Table 3 Population 16 years and over, by level of education, gender and age. 2008. Per cent

3 Population 16 years and over, by level of education, gender and age. 2008. Per cent
Gender and age	Total	Highest completed education¹

Gender and age	Total	Below upper secondary education	Upper secondary education²	Tertiary education, short³	Tertiary education, long ⁴

Total	3 827 774	29.9	43.3	20.3	6.4
16-19 years	255 730	87.9	12.1	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	293 272	31.7	52.0	16.0	0.3
25-29 years	300 733	22.0	37.4	32.2	8.4
30-39 years	679 770	16.9	41.5	30.7	11.0
40-49 years	687 575	23.7	43.4	24.8	8.1
50-59 years	608 452	19.9	50.9	22.0	7.2
60-66 years	376 724	24.3	51.6	17.6	6.4
67 years and above	625 518	42.1	44.0	10.3	3.6

Males	1 897 398	29.6	45.4	17.0	7.9
16-19 years	131 521	90.5	9.5	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	149 780	36.9	52.0	10.9	0.2
25-29 years	152 722	25.6	42.7	23.8	7.9
30-39 years	347 053	18.1	46.7	23.8	11.4
40-49 years	353 511	23.8	47.1	19.8	9.4
50-59 years	309 198	19.5	52.0	18.9	9.6
60-66 years	189 246	22.6	50.7	17.0	9.7
67 years and above	264 367	35.7	46.1	11.3	6.9

Females	1 930 376	30.3	41.2	23.6	4.9
16-19 years	124 209	85.2	14.8	0.0	0.0
20-24 years	143 492	26.3	52.0	21.4	0.4
25-29 years	148 011	18.2	31.8	41.0	9.0
30-39 years	332 717	15.6	36.1	37.7	10.7
40-49 years	334 064	23.7	39.5	30.0	6.8
50-59 years	299 254	20.4	49.9	25.0	4.7
60-66 years	187 478	26.1	52.6	18.3	3.1
67 years and above	361 151	46.7	42.5	9.6	1.2

¹	Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
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 up to 4 years in duration.
⁴	Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.