Statistics Norway

Education level in the population

4 Population 16 years and over, by level of education and field of education. 2009
Gender and education (level and field of education) 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
Total 3 877 727  257 629  303 651  304 611  674 957  699 747  613 952  389 572  633 608
                   
Below upper secondary 1 097 508  219 522 87 974 58 401  103 021  151 529  128 789 91 116  257 156
Lower secondary education, 7 years  230 593 - - - - 53 11 183 25 147  194 210
Lower secondary education  640 578  217 506 84 645 51 834 82 909  129 561 67 602 5 586  935
Other  226 337 2 016 3 329 6 567 20 112 21 915 50 004 60 383 62 011
                   
Upper secondary education  560 514 - 2 4 29 311 51 641  144 196  128 465  206 895
General subjects  146 417 - - 3  801 1 199 27 707 45 317 71 390
Humanities and Arts 18 374 - - - 1 499 2 220 5 806 2 996 5 853
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  976 - - - 34  130  283  230  299
Social sciences and Law 62 - - - 30 19 9 3 1
Business and Administration  127 777 - 1 - 4 581 11 399 36 797 28 672 46 327
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  111 616 - 1 - 12 637 15 629 36 494 21 370 25 485
Health, Welfare and Sport 95 510 - - - 7 034 14 633 24 351 17 767 31 725
Primary Industries 31 776 - - - 1 306 4 954 6 939 5 424 13 153
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 27 756 - - - 1 292 1 348 5 777 6 679 12 660
Other fields of education  250 - - 1 97  110 33 7 2
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  919 052 30 452  146 116 92 504  197 004  207 348  125 550 60 403 59 675
General subjects  264 388 22 938 60 179 22 743 43 516 51 195 30 342 14 782 18 693
Humanities and Arts 35 755 1 888 11 312 6 408 6 317 3 508 2 342 1 258 2 722
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 221 - 1 6  191  242  329  179  273
Social sciences and Law 5 484 1 513 3 607  129 88 96 27 11 13
Business and Administration  105 565 31 13 984 6 386 27 514 31 295 15 059 6 748 4 548
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  322 384  665 32 986 34 772 75 868 82 612 46 712 23 947 24 822
Health, Welfare and Sport  111 358 2 912 17 003 14 515 26 283 22 940 19 527 6 399 1 779
Primary Industries 19 417  353 2 650 2 512 6 207 3 770 2 698  789  438
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 52 184  145 4 357 4 956 10 640 11 355 8 236 6 182 6 313
Other fields of education 1 296 7 37 77  380  335  278  108 74
                   
Intermediate level 98 545 36 5 147 6 427 19 384 27 612 21 249 9 233 9 457
General subjects 12 932 27 1 095  860 3 047 4 703 2 648  475 77
Humanities and Arts 3 257 6 1 081  703  687  386  262  111 21
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 39 - - 3 7 8 7 10 4
Social sciences and Law  665 2  249  118  158  105 13 16 4
Business and Administration 28 863 -  406  678 3 819 7 477 7 100 4 685 4 698
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 39 097 1  454 1 942 9 923 13 422 8 785 2 577 1 993
Health, Welfare and Sport  887 - 26 95  245  282  180 47 12
Primary Industries  125 - 11 20 14 30 45 3 2
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 12 384 - 1 803 1 965 1 393 1 113 2 159 1 305 2 646
Other fields of education  296 - 22 43 91 86 50 4 -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  763 304 5 45 266 86 585  189 492  169 248  134 393 69 873 68 442
General subjects  235 - 9 21 94 66 24 15 6
Humanities and Arts 75 987 4 4 459 8 631 20 775 16 580 14 055 5 931 5 552
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  186 497 - 5 915 14 427 42 703 36 619 39 251 24 830 22 752
Social sciences and Law 42 258 - 7 393 9 479 9 994 7 112 4 870 2 073 1 337
Business and Administration  126 792 1 7 904 15 515 33 959 35 759 17 853 8 690 7 111
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  111 766 - 8 301 12 844 22 523 22 866 20 030 12 208 12 994
Health, Welfare and Sport  185 707 - 10 616 23 098 46 241 40 427 33 945 14 457 16 923
Primary Industries 2 482 -  204  396  926  619  223 57 57
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 20 750 -  393 1 957 9 437 5 703 1 667  607  986
Other fields of education 10 830 - 72  217 2 840 3 497 2 475 1 005  724
                   
University and colleges, higher level  239 573 -  968 22 952 69 565 55 558 42 363 24 685 23 482
General subjects 71 - 1 2 24 31 7 4 2
Humanities and Arts 29 262 - 60 2 189 8 376 5 630 5 440 4 149 3 418
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 8 596 - 28  559 1 795 1 496 2 197 1 406 1 115
Social sciences and Law 45 681 -  157 5 039 14 704 11 246 7 383 4 162 2 990
Business and Administration 18 172 -  153 3 721 8 016 3 989 1 674  502  117
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 80 228 -  270 7 263 22 243 20 563 13 319 8 016 8 554
Health, Welfare and Sport 42 419 -  281 3 679 11 796 8 446 8 613 4 631 4 973
Primary Industries 6 919 - 11  278 1 505 1 703 1 553  714 1 155
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 5 887 - 6  134  489 1 865 1 713  768  912
Other fields of education 2 338 - 1 88  617  589  464  333  246
                   
Unknown  199 231 7 614 18 178 37 738 67 180 36 811 17 412 5 797 8 501
                   
Males 1 923 929  132 564  154 894  154 605  344 426  359 590  312 026  196 069  269 755
                   
Below upper secondary  532 163  115 785 52 389 34 753 56 537 77 398 61 271 42 279 91 751
Lower secondary education, 7 years 90 576 - - - - 25 5 707 14 023 70 821
Lower secondary education  344 295  114 735 50 542 31 220 46 665 66 015 32 284 2 526  308
Other 97 292 1 050 1 847 3 533 9 872 11 358 23 280 25 730 20 622
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level  230 454 - 1 3 15 132 22 534 63 443 52 597 76 744
General subjects 42 514 - - 2  354  548 9 369 14 711 17 530
Humanities and Arts 1 865 - - -  328  347  527  271  392
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  609 - - - 12 79  210  143  165
Social sciences and Law 34 - - - 15 11 6 2 -
Business and Administration 35 406 - 1 - 1 874 2 836 9 799 8 023 12 873
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  100 158 - - - 10 431 13 033 33 595 19 694 23 405
Health, Welfare and Sport 2 875 - - -  558 1 208  611  270  228
Primary Industries 28 418 - - -  982 3 931 6 032 5 050 12 423
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 18 401 - - -  507  469 3 272 4 427 9 726
Other fields of education  174 - - 1 71 72 22 6 2
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  528 868 12 528 74 995 53 197  112 415  118 472 76 168 40 318 40 775
General subjects  117 841 9 029 25 855 11 193 20 639 22 081 14 139 7 320 7 585
Humanities and Arts 10 160  535 2 499 1 670 1 717  964  822  581 1 372
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  332 - - 3 51 71 77 61 69
Social sciences and Law 2 644  735 1 703 71 51 58 16 5 5
Business and Administration 45 259 11 7 341 3 458 9 516 9 729 7 804 4 316 3 084
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  291 694  638 29 821 31 357 66 749 73 333 43 302 22 603 23 891
Health, Welfare and Sport 17 001 1 459 5 197 2 500 3 684 2 385 1 299  342  135
Primary Industries 13 236  115 1 215 1 493 4 237 2 748 2 283  728  417
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 29 824 2 1 343 1 397 5 494 6 875 6 251 4 291 4 171
Other fields of education  877 4 21 55  277  228  175 71 46
                   
Intermediate level 65 719 31 3 442 4 852 13 490 17 904 14 247 5 515 6 238
General subjects 7 986 25  887  721 2 020 2 598 1 498  198 39
Humanities and Arts 1 084 3  322  201  181  135  159 70 13
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 28 - - 1 4 5 4 10 4
Social sciences and Law  429 2  158 72  107 69 7 10 4
Business and Administration 7 481 - 86  153  708 1 594 2 006 1 387 1 547
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 36 912 1  425 1 825 9 144 12 546 8 451 2 536 1 984
Health, Welfare and Sport  102 - 1 8 30 39 22 - 2
Primary Industries  104 - 10 11 11 25 42 3 2
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 11 431 - 1 539 1 830 1 242  853 2 026 1 298 2 643
Other fields of education  162 - 14 30 43 40 32 3 -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  312 859 1 15 570 32 750 73 682 68 313 57 622 33 486 31 435
General subjects  167 - 6 14 62 52 20 11 2
Humanities and Arts 30 177 1 1 452 3 237 8 610 6 620 6 165 2 269 1 823
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 53 907 - 1 018 3 358 9 833 8 988 11 989 9 594 9 127
Social sciences and Law 18 904 - 2 391 3 982 4 509 3 294 2 655 1 186  887
Business and Administration 68 149 - 3 477 7 338 16 687 18 416 10 958 6 117 5 156
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 92 201 - 5 411 9 590 17 404 17 942 17 997 11 508 12 349
Health, Welfare and Sport 25 863 - 1 474 3 579 7 319 6 082 5 013 1 676  720
Primary Industries 1 618 - 74  204  603  467  167 50 53
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 16 621 -  238 1 343 7 459 4 699 1 415  534  933
Other fields of education 5 252 - 29  105 1 196 1 753 1 243  541  385
                   
University and colleges, higher level  146 552 -  414 10 774 36 066 32 430 28 653 18 922 19 293
General subjects 48 - 1 - 16 20 6 3 2
Humanities and Arts 14 110 - 11  813 3 299 2 375 2 900 2 484 2 228
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 2 679 - 4 90  332  336  641  611  665
Social sciences and Law 23 490 - 42 1 792 6 189 5 317 4 653 3 143 2 354
Business and Administration 10 823 - 82 1 942 4 722 2 568 1 034  373  102
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 61 584 -  166 4 675 15 219 14 842 11 267 7 388 8 027
Health, Welfare and Sport 21 955 -  103 1 187 4 791 3 839 4 987 3 318 3 730
Primary Industries 4 889 - 5  118  754 1 014 1 216  658 1 124
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 5 513 - - 97  389 1 736 1 666  739  886
Other fields of education 1 461 - - 60  355  383  283  205  175
                   
Unknown  107 314 4 219 8 083 18 276 37 104 22 539 10 622 2 952 3 519
                   
Females 1 953 798  125 065  148 757  150 006  330 531  340 157  301 926  193 503  363 853
                   
Below upper secondary  565 345  103 737 35 585 23 648 46 484 74 131 67 518 48 837  165 405
Lower secondary education, 7 years  140 017 - - - - 28 5 476 11 124  123 389
Lower secondary education  296 283  102 771 34 103 20 614 36 244 63 546 35 318 3 060  627
Other  129 045  966 1 482 3 034 10 240 10 557 26 724 34 653 41 389
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level  330 060 - 1 1 14 179 29 107 80 753 75 868  130 151
General subjects  103 903 - - 1  447  651 18 338 30 606 53 860
Humanities and Arts 16 509 - - - 1 171 1 873 5 279 2 725 5 461
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  367 - - - 22 51 73 87  134
Social sciences and Law 28 - - - 15 8 3 1 1
Business and Administration 92 371 - - - 2 707 8 563 26 998 20 649 33 454
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 11 458 - 1 - 2 206 2 596 2 899 1 676 2 080
Health, Welfare and Sport 92 635 - - - 6 476 13 425 23 740 17 497 31 497
Primary Industries 3 358 - - -  324 1 023  907  374  730
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 9 355 - - -  785  879 2 505 2 252 2 934
Other fields of education 76 - - - 26 38 11 1 -
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  390 184 17 924 71 121 39 307 84 589 88 876 49 382 20 085 18 900
General subjects  146 547 13 909 34 324 11 550 22 877 29 114 16 203 7 462 11 108
Humanities and Arts 25 595 1 353 8 813 4 738 4 600 2 544 1 520  677 1 350
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  889 - 1 3  140  171  252  118  204
Social sciences and Law 2 840  778 1 904 58 37 38 11 6 8
Business and Administration 60 306 20 6 643 2 928 17 998 21 566 7 255 2 432 1 464
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 30 690 27 3 165 3 415 9 119 9 279 3 410 1 344  931
Health, Welfare and Sport 94 357 1 453 11 806 12 015 22 599 20 555 18 228 6 057 1 644
Primary Industries 6 181  238 1 435 1 019 1 970 1 022  415 61 21
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 22 360  143 3 014 3 559 5 146 4 480 1 985 1 891 2 142
Other fields of education  419 3 16 22  103  107  103 37 28
                   
Intermediate level 32 826 5 1 705 1 575 5 894 9 708 7 002 3 718 3 219
General subjects 4 946 2  208  139 1 027 2 105 1 150  277 38
Humanities and Arts 2 173 3  759  502  506  251  103 41 8
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 11 - - 2 3 3 3 - -
Social sciences and Law  236 - 91 46 51 36 6 6 -
Business and Administration 21 382 -  320  525 3 111 5 883 5 094 3 298 3 151
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 2 185 - 29  117  779  876  334 41 9
Health, Welfare and Sport  785 - 25 87  215  243  158 47 10
Primary Industries 21 - 1 9 3 5 3 - -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  953 -  264  135  151  260  133 7 3
Other fields of education  134 - 8 13 48 46 18 1 -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  450 445 4 29 696 53 835  115 810  100 935 76 771 36 387 37 007
General subjects 68 - 3 7 32 14 4 4 4
Humanities and Arts 45 810 3 3 007 5 394 12 165 9 960 7 890 3 662 3 729
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  132 590 - 4 897 11 069 32 870 27 631 27 262 15 236 13 625
Social sciences and Law 23 354 - 5 002 5 497 5 485 3 818 2 215  887  450
Business and Administration 58 643 1 4 427 8 177 17 272 17 343 6 895 2 573 1 955
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 19 565 - 2 890 3 254 5 119 4 924 2 033  700  645
Health, Welfare and Sport  159 844 - 9 142 19 519 38 922 34 345 28 932 12 781 16 203
Primary Industries  864 -  130  192  323  152 56 7 4
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 4 129 -  155  614 1 978 1 004  252 73 53
Other fields of education 5 578 - 43  112 1 644 1 744 1 232  464  339
                   
University and colleges, higher level 93 021 -  554 12 178 33 499 23 128 13 710 5 763 4 189
General subjects 23 - - 2 8 11 1 1 -
Humanities and Arts 15 152 - 49 1 376 5 077 3 255 2 540 1 665 1 190
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 5 917 - 24  469 1 463 1 160 1 556  795  450
Social sciences and Law 22 191 -  115 3 247 8 515 5 929 2 730 1 019  636
Business and Administration 7 349 - 71 1 779 3 294 1 421  640  129 15
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 18 644 -  104 2 588 7 024 5 721 2 052  628  527
Health, Welfare and Sport 20 464 -  178 2 492 7 005 4 607 3 626 1 313 1 243
Primary Industries 2 030 - 6  160  751  689  337 56 31
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  374 - 6 37  100  129 47 29 26
Other fields of education  877 - 1 28  262  206  181  128 71
                   
Unknown 91 917 3 395 10 095 19 462 30 076 14 272 6 790 2 845 4 982

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