Statistics Norway

Education level in the population

4   Population 16 years and over, by level of education and field of education (new classification). 1 October 2006
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       3 716 610       243 985       277 447       287 448       685 254       662 405       602 688       338 724       618 659
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years 1 118 834  210 624 81 290 55 453  115 342  162 395  126 370 91 094  276 266
Lower secondary education, 7 years  280 526 - - - -  737 20 765 33 161  225 863
Lower secondary education, 9 years  611 601  209 496 78 137 50 040 97 050  132 375 41 900 1 897  706
Other  226 707 1 128 3 153 5 413 18 292 29 283 63 705 56 036 49 697
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  600 441 - 35 2 145 44 193 68 145  175 729  113 752  196 442
General subjects  161 263 - 28 87 1 006 3 349 47 818 39 389 69 586
Humanities and Arts 19 922 - 6  125 2 207 3 272 5 898 2 663 5 751
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 044 - - 2 52  201  317  190  282
Social sciences and law 67 - - 6 32 17 9 1 2
Business and Administration  136 778 - -  424 7 235 18 097 41 527 26 856 42 639
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  118 955 - 1 1 053 17 824 18 954 39 788 17 884 23 451
Health, Welfare and Sport 97 412 - -  277 11 585 15 948 25 853 14 248 29 501
Primary Industries 34 739 - - 66 2 507 6 272 7 016 5 730 13 148
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 30 258 - -  105 1 744 2 033 7 503 6 791 12 082
Other areas of study 3 - - - 1 2 - - -
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  857 097 26 513  136 413 94 109  208 375  184 037  107 863 46 448 53 339
General subjects  253 139 15 274 56 681 25 672 48 206 50 588 27 277 11 013 18 428
Humanities and Arts 34 811 2 809 11 970 5 665 5 216 3 031 2 144 1 189 2 787
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 274 - 1 30  216  272  327  159  269
Social sciences and law 2 795  904 1 605 28  111 92 29 14 12
Business and Administration  108 185 3 360 14 488 7 573 35 246 25 929 13 136 4 871 3 582
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  298 829  801 29 258 33 162 81 985 72 124 40 077 19 817 21 605
Health, Welfare and Sport 89 563 2 838 15 522 14 817 19 411 18 237 14 357 3 478  903
Primary Industries 18 451  422 2 723 2 975 5 821 3 490 2 200  503  317
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 49 692  105 4 165 4 187 12 163 10 226 8 129 5 328 5 389
Other areas of study  358 - - - - 48  187 76 47
                   
Intermediate level 94 531 43 3 958 6 545 23 648 26 439 18 310 7 578 8 010
General subjects 13 064 24 1 018  985 4 443 4 351 1 962  242 39
Humanities and Arts 1 948 2  376  301  619  325  258 52 15
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 22 - - - 1 4 10 4 3
Social sciences and law  303 - 33 15  155 72 14 10 4
Business and Administration 28 522 1  372  840 4 832 7 933 6 746 3 943 3 855
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 38 193 -  514 2 684 12 315 12 072 7 174 1 818 1 616
Health, Welfare and Sport  766 - 71 78  230  238  118 25 6
Primary Industries  111 - 9 18 8 46 27 2 1
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 11 461 16 1 564 1 610 1 001 1 340 1 980 1 479 2 471
Other areas of study  141 - 1 14 44 58 21 3 -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  701 494 15 42 117 85 308  188 166  151 207  123 005 55 018 56 658
Humanities and Arts 75 703 13 4 632 9 848 22 861 16 096 12 950 4 793 4 510
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  175 104 - 5 211 14 255 43 257 34 024 39 879 20 374 18 104
Social sciences and law 38 266 - 6 826 7 734 10 306 6 241 4 561 1 469 1 129
Business and Administration  116 134 - 7 303 15 126 35 936 29 649 15 635 6 291 6 194
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  104 921 1 7 473 12 825 21 683 22 504 18 753 10 506 11 176
Health, Welfare and Sport  158 921 1 10 045 21 423 39 940 35 518 27 769 10 122 14 103
Primary Industries 2 322 -  237  502  895  443  150 50 45
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 19 589 -  324 2 972 10 088 3 538 1 182  615  870
Other areas of study 10 534 - 66  623 3 200 3 194 2 126  798  527
                   
University and colleges, higher level  205 914 1  711 19 689 62 049 45 403 39 050 19 617 19 394
Humanities and Arts 25 451 - 49 1 719 7 369 4 483 5 772 3 435 2 624
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 6 732 - 6  271 1 315 1 114 2 053 1 118  855
Social sciences and law 38 427 1 66 3 356 13 840 8 601 7 111 2 923 2 529
Business and Administration 13 569 -  156 3 504 6 029 2 456 1 107  251 66
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 73 729 -  232 7 452 22 029 17 524 12 508 6 687 7 297
Health, Welfare and Sport 33 612 -  185 2 958 8 628 6 866 7 376 3 642 3 957
Primary Industries 6 738 - 9  281 1 680 1 713 1 352  617 1 086
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 5 852 - 8 98  721 2 206 1 342  659  818
Other areas of study 1 804 - - 50  438  440  429  285  162
                   
Unknown  138 299 6 789 12 923 24 199 43 481 24 779 12 361 5 217 8 550
                   
Males 1 830 628  124 933  141 555  144 591  347 290  338 377  305 937  169 402  258 543
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  531 395  110 755 49 064 32 305 61 189 80 126 59 940 40 811 97 205
Lower secondary education, 7 years  110 183 - - - -  354 11 158 17 483 81 188
Lower secondary education, 9 years  324 668  110 165 47 219 29 537 52 054 64 908 19 778  802  205
Other 96 544  590 1 845 2 768 9 135 14 864 29 004 22 526 15 812
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  248 469 - 14 1 314 21 274 29 445 76 025 46 749 73 648
General subjects 46 517 - 12 26  441  998 15 976 12 104 16 960
Humanities and Arts 2 032 - 1 32  455  358  564  193  429
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  646 - - - 21  133  232  106  154
Social sciences and law 36 - - 2 17 9 6 1 1
Business and Administration 38 348 - -  218 2 486 4 180 11 567 7 481 12 416
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  106 690 - 1  899 14 543 16 538 36 629 16 547 21 533
Health, Welfare and Sport 2 720 - - 46  821 1 093  451  169  140
Primary Industries 31 105 - - 46 1 877 5 049 6 310 5 373 12 450
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 20 375 - - 45  613 1 087 4 290 4 775 9 565
Other areas of study                  
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  495 337 10 572 69 298 53 173  117 776  108 133 67 809 32 416 36 160
General subjects  111 916 5 943 25 119 12 449 21 050 21 718 12 901 5 377 7 359
Humanities and Arts 9 692  506 2 557 1 653 1 266  876  818  569 1 447
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  337 - 1 3 62 67 83 53 68
Social sciences and law 1 178  384  633 16 61 53 19 6 6
Business and Administration 46 621 1 742 7 958 3 564 10 771 9 337 7 583 3 221 2 445
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  270 295  752 26 269 29 760 71 148 65 262 37 366 18 866 20 872
Health, Welfare and Sport 13 210 1 106 4 169 2 341 2 793 1 611  893  195  102
Primary Industries 12 778  138 1 360 1 960 4 003 2 626 1 923  464  304
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 29 102 1 1 232 1 427 6 622 6 560 6 111 3 617 3 532
Other areas of study  208 - - - - 23  112 48 25
                   
Intermediate level 63 076 27 2 898 5 052 16 042 16 962 12 036 4 748 5 311
General subjects 7 947 22  859  797 2 682 2 403 1 056  104 24
Humanities and Arts  664 - 63 87  164  151  161 27 11
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 22 - - - 1 4 10 4 3
Social sciences and law  189 - 12 8  109 41 8 7 4
Business and Administration 7 309 - 64  120  954 1 751 1 892 1 338 1 190
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 36 022 -  472 2 527 11 280 11 387 6 954 1 789 1 613
Health, Welfare and Sport 82 - 2 2 23 45 9 1 -
Primary Industries 91 - 5 13 5 40 25 2 1
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 10 681 5 1 420 1 490  808 1 110 1 910 1 473 2 465
Other areas of study 69 - 1 8 16 30 11 3 -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  292 249 4 14 753 32 261 74 994 61 548 55 405 26 828 26 456
Humanities and Arts 29 927 3 1 554 3 752 9 357 6 399 5 671 1 715 1 476
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 51 210 -  891 3 000 10 241 8 191 13 489 7 975 7 423
Social sciences and law 17 165 - 2 276 3 154 4 596 2 963 2 556  867  753
Business and Administration 63 466 - 3 265 7 256 17 758 16 035 10 160 4 525 4 467
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 87 114 1 5 001 9 443 16 556 18 342 17 250 9 867 10 654
Health, Welfare and Sport 21 273 - 1 452 3 004 6 473 4 865 4 090  870  519
Primary Industries 1 523 -  111  275  585  349  117 43 43
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 15 828 -  183 2 150 8 203 2 890 1 023  542  837
Other areas of study 4 743 - 20  227 1 225 1 514 1 049  424  284
                   
University and colleges, higher level  132 184 1  299 9 934 33 794 28 366 28 148 15 404 16 238
Humanities and Arts 12 789 - 18  587 2 940 2 088 3 263 2 122 1 771
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 2 388 - 1 39  267  291  716  528  546
Social sciences and law 21 015 1 21 1 250 6 119 4 385 4 923 2 259 2 057
Business and Administration 8 338 - 61 1 886 3 686 1 673  770  204 58
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 57 573 -  126 4 885 15 324 13 148 11 030 6 183 6 877
Health, Welfare and Sport 18 591 - 67 1 065 3 692 3 329 4 784 2 696 2 958
Primary Industries 4 878 - 2  122  903 1 081 1 121  589 1 060
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 5 530 - 3 69  622 2 103 1 298  637  798
Other areas of study 1 082 - - 31  241  268  243  186  113
                   
Unknown 67 918 3 574 5 229 10 552 22 221 13 797 6 574 2 446 3 525
                   
Females 1 885 982  119 052  135 892  142 857  337 964  324 028  296 751  169 322  360 116
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  587 439 99 869 32 226 23 148 54 153 82 269 66 430 50 283  179 061
Lower secondary education, 7 years  170 343 - - - -  383 9 607 15 678  144 675
Lower secondary education, 9 years  286 933 99 331 30 918 20 503 44 996 67 467 22 122 1 095  501
Other  130 163  538 1 308 2 645 9 157 14 419 34 701 33 510 33 885
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  351 972 - 21  831 22 919 38 700 99 704 67 003  122 794
General subjects  114 746 - 16 61  565 2 351 31 842 27 285 52 626
Humanities and Arts 17 890 - 5 93 1 752 2 914 5 334 2 470 5 322
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  398 - - 2 31 68 85 84  128
Social sciences and law 31 - - 4 15 8 3 - 1
Business and Administration 98 430 - -  206 4 749 13 917 29 960 19 375 30 223
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 12 265 - -  154 3 281 2 416 3 159 1 337 1 918
Health, Welfare and Sport 94 692 - -  231 10 764 14 855 25 402 14 079 29 361
Primary Industries 3 634 - - 20  630 1 223  706  357  698
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 9 883 - - 60 1 131  946 3 213 2 016 2 517
Other areas of study 3 - - - 1 2 - - -
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  361 760 15 941 67 115 40 936 90 599 75 904 40 054 14 032 17 179
General subjects  141 223 9 331 31 562 13 223 27 156 28 870 14 376 5 636 11 069
Humanities and Arts 25 119 2 303 9 413 4 012 3 950 2 155 1 326  620 1 340
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  937 - - 27  154  205  244  106  201
Social sciences and law 1 617  520  972 12 50 39 10 8 6
Business and Administration 61 564 1 618 6 530 4 009 24 475 16 592 5 553 1 650 1 137
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 28 534 49 2 989 3 402 10 837 6 862 2 711  951  733
Health, Welfare and Sport 76 353 1 732 11 353 12 476 16 618 16 626 13 464 3 283  801
Primary Industries 5 673  284 1 363 1 015 1 818  864  277 39 13
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 20 590  104 2 933 2 760 5 541 3 666 2 018 1 711 1 857
Other areas of study  150 - - - - 25 75 28 22
                   
Intermediate level 31 455 16 1 060 1 493 7 606 9 477 6 274 2 830 2 699
General subjects 5 117 2  159  188 1 761 1 948  906  138 15
Humanities and Arts 1 284 2  313  214  455  174 97 25 4
Social sciences and law  114 - 21 7 46 31 6 3 -
Business and Administration 21 213 1  308  720 3 878 6 182 4 854 2 605 2 665
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 2 171 - 42  157 1 035  685  220 29 3
Health, Welfare and Sport  684 - 69 76  207  193  109 24 6
Primary Industries 20 - 4 5 3 6 2 - -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  780 11  144  120  193  230 70 6 6
Other areas of study 72 - - 6 28 28 10 - -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  409 245 11 27 364 53 047  113 172 89 659 67 600 28 190 30 202
Humanities and Arts 45 776 10 3 078 6 096 13 504 9 697 7 279 3 078 3 034
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  123 894 - 4 320 11 255 33 016 25 833 26 390 12 399 10 681
Social sciences and law 21 101 - 4 550 4 580 5 710 3 278 2 005  602  376
Business and Administration 52 668 - 4 038 7 870 18 178 13 614 5 475 1 766 1 727
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 17 807 - 2 472 3 382 5 127 4 162 1 503  639  522
Health, Welfare and Sport  137 648 1 8 593 18 419 33 467 30 653 23 679 9 252 13 584
Primary Industries  799 -  126  227  310 94 33 7 2
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 3 761 -  141  822 1 885  648  159 73 33
Other areas of study 5 791 - 46  396 1 975 1 680 1 077  374  243
                   
University and colleges, higher level 73 730 -  412 9 755 28 255 17 037 10 902 4 213 3 156
Humanities and Arts 12 662 - 31 1 132 4 429 2 395 2 509 1 313  853
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 4 344 - 5  232 1 048  823 1 337  590  309
Social sciences and law 17 412 - 45 2 106 7 721 4 216 2 188  664  472
Business and Administration 5 231 - 95 1 618 2 343  783  337 47 8
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 16 156 -  106 2 567 6 705 4 376 1 478  504  420
Health, Welfare and Sport 15 021 -  118 1 893 4 936 3 537 2 592  946  999
Primary Industries 1 860 - 7  159  777  632  231 28 26
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  322 - 5 29 99  103 44 22 20
Other areas of study  722 - - 19  197  172  186 99 49
                   
Unknown 70 381 3 215 7 694 13 647 21 260 10 982 5 787 2 771 5 025

Explanation of symbols