3   Persons 16 years and above by highest completed education (gender and area of study). 1st October 1999 NB! The figures are corrected 28.03.2001
Gender and education (level and area of study) Total Age
16-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-39 years 40-49 years 50-59 years 60-66 years 67 years and above
Males and females 3 540 435 212 550 278 103 332 325 678 628 622 265 541 037 248 453 627 074
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years 792 442 61 822 14 254 21 740 59 201 93 239 127 977 92 317 321 892
Lower secondary education, 7 years 402 021 - - - 39 8 908 42 864 61 683 288 527
Lower secondary education, 9 years 202 450 61 546 12 687 18 907 52 233 50 313 5 895 400 469
Others 187 971 276 1 567 2 833 6 929 34 018 79 218 30 234 32 896
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years 1 106 840 117 520 59 780 68 791 178 227 212 614 196 912 85 219 187 777
General subjects 251 603 45 198 7 950 4 872 11 181 30 421 59 339 25 122 67 520
Arts and aesthetic subjects 49 576 11 364 4 289 3 749 8 545 8 505 4 951 2 124 6 049
Commercial and business subjects 212 623 4 589 4 943 9 271 34 883 53 089 47 378 19 716 38 754
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 288 129 33 780 26 636 30 201 64 920 58 927 38 011 13 637 22 017
Health, social and physical education 190 984 16 355 10 047 14 453 39 835 41 396 26 904 13 201 28 793
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 51 595 2 556 1 817 2 602 8 832 8 584 8 438 5 154 13 612
Transport and communications programmes 55 174 2 344 2 643 2 568 8 366 10 977 11 423 6 112 10 741
Other areas of study 7 156 1 334 1 455 1 075 1 665 715 468 153 291
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses 753 914 27 571 146 940 113 484 202 878 116 926 75 556 25 065 45 494
General subjects 261 124 18 421 72 987 30 585 60 836 33 877 19 605 5 996 18 817
Arts and aesthetic subjects 23 876 2 199 6 401 3 244 3 870 2 477 1 765 945 2 975
Commercial and business subjects 101 947 2 511 16 958 21 030 33 680 14 748 8 459 2 082 2 479
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 258 177 1 241 28 413 42 046 81 041 45 682 31 280 11 999 16 475
Health, social and physical education 45 127 2 555 14 005 6 156 7 709 8 873 4 782 699 348
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 15 874 536 4 344 3 352 3 674 2 633 943 218 174
Transport and communications programmes 45 422 102 3 635 6 842 11 595 8 014 8 311 2 982 3 941
Other areas of study 2 367 6 197 229 473 622 411 144 285
                   
Intermediate level 81 769 15 4 161 10 075 24 225 20 556 12 475 4 561 5 701
Commercial and business subjects 31 022 2 1 178 2 574 8 050 8 003 6 508 2 148 2 559
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 30 190 2 1 832 4 874 10 759 7 519 3 180 1 001 1 023
Other areas of study 20 557 11 1 151 2 627 5 416 5 034 2 787 1 412 2 119
                   
University and colleges, lower level 585 801 26 46 886 94 454 153 185 131 138 89 897 28 021 42 194
Humanities, religion and applied arts 83 373 8 17 628 18 579 18 672 14 853 7 919 2 265 3 449
Education and teacher training 147 665 1 4 361 18 145 30 261 39 526 33 507 10 040 11 824
Social sciences and law 36 103 3 8 697 9 559 8 319 5 459 2 648 582 836
Commercial and business administration 92 278 1 4 628 16 357 34 716 17 825 10 810 2 513 5 428
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 85 937 9 4 229 10 024 21 978 19 774 16 050 5 813 8 060
Medical, social and physical education programmes 110 592 2 4 106 14 196 29 231 28 880 16 570 5 910 11 697
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 1 631 - 119 457 620 268 102 37 28
Transport and communication programmes 18 018 1 2 659 5 430 5 947 1 987 887 476 631
Other areas of study 10 204 1 459 1 707 3 441 2 566 1 404 385 241
                   
University and colleges, higher level 156 632 - 653 16 861 46 286 37 631 30 678 9 990 14 533
Humanities, religion and applied arts 19 502 - 64 1 671 4 425 4 818 5 193 1 385 1 946
Education and teacher training 4 914 - 16 257 689 1 369 1 603 526 454
Social sciences and law 27 565 - 10 2 961 9 478 6 685 4 988 974 2 469
Commercial and business administration 5 025 - 132 1 364 2 152 850 448 51 28
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 61 490 - 309 8 050 20 239 13 394 10 407 3 905 5 186
Medical, social and physical education programmes 25 592 - 77 1 759 5 864 7 229 5 663 2 234 2 766
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 5 957 - 25 599 1 484 1 522 943 463 921
Transport and communication programmes 4 912 - 3 84 1 502 1 328 980 335 680
Other areas of study 1 675 - 17 116 453 436 453 117 83
                   
Unknown 63 037 5 596 5 429 6 920 14 626 10 161 7 542 3 280 9 483
                   
Males 1 735 681 108 925 141 150 168 330 347 303 317 250 274 950 121 051 256 722
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years 343 851 32 530 7 709 11 525 32 116 46 281 59 716 40 070 113 904
Lower secondary education, 7 years 161 261 - - - 20 4 895 23 515 28 753 104 078
Lower secondary education, 9 years 106 805 32 370 7 105 10 376 28 893 25 086 2 722 143 110
Others 75 785 160 604 1 149 3 203 16 300 33 479 11 174 9 716
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years 494 171 61 446 34 234 34 845 80 962 91 539 82 725 35 371 73 049
General subjects 86 230 20 335 3 886 2 110 4 296 11 018 19 953 7 386 17 246
Arts and aesthetic subjects 7 467 2 440 1 132 651 997 994 480 193 580
Commercial and business subjects 62 088 2 390 2 184 3 157 8 203 13 822 13 440 5 849 13 043
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 242 032 29 343 22 278 24 009 52 111 49 689 32 407 12 154 20 041
Health, social and physical education 10 813 3 476 1 413 1 149 2 350 1 460 645 156 164
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 44 633 1 614 1 306 1 976 6 901 7 255 7 763 4 905 12 913
Transport and communications programmes 36 434 995 1 152 1 132 5 021 6 843 7 747 4 634 8 910
Other areas of study 4 474 853 883 661 1 083 458 290 94 152
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses 448 178 12 064 75 678 63 732 118 680 76 327 53 040 18 776 29 881
General subjects 114 351 7 734 32 983 13 155 24 773 15 372 9 674 2 715 7 945
Arts and aesthetic subjects 7 928 577 1 798 728 1 017 857 833 503 1 615
Commercial and business subjects 43 129 1 308 7 398 6 609 10 660 8 271 5 734 1 491 1 658
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 234 601 1 182 25 355 36 049 71 895 42 840 29 705 11 562 16 013
Health, social and physical education 7 396 936 3 337 1 088 977 646 270 46 96
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 11 536 317 2 817 2 234 2 675 2 239 879 204 171
Transport and communications programmes 28 390 9 1 928 3 796 6 506 5 892 5 759 2 198 2 302
Other areas of study 847 1 62 73 177 210 186 57 81
                   
Intermediate level 50 386 11 2 511 6 106 14 066 12 936 7 639 3 091 4 026
Commercial and business subjects 8 462 - 156 502 1 669 2 361 2 170 709 895
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 28 295 1 1 712 4 338 9 914 7 180 3 131 997 1 022
Other areas of study 13 629 10 643 1 266 2 483 3 395 2 338 1 385 2 109
                   
University and colleges, lower level 258 242 8 18 363 39 477 65 263 57 690 43 917 13 966 19 558
Humanities, religion and applied arts 32 837 2 6 549 7 695 7 346 6 344 2 897 804 1 200
Education and teacher training 46 996 - 637 4 117 7 421 12 216 13 308 4 375 4 922
Social sciences and law 16 374 1 3 089 4 197 3 756 2 806 1 528 349 648
Commercial and business administration 53 485 - 2 239 8 205 18 400 11 180 7 677 1 903 3 881
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 73 569 3 2 755 7 541 17 102 17 764 15 124 5 539 7 741
Medical, social and physical education programmes 13 480 1 466 2 232 4 201 4 162 1 742 279 397
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 1 191 - 79 300 454 210 85 35 28
Transport and communication programmes 15 376 1 2 391 4 517 4 890 1 720 783 452 622
Other areas of study 4 934 - 158 673 1 693 1 288 773 230 119
                   
University and colleges, higher level 109 603 - 310 9 239 28 220 26 911 24 115 8 232 12 576
Humanities, religion and applied arts 10 927 - 28 624 1 944 2 763 3 227 902 1 439
Education and teacher training 2 153 - 1 52 191 499 767 318 325
Social sciences and law 17 049 - 2 1 248 4 652 4 437 3 830 757 2 123
Commercial and business administration 3 253 - 48 752 1 450 578 354 46 25
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 49 838 - 187 5 424 14 620 11 382 9 622 3 682 4 921
Medical, social and physical education programmes 16 027 - 27 709 2 769 4 528 4 202 1 676 2 116
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 4 601 - 8 296 894 1 179 878 450 896
Transport and communication programmes 4 707 - 1 68 1 412 1 286 948 320 672
Other areas of study 1 048 - 8 66 288 259 287 81 59
                   
Unknown 31 250 2 866 2 345 3 406 7 996 5 566 3 798 1 545 3 728
                   
Kvinner 1 804 754 103 625 136 953 163 995 331 325 305 015 266 087 127 402 370 352
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years 448 591 29 292 6 545 10 215 27 085 46 958 68 261 52 247 207 988
Lower secondary education, 7 years 240 760 - - - 19 4 013 19 349 32 930 184 449
Lower secondary education, 9 years 95 645 29 176 5 582 8 531 23 340 25 227 3 173 257 359
Others 112 186 116 963 1 684 3 726 17 718 45 739 19 060 23 180
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years 612 669 56 074 25 546 33 946 97 265 121 075 114 187 49 848 114 728
General subjects 165 373 24 863 4 064 2 762 6 885 19 403 39 386 17 736 50 274
Arts and aesthetic subjects 42 109 8 924 3 157 3 098 7 548 7 511 4 471 1 931 5 469
Commercial and business subjects 150 535 2 199 2 759 6 114 26 680 39 267 33 938 13 867 25 711
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 46 097 4 437 4 358 6 192 12 809 9 238 5 604 1 483 1 976
Health, social and physical education 180 171 12 879 8 634 13 304 37 485 39 936 26 259 13 045 28 629
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 6 962 942 511 626 1 931 1 329 675 249 699
Transport and communications programmes 18 740 1 349 1 491 1 436 3 345 4 134 3 676 1 478 1 831
Other areas of study 2 682 481 572 414 582 257 178 59 139
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses 305 736 15 507 71 262 49 752 84 198 40 599 22 516 6 289 15 613
General subjects 146 773 10 687 40 004 17 430 36 063 18 505 9 931 3 281 10 872
Arts and aesthetic subjects 15 948 1 622 4 603 2 516 2 853 1 620 932 442 1 360
Commercial and business subjects 1 162 1 96 113 223 310 161 69 189
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 23 576 59 3 058 5 997 9 146 2 842 1 575 437 462
Health, social and physical education 37 731 1 619 10 668 5 068 6 732 8 227 4 512 653 252
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 4 338 219 1 527 1 118 999 394 64 14 3
Transport and communications programmes 17 032 93 1 707 3 046 5 089 2 122 2 552 784 1 639
Other areas of study 59 176 1 207 9 599 14 464 23 093 6 579 2 789 609 836
                   
Intermediate level 31 383 4 1 650 3 969 10 159 7 620 4 836 1 470 1 675
Commercial and business subjects 22 560 2 1 022 2 072 6 381 5 642 4 338 1 439 1 664
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 1 895 1 120 536 845 339 49 4 1
Other areas of study 6 928 1 508 1 361 2 933 1 639 449 27 10
                   
University and colleges, lower level 327 559 18 28 523 54 977 87 922 73 448 45 980 14 055 22 636
Humanities, religion and applied arts 50 536 6 11 079 10 884 11 326 8 509 5 022 1 461 2 249
Education and teacher training 100 669 1 3 724 14 028 22 840 27 310 20 199 5 665 6 902
Social sciences and law 19 729 2 5 608 5 362 4 563 2 653 1 120 233 188
Commercial and business administration 38 793 1 2 389 8 152 16 316 6 645 3 133 610 1 547
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 12 368 6 1 474 2 483 4 876 2 010 926 274 319
Medical, social and physical education programmes 97 112 1 3 640 11 964 25 030 24 718 14 828 5 631 11 300
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 440 - 40 157 166 58 17 2 -
Transport and communication programmes 2 642 - 268 913 1 057 267 104 24 9
Other areas of study 5 270 1 301 1 034 1 748 1 278 631 155 122
                   
University and colleges, higher level 47 029 - 343 7 622 18 066 10 720 6 563 1 758 1 957
Humanities, religion and applied arts 8 575 - 36 1 047 2 481 2 055 1 966 483 507
Education and teacher training 2 761 - 15 205 498 870 836 208 129
Social sciences and law 10 516 - 8 1 713 4 826 2 248 1 158 217 346
Commercial and business administration 1 772 - 84 612 702 272 94 5 3
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 11 652 - 122 2 626 5 619 2 012 785 223 265
Medical, social and physical education programmes 9 565 - 50 1 050 3 095 2 701 1 461 558 650
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 1 356 - 17 303 590 343 65 13 25
Transport and communication programmes 205 - 2 16 90 42 32 15 8
Other areas of study 627 - 9 50 165 177 166 36 24
                   
Unknown 31 787 2 730 3 084 3 514 6 630 4 595 3 744 1 735 5 755

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