Statistics Norway

Education level in the population

4   Population 16 years and over, by level of education and field of education 1 October 2005 [Corrected 12 April 2007, at 1 p.m.]
Gender and education (level and field 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
Both sexes 3 675 874   235 155   274 230   286 727   691 352   654 075   603 877   315 913   614 545
                   
Below upper secondary 1 121 510  202 990 78 696 53 155  123 060  163 004  129 066 89 802  281 737
Other  228 846 1 333 3 711 5 490 18 714 32 216 69 413 52 116 45 853
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level  614 110 - 27 5 236 47 832 77 889  183 714  106 073  193 339
General subjects  165 413 - 10  152 1 104 4 861 54 541 35 853 68 892
Humanities and Arts 20 385 - 16  306 2 324 3 792 5 688 2 508 5 751
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 065 - - 7 59  220  323  171  285
Social sciences and law 68 - - 17 24 15 9 1 2
Business and Administration  139 565 - -  952 8 017 21 223 42 561 25 203 41 609
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences  121 341 - - 2 540 18 586 21 457 39 524 16 331 22 903
Health, Welfare and Sport 99 573 - 1  818 13 028 17 191 25 825 13 676 29 034
Primary industries 35 686 - -  176 2 914 6 680 7 145 5 732 13 039
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 31 013 - -  268 1 776 2 449 8 098 6 598 11 824
Other areas of study 1 - - - - 1 - - -
                   
Upper secondary advanced cources  845 712 26 503  138 670 96 158  212 662  175 103  103 800 41 247 51 569
General subjects  255 496 15 280 58 592 27 980 50 068 49 196 26 485 9 543 18 352
Humanities and Arts 34 180 2 760 12 273 4 983 5 184 2 955 2 101 1 129 2 795
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 292 - - 46  219  300  331  137  259
Social sciences and law 1 973  792  892 38  110 85 33 12 11
Business and Administration  108 753 3 531 14 942 9 433 36 765 23 967 12 525 4 288 3 302
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences  292 958 1 068 29 172 32 483 84 475 68 145 38 895 18 102 20 618
Health, Welfare and Sport 83 632 2 630 15 828 13 865 17 724 17 145 12 968 2 731  741
Primary industries 18 148  336 2 865 3 263 5 557 3 405 1 988  443  291
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 48 913  106 4 106 4 067 12 560 9 837 8 289 4 790 5 158
Other areas of study  367 - - - - 68  185 72 42
                   
Intermediate level 93 025 33 3 758 6 569 24 934 25 920 17 257 6 987 7 567
General subjects 13 181 22 1 105 1 040 4 883 4 257 1 650  196 28
Humanities and Arts 1 455 - 88  216  563  295  242 38 13
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 22 - - - 3 2 12 3 2
Social sciences and law  254 - - 23  151 56 12 8 4
Business and Administration 28 185 -  133 1 009 5 190 7 858 6 793 3 606 3 596
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences 37 829 1  694 2 907 12 925 11 617 6 549 1 620 1 516
Health, Welfare and Sport  603 - 41 48  190  199  102 18 5
Primary industries  106 - 9 16 6 52 20 2 1
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 11 253 10 1 683 1 295  977 1 534 1 859 1 493 2 402
Other areas of study  137 - 5 15 46 50 18 3 -
                   
Universities and colleges, lower lever  682 274 17 40 285 85 783  185 537  147 329  120 318 49 299 53 706
Humanities and Arts 75 310 13 4 405 11 336 22 590 15 931 12 448 4 353 4 234
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  170 750 - 4 782 14 719 42 028 34 054 39 976 18 355 16 836
Social sciences and law 36 169 1 5 947 7 339 10 155 6 074 4 343 1 264 1 046
Business and Administration  112 462 - 7 263 14 379 36 755 27 398 15 276 5 366 6 025
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences  103 147 1 7 670 12 386 21 861 22 393 18 730 9 517 10 589
Health, Welfare and Sport  151 890 2 9 479 20 428 38 079 34 838 26 322 9 091 13 651
Primary industries 2 313 -  288  517  868  418  135 42 45
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 19 463 -  380 3 724 9 819 3 044 1 076  601  819
Other areas of study 10 770 - 71  955 3 382 3 179 2 012  710  461
                   
Univerities and colleges, higher level  197 485 1  569 18 562 60 281 43 391 38 715 17 693 18 273
Humanities and Arts 24 325 - 36 1 527 7 041 4 282 5 901 3 131 2 407
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 6 306 - 5  223 1 202 1 068 2 048  997  763
Social sciences and law 36 271 - 13 2 763 13 402 8 081 7 088 2 483 2 441
Business and Administration 12 420 -  188 3 402 5 479 2 102  999  191 59
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences 71 772 -  214 7 396 22 220 16 532 12 415 6 085 6 910
Health, Welfare and Sport 32 107 1  102 2 795 7 983 6 907 7 265 3 346 3 708
Primary industries 6 681 - 6  314 1 698 1 737 1 278  593 1 055
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 5 857 - 4 89  835 2 250 1 278  611  790
Other areas of study 1 746 - 1 53  421  432  443  256  140
                   
Unknown  121 758 5 611 12 225 21 264 37 046 21 439 11 007 4 812 8 354
                   
Menn 1 807 411  120 691  139 246  144 300  350 504  333 180  306 747  157 409  255 334
                   
Below upper secondary  528 555  106 744 47 139 30 403 65 001 79 235 61 245 39 965 98 823
Other 97 337  676 2 155 2 750 9 405 15 974 31 433 20 599 14 345
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level  254 416 - 7 3 103 22 373 33 638 79 045 43 573 72 677
General subjects 47 772 - 2 47  486 1 398 18 162 10 910 16 767
Humanities and Arts 2 083 - 5 72  459  381  563  164  439
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  659 - - 2 27  143  230  104  153
Social sciences and law 37 - - 8 13 8 6 1 1
Business and Administration 39 362 - -  473 2 554 4 947 11 980 7 048 12 360
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences  108 831 - - 2 142 15 128 19 018 36 392 15 126 21 025
Health, Welfare and Sport 2 773 - -  116  913 1 021  436  153  134
Primary industries 31 956 - -  130 2 186 5 426 6 471 5 394 12 349
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 20 943 - -  113  607 1 296 4 805 4 673 9 449
                   
Upper secondary advanced cources  489 158 10 892 70 108 54 207  119 741  104 062 66 124 29 168 34 856
General subjects  112 442 6 134 25 690 13 510 21 179 21 330 12 609 4 616 7 374
Humanities and Arts 9 645  528 2 648 1 501 1 231  892  846  536 1 463
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  336 - - 4 61 69 87 53 62
Social sciences and law  802  297  345 19 60 50 19 6 6
Business and Administration 46 875 1 888 8 235 4 159 10 875 9 173 7 434 2 853 2 258
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences  264 966  987 26 181 29 075 73 145 62 051 36 351 17 242 19 934
Health, Welfare and Sport 12 329  941 4 204 2 172 2 569 1 409  780  154  100
Primary industries 12 695  115 1 526 2 159 3 826 2 618 1 761  410  280
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 28 855 2 1 279 1 608 6 795 6 442 6 121 3 250 3 358
Other areas of study  213 - - - - 28  116 48 21
                   
Intermediate level 62 390 23 3 162 4 959 16 828 16 728 11 154 4 491 5 045
General subjects 7 958 22  922  820 2 866 2 365  861 84 18
Humanities and Arts  584 - 25 57  163  155  157 18 9
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 22 - - - 3 2 12 3 2
Social sciences and law  168 - - 16 99 37 6 6 4
Business and Administration 7 238 - 17  119 1 042 1 773 1 899 1 288 1 100
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences 35 681 1  644 2 736 11 840 10 973 6 376 1 596 1 515
Health, Welfare and Sport 77 - 2 3 21 43 7 1 -
Primary industries 87 - 5 10 5 46 18 2 1
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 10 507 - 1 543 1 190  769 1 310 1 809 1 490 2 396
Other areas of study 68 - 4 8 20 24 9 3 -
                   
Universities and colleges, lower lever  285 881 4 13 846 32 779 74 694 60 287 55 206 24 009 25 056
Humanities and Arts 29 686 1 1 383 4 378 9 210 6 348 5 424 1 536 1 406
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 50 176 -  786 2 992 9 930 8 309 13 927 7 302 6 930
Social sciences and law 16 349 1 1 896 3 054 4 556 2 905 2 463  765  709
Business and Administration 61 848 - 3 122 7 006 18 255 15 162 10 112 3 858 4 333
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences 85 822 1 5 120 9 112 16 631 18 552 17 366 8 936 10 104
Health, Welfare and Sport 19 890 1 1 178 2 836 6 187 4 669 3 855  668  496
Primary industries 1 515 -  119  296  582  331  107 37 43
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 15 778 -  221 2 786 8 006 2 501  944  526  794
Other areas of study 4 817 - 21  319 1 337 1 510 1 008  381  241
                   
Univerities and colleges, higher level  128 721 -  225 9 766 33 267 27 712 28 355 13 971 15 425
Humanities and Arts 12 453 - 9  592 2 771 2 084 3 395 1 953 1 649
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 2 332 - 1 31  259  302  757  484  498
Social sciences and law 20 238 - 3 1 086 5 979 4 248 5 008 1 917 1 997
Business and Administration 7 668 - 64 1 831 3 401 1 433  729  157 53
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences 56 386 -  105 4 935 15 497 12 619 11 046 5 653 6 531
Health, Welfare and Sport 18 163 - 39 1 066 3 463 3 475 4 844 2 486 2 790
Primary industries 4 882 - -  139  923 1 141 1 080  569 1 030
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 5 548 - 3 56  739 2 149 1 238  587  776
Other areas of study 1 051 - 1 30  235  261  258  165  101
                   
Unknown 58 290 3 028 4 759 9 083 18 600 11 518 5 618 2 232 3 452
                   
Kvinner 1 868 463  114 464  134 984  142 427  340 848  320 895  297 130  158 504  359 211
                   
Below upper secondary  592 955 96 246 31 557 22 752 58 059 83 769 67 821 49 837  182 914
Other  131 509  657 1 556 2 740 9 309 16 242 37 980 31 517 31 508
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level  359 694 - 20 2 133 25 459 44 251  104 669 62 500  120 662
General subjects  117 641 - 8  105  618 3 463 36 379 24 943 52 125
Humanities and Arts 18 302 - 11  234 1 865 3 411 5 125 2 344 5 312
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  406 - - 5 32 77 93 67  132
Social sciences and law 31 - - 9 11 7 3 - 1
Business and Administration  100 203 - -  479 5 463 16 276 30 581 18 155 29 249
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences 12 510 - -  398 3 458 2 439 3 132 1 205 1 878
Health, Welfare and Sport 96 800 - 1  702 12 115 16 170 25 389 13 523 28 900
Primary industries 3 730 - - 46  728 1 254  674  338  690
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 10 070 - -  155 1 169 1 153 3 293 1 925 2 375
Other areas of study 1 - - - - 1 - - -
                   
Upper secondary advanced cources  356 554 15 611 68 562 41 951 92 921 71 041 37 676 12 079 16 713
General subjects  143 054 9 146 32 902 14 470 28 889 27 866 13 876 4 927 10 978
Humanities and Arts 24 535 2 232 9 625 3 482 3 953 2 063 1 255  593 1 332
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  956 - - 42  158  231  244 84  197
Social sciences and law 1 171  495  547 19 50 35 14 6 5
Business and Administration 61 878 1 643 6 707 5 274 25 890 14 794 5 091 1 435 1 044
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences 27 992 81 2 991 3 408 11 330 6 094 2 544  860  684
Health, Welfare and Sport 71 303 1 689 11 624 11 693 15 155 15 736 12 188 2 577  641
Primary industries 5 453  221 1 339 1 104 1 731  787  227 33 11
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 20 058  104 2 827 2 459 5 765 3 395 2 168 1 540 1 800
Other areas of study  154 - - - - 40 69 24 21
                   
Intermediate level 30 635 10  596 1 610 8 106 9 192 6 103 2 496 2 522
General subjects 5 223 -  183  220 2 017 1 892  789  112 10
Humanities and Arts  871 - 63  159  400  140 85 20 4
Social sciences and law 86 - - 7 52 19 6 2 -
Business and Administration 20 947 -  116  890 4 148 6 085 4 894 2 318 2 496
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences 2 148 - 50  171 1 085  644  173 24 1
Health, Welfare and Sport  526 - 39 45  169  156 95 17 5
Primary industries 19 - 4 6 1 6 2 - -
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services  746 10  140  105  208  224 50 3 6
Other areas of study 69 - 1 7 26 26 9 - -
                   
Universities and colleges, lower lever  396 393 13 26 439 53 004  110 843 87 042 65 112 25 290 28 650
Humanities and Arts 45 624 12 3 022 6 958 13 380 9 583 7 024 2 817 2 828
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  120 574 - 3 996 11 727 32 098 25 745 26 049 11 053 9 906
Social sciences and law 19 820 - 4 051 4 285 5 599 3 169 1 880  499  337
Business and Administration 50 614 - 4 141 7 373 18 500 12 236 5 164 1 508 1 692
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences 17 325 - 2 550 3 274 5 230 3 841 1 364  581  485
Health, Welfare and Sport  132 000 1 8 301 17 592 31 892 30 169 22 467 8 423 13 155
Primary industries  798 -  169  221  286 87 28 5 2
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services 3 685 -  159  938 1 813  543  132 75 25
Other areas of study 5 953 - 50  636 2 045 1 669 1 004  329  220
                   
Univerities and colleges, higher level 68 764 1  344 8 796 27 014 15 679 10 360 3 722 2 848
Humanities and Arts 11 872 - 27  935 4 270 2 198 2 506 1 178  758
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 3 974 - 4  192  943  766 1 291  513  265
Social sciences and law 16 033 - 10 1 677 7 423 3 833 2 080  566  444
Business and Administration 4 752 -  124 1 571 2 078  669  270 34 6
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical sciences 15 386 -  109 2 461 6 723 3 913 1 369  432  379
Health, Welfare and Sport 13 944 1 63 1 729 4 520 3 432 2 421  860  918
Primary industries 1 799 - 6  175  775  596  198 24 25
Transport and Communication, Safety and Security, and other services  309 - 1 33 96  101 40 24 14
Other areas of study  695 - - 23  186  171  185 91 39
                   
Unknown 63 468 2 583 7 466 12 181 18 446 9 921 5 389 2 580 4 902

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