Table 3 Population 16 years and over, by level of education, gender and age. 2010. Per cent

3 Population 16 years and over, by level of education, gender and age. 2010. 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	3 937 850	29.4	42.7	21.1	6.7
16-19 years	258 650	87.6	12.4	0.0	-
20-24 years	317 272	30.4	52.8	16.4	0.4
25-29 years	311 097	22.2	36.3	32.4	9.1
30-39 years	674 838	17.0	39.5	31.6	12.0
40-49 years	711 345	21.7	43.4	26.1	8.8
50-59 years	620 171	22.3	47.6	22.8	7.2
60-66 years	398 530	22.9	51.9	18.7	6.5
67 years and above	645 947	39.6	44.8	11.6	4.0

Males	1 956 835	29.0	45.4	17.4	8.2
16-19 years	133 528	89.9	10.1	0.0	-
20-24 years	161 521	35.0	53.9	10.9	0.3
25-29 years	157 813	25.8	41.9	23.9	8.4
30-39 years	344 822	18.5	45.3	24.1	12.1
40-49 years	365 611	22.1	47.3	20.7	9.9
50-59 years	315 445	21.0	50.4	19.1	9.5
60-66 years	200 699	21.3	51.2	17.7	9.8
67 years and above	277 396	33.1	46.9	12.4	7.6

Females	1 981 015	29.9	40.1	24.7	5.3
16-19 years	125 122	85.2	14.8	0.0	-
20-24 years	155 751	25.7	51.6	22.3	0.4
25-29 years	153 284	18.4	30.5	41.3	9.8
30-39 years	330 016	15.3	33.5	39.3	11.9
40-49 years	345 734	21.3	39.4	31.7	7.6
50-59 years	304 726	23.7	44.7	26.6	5.0
60-66 years	197 831	24.5	52.6	19.7	3.2
67 years and above	368 551	44.5	43.3	11.0	1.3

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.