Statistics Norway

Upper secondary education

1   Completed educational programmes in upper secondary education, by gender and results. School year 2004/05
Educational programmes Total Completed Percentage completed Total, men Percentage completed, men Total, women Percentage completed, women
Upper secondary education1 271 267 57 899 81.2 32 409 81.3 38 858 81.2
Upper secondary education, advanced course II/certificate 52 573 40 611 77.2 19 716 74.1 32 857 79.1
General, economics and management studies 36 989 27 866 75.3 16 065 73.7 20 924 76.6
Music, dance and drama 1 731 1 479 85.4  471 80.7 1 260 87.2
Sports and physical studies 2 415 1 993 82.5 1 381 78.6 1 034 87.8
Health and social studies 6 643 5 708 85.9  371 83.0 6 272 86.1
Agriculture, fishing and forestry 1 034  731 70.7  402 69.4  632 71.5
Arts, crafts and designs 2 403 1 737 72.3  392 59.9 2 011 74.7
Technical building trades  150  108 72.0  120 70.0 30 80.0
Electrical trades 30 25 83.3 25 80.0 5  100.0
Media and communication 1 178  964 81.8  489 77.1  689 85.2
               
Completed apprenticeship examinations 18 694 17 288 92.5 12 693 92.4 6 001 92.7
General, economics and management studies  370  352 95.1  344 94.8 26  100.0
Health and social studies 2 958 2 738 92.6  431 89.3 2 527 93.1
Agriculture, fishing and forestry  377  345 91.5  281 90.4 96 94.8
Arts, crafts and designs 1 181 1 037 87.8 42 85.7 1 139 87.9
Hotel and food processing trades 1 700 1 517 89.2  833 87.2  867 91.2
Building and construction trades 2 767 2 585 93.4 2 743 93.5 24 87.5
Technical building trades  860  763 88.7  821 88.6 39 92.3
Electrical trades 2 710 2 490 91.9 2 636 91.7 74 97.3
Engineering and mechanical trades 4 194 3 949 94.2 3 923 94.0  271 96.3
Chemical and processing trades  180  171 95.0  122 95.1 58 94.8
Woodworking trades  223  210 94.2  178 93.3 45 97.8
Media and communication  153  149 97.4 84 97.6 69 97.1
Sales and service 1 021  982 96.2  255 94.1  766 96.9
               
Folk high schools 6 252 5 912 94.6 2 238 94.0 4 014 94.9
               
Vocational education 1 950 1 519 77.9 1 853 77.9 97 77.3
Technical vocational school 1 950 1 519 77.9 1 853 77.9 97 77.3
               
Employment training 21 648 18 888 87.3 11 185 85.0 10 463 89.6
               
Other upper secondary educational programmes 7 597 6 438 84.7 2 799 82.7 4 798 86.0
1  Completed education means achieved general, vocational certificate or requirements for admission to tertiary education.
2  All pupils registered at Upper Secondary Advanced course per 1 October 2004, all apprentices and practice candidates who sat for examinations within the period 1 October 2004-30 September 2005 and private candidates who passed.

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