26.8 8.4
Non-western countries 71 786 22.2 3.4 16.2 41.0 13.2 4.2
First generation immigrants from non-western countries 68 251 23.0 3.6 16.1 39.6 13.4 4.3
Persons born in Norway of two foreign-born parents from non-western countries 3 535 5.8 0.1 17.8 66.8 8.3 1.2
               
Nordic countries 25 024 16.8 0.4 13.9 37.0 26.1 5.8
Eastern Europe 19 763 23.9 0.8 11.7 41.5 14.7 7.3
Western Europe, except Turkey 13 589 12.7 0.5 12.1 35.2 27.8 11.7
Asia with Turkey 38 793 19.9 4.5 19.3 40.5 13.0 2.9
Africa 8 431 31.4 5.2 14.6 38.4 8.5 1.9
South and Central America 4 799 17.0 1.6 11.9 46.8 16.7 5.9
North America, Oceania 4 513 14.6 0.2 12.7 31.5 27.9 13.1
               
Selected western countries              
Denmark 8 950 10.2 0.4 16.0 42.4 25.4 5.6
Finland 3 372 21.7 0.3 11.1 32.2 27.0 7.7
Iceland 1 400 16.1 0.2 15.9 39.1 22.5 6.2
Sweden 10 882 21.1 0.4 12.3 33.6 27.3 5.4
France  866 20.9 0.6 8.1 24.4 29.3 16.7
Italy  334 19.8 0.9 13.5 35.0 16.5 14.4
Netherlands 1 538 12.1 0.3 7.2 31.1 38.0 11.2
Spain  507 16.6 1.0 17.0 33.1 19.3 13.0
United Kingdom 4 096 10.0 0.7 15.3 34.5 31.9 7.6
Germany 4 564 12.7 0.1 10.7 38.8 23.0 14.7
United States 3 595 14.0 0.3 13.1 31.1 27.7 13.8
               
Selected non-western countries              
Croatia  640 35.0 0.9 12.3 38.0 11.7 2.0
Yugoslavia 4 126 31.7 1.2 19.0 37.9 8.7 1.4
Poland 3 676 10.3 0.5 8.1 46.2 22.0 12.9
Russia 2 321 32.1 0.1 4.7 31.4 15.4 16.3
Turkey 3 367 19.8 7.0 33.0 34.7 4.2 1.2
Hungary  699 11.4 0.6 15.0 45.1 20.9 7.0
Bosnia-Herzegovina 5 099 21.7 1.6 13.5 51.3 10.8 1.1
Ethiopia  834 24.8 2.9 11.2 53.1 6.0 2.0
Morocco 1 537 27.0 12.0 22.5 31.9 6.1 0.5
Somalia 2 689 46.2 6.2 13.4 31.3 2.8 0.2
Sri Lanka 3 128 19.0 0.8 15.1 53.2 10.3 1.6
Philippines 3 866 16.1 1.6 10.7 33.4 32.3 5.9
India 2 192 15.0 1.6 11.4 41.4 24.0 6.8
Iraq 2 332 44.1 4.6 15.4 24.6 10.2 1.1
Iran 3 443 17.7 4.3 9.8 48.9 16.0 3.2
China 1 522 17.2 3.5 15.4 36.5 18.4 9.0
Lebanon  435 20.9 2.3 22.3 38.9 12.9 2.8
Pakistan 7 347 21.1 7.0 24.3 40.3 6.4 0.9
First generation immigrants 5 865 24.8 8.8 25.9 33.0 6.5 0.9
Persons born in Norway of two foreign-born parents 1 482 6.1 0.1 18.2 69.3 5.7 0.7
Thailand 2 843 23.1 6.1 32.4 30.4 6.8 1.2
Vietnam 5 483 11.5 5.7 20.2 52.0 8.9 1.7
Chile 2 326 10.7 1.5 12.1 56.0 15.9 3.8
               
               
Males              
All Norway 1 752 790 2.2 0.2 18.3 57.7 15.0 6.5
Of which              
Immigrant population  113 575 20.7 1.2 13.3 42.7 14.7 7.4
First generation immigrants  108 411 21.4 1.3 13.0 41.7 15.0 7.6
Persons born in Norway of two foreign-born parents 5 164 5.6 0.1 18.2 63.8 9.3 3.0
Population else 1 639 215 0.9 0.2 18.7 58.7 15.1 6.5
               
Of immigrant population1              
Western countries 39 672 20.0 0.6 12.9 36.2 18.8 11.5
Non-western countries 73 903 21.0 1.5 13.5 46.2 12.5 5.2
First generation immigrants from non-western countries 70 076 21.8 1.6 13.1 45.1 12.9 5.4
Persons born in Norway of two foreign-born parents from non-western countries 3 827 6.5 0.0 20.2 65.5 6.5 1.3
               
Nordic countries 20 763 21.5 0.6 16.0 38.9 15.3 7.7
Eastern Europe 16 055 21.1 0.6 10.8 48.6 12.3 6.6
Western Europe, except Turkey 15 399 17.7 0.6 10.0 34.4 22.4 14.9
Asia with Turkey 41 712 21.3 1.9 15.6 44.9 11.9 4.4
Africa 11 852 22.5 1.8 11.0 45.3 13.7 5.8
South and Central America 4 284 13.9 1.2 10.1 52.0 16.5 6.3
North America, Oceania 3 510 21.2 0.6 7.1 27.5 23.9 19.7
               
Selected western countries              
Denmark 8 141 14.7 0.6 21.3 42.5 13.5 7.5
Finland 2 195 27.0 0.5 18.3 37.1 11.6 5.5
Iceland 1 317 18.7 0.2 10.9 44.3 15.0 10.9
Sweden 8 773 26.9 0.7 10.9 35.3 18.1 8.1
France 1 046 29.4 0.6 4.6 25.0 19.2 21.1
Italy  762 18.1 1.0 18.0 41.6 11.4 9.8
Netherlands 1 682 15.2 0.3 5.6 35.7 24.6 18.5
Spain  737 17.2 1.6 26.6 37.7 9.4 7.5
United Kingdom 5 503 16.7 0.5 9.3 29.5 31.5 12.5
Germany 3 728 17.7 0.4 8.2 37.4 16.5 19.9
United States 2 732 20.9 0.7 6.8 26.6 23.8 21.2
               
Selected non-western countries              
Croatia  741 31.6 0.4 10.8 46.6 9.0 1.6
Yugoslavia 5 057 28.1 0.6 11.5 47.8 10.2 1.7
Poland 1 876 9.0 0.3 11.9 44.9 15.1 18.8
Russia  721 30.2 0.1 7.8 30.7 12.6 18.6
Turkey 4 282 19.2 2.3 29.0 41.1 6.5 2.0
Hungary  844 4.4 0.6 14.0 47.9 19.1 14.1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 4 910 18.7 0.7 10.3 58.0 10.7 1.6
Ethiopia 1 209 20.2 0.9 6.0 49.0 15.6 8.3
Morocco 2 474 18.8 4.6 19.9 42.3 12.3 2.2
Somalia 3 360 32.3 1.0 9.8 48.2 7.3 1.4
Sri Lanka 3 734 15.5 1.0 13.4 54.5 12.1 3.5
Philippines 1 082 9.3 1.5 11.2 50.6 21.0 6.5
India 2 293 11.6 1.0 10.8 44.7 22.6 9.3
Iraq 6 483 56.5 1.1 8.2 22.8 9.0 2.3
Iran 4 910 13.3 1.6 8.5 49.2 18.6 8.8
China 1 264 17.7 2.9 17.8 34.4 13.7 13.4
Lebanon  607 23.2 1.2 18.1 39.0 14.2 4.3
Pakistan 8 338 16.9 2.0 23.0 47.2 9.1 1.8
First generation immigrants 6 705 19.2 2.5 23.0 43.1 10.2 2.1
Persons born in Norway of two foreign-born parents 1 633 7.5 - 23.0 64.1 5.0 0.5
Thailand  373 15.3 0.5 20.1 55.2 6.2 2.7
Vietnam 5 776 6.0 3.1 14.1 64.1 9.2 3.5
Chile 2 749 9.3 1.3 10.4 58.4 16.4 4.2
1  Country background concerns firstgenerationimmigrants 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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