Statistical Yearbook of Norway 2013, Table 179: Educational attainment for persons 16 years and over. Per cent

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179 Educational attainment for persons 16 years and over. Per cent¹
	Total					Men					Women

	Total	Primary and lower secondary education	Upper secondary education²	Tertiary education,short³	Tertiary education, long⁴	Total	Primary and lower secondary education	Upper secondary education²	Tertiary education,short³	Tertiary education, long⁴	Total	Primary and lower secondary education	Upper secondary educa-tion²	Tertiary education,short³	Tertiary education, long⁴

1970	100	53.2	39.4	5.7	1.7	100	49.5	41.6	5.8	3.1	100	56.8	37.3	5.6	0.4
1980	100	48.9	39.9	8.8	2.4	100	45.2	41.6	8.9	4.2	100	52.4	38.3	8.7	0.7
1990	100	41.6	42.9	12.2	3.2	100	38.3	44.8	11.7	5.2	100	44.8	41.2	12.7	1.3
2000	100	34.0	44.3	17.0	4.7	100	31.6	46.5	15.2	6.6	100	36.3	42.1	18.8	2.8
2005	100	31.6	43.7	19.2	5.6	100	30.2	46.1	16.3	7.4	100	32.9	41.4	22.0	3.8
2006	100	31.3	43.4	19.6	5.8	100	30.1	45.8	16.6	7.5	100	32.4	41.0	22.5	4.1
2007	100	30.9	43.1	19.9	6.0	100	30.0	45.6	16.8	7.6	100	31.8	40.8	23.0	4.4
2008	100	29.9	43.3	20.3	6.4	100	29.6	45.4	17.0	7.9	100	30.3	41.2	23.6	4.9
2009	100	29.8	42.9	20.8	6.5	100	29.3	45.4	17.2	8.1	100	30.4	40.4	24.2	5.0
2010	100	29.4	42.7	21.1	6.7	100	29.0	45.4	17.4	8.2	100	29.9	40.1	24.7	5.3
2011	100	28.6	42.3	21.7	7.4	100	28.3	45.2	17.8	8.7	100	29.0	39.5	25.4	6.1

¹	Does not include persons with unknown or no completed education.
²	Includes "Intermediate level", which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which is not accredited as tertiary education.
³	Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education four years or shorter.
⁴	Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than four years.
Source: Population's level of education, Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/en/utniv