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180 Highest education completed1 for people aged 15-74, by country and sex. Nordic countries. 2012. Number and per cent
  Denmark Finland3 Iceland Norway Sweden
  Number
Both sexes, total2 4 196 429 4 068 552  223 900 3 702 478 6 990 799
Primary and lower secondary (ISCED 1+2) 1 255 197 1 146 495 83 500  954 272 1 441 764
Upper and post secondary (ISCED 3+4) 1 691 477 1 708 836 78 500 1 493 769 3 527 660
Tertiary (ISCED 5+6) 1 082 797 1 213 221 61 000 1 122 721 1 881 919
           
Men, total2 2 102 864 2 037 309  113 100 1 886 658 3 535 605
Primary and lower secondary (ISCED 1+2)  634 418  616 155 39 500  495 851  790 185
Upper and post secondary (ISCED 3+4)  902 281  901 883 47 400  811 098 1 869 635
Tertiary (ISCED 5+6)  479 434  519 271 25 800  502 184  797 697
           
Women, total2 2 093 565 2 031 243  110 800 1 815 820 3 455 194
Primary and lower secondary (ISCED 1+2)  620 779  530 340 44 100  458 421  651 579
Upper and post secondary (ISCED 3+4)  789 196  806 953 31 200  682 671 1 658 025
Tertiary (ISCED 5+6)  603 363  693 950 35 200  620 537 1 084 222
           
  Per cent
Both sexes, total2  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Primary and lower secondary (ISCED 1+2) 29.9 28.2 37.3 25.8 20.6
Upper and post secondary (ISCED 3+4) 40.3 42.0 35.1 40.3 50.5
Tertiary (ISCED 5+6) 25.8 29.8 27.2 30.3 26.9
           
Men, total2  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Primary and lower secondary (ISCED 1+2) 30.2 30.2 34.9 26.3 22.3
Upper and post secondary (ISCED 3+4) 42.9 44.3 41.9 43.0 52.9
Tertiary (ISCED 5+6) 22.8 25.5 22.8 26.6 22.6
           
Women, total2  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
Primary and lower secondary (ISCED 1+2) 29.7 26.1 39.8 25.2 18.9
Upper and post secondary (ISCED 3+4) 37.7 39.7 28.2 37.6 48.0
Tertiary (ISCED 5+6) 28.8 34.2 31.8 34.2 31.4
1  ISCED97: International Standard Classification of Education.
2  Total includes education unknown.
3  2011.
Source: Nordic statistical institutes.
More information: Nordic Statistical Yearbook,  http://www.norden.org/en/the-nordic-region/figures-and-statistics 

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