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12960: Completion rates of pupils in upper secondary education, by degree of completion, number of years after start, education programme and sex (C) 2006 - 2022

Ingeborg Kool, Statistics Norway
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Carl Corneil, Statistics Norway
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2026-06-30 08:00
Pupils:
persons
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Pupils:
End of spring 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 years after start year
Pupils (per cent):
End of spring 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 years after start year
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During the 2026 publication, figures published in previous years were also revised after certain errors were identified in connection with the redevelopment of the statistical production process. Overall, the results for time horizons of five years or longer were affected only to a limited extent. For the total population, the proportion who completed upper secondary education was typically revised by around one percentage point, most often upwards. The largest errors affected the 2020 and 2021 starting cohorts when measured after three- and four-year time horizons. For these cohorts, the proportion who completed upper secondary education was revised upwards by approximately 2¿4 percentage points for the affected time horizons. For the four-year time horizon (across all cohorts), completions leading to university and college admission certification or vocational qualifications awarded through a school-based certificate were previously not recorded during the fourth year. As a result, the proportion who completed upper secondary education after four years was revised upwards by approximately 2 percentage points for all cohorts included in the 2026 publication up to and including the 2021 starting cohort. The effect was particularly pronounced for pupils in general studies programmes, as these pupils' completions were generally not recorded in the fourth year, but were previously credited in the fifth year.
The variable «years» represents, in this table, the year a class of pupils started their education in upper secondary school, for the first time. July 2023 this table was expanded to include 3 and 4 years horizons, also for already published (yearly) classes. Additionally, data for starting classes where published forward in time, wherever possible. This means that for 2023's publication the starting class of 2013's time horizons up to '9 years' were made available, up to the starting class of 2019 where the '3 year' horizon was made available. Data for unavailable years will be shown as '.', - not yet available. During these changes to the table, already published data was updated from the National Education Database. This may have led to small changes to already published numbers. 3 years time horizon is set at first possible opportunity for any given starting class in upper secondary school. For the publishing in 2024, our latest available data is from 2023. We can in 2024 therefore publish for 3 years time horizon for the starting class from 2020. At this point there is not yet any available data for what these pupils have done during the fourth year after starting. The numbers in this table, for the 3 year time horizon may therefore be different from other tables in this statistical product, for example when comparing to the completion rate at the normative length of general fields of study, which is also 3 years. In the other tables, information is available, which indicates if the pupils started higher education in the following years, and this is used as an indicator of completed upper secondary school. We can not do this for this table, when publishing the 3 year time horizon, at first possible opportunity. The standard lengths of a study programme differ between general and vocational qualifications, the duration of general studies are usually 3 years, and 4 years for vocational programs. However, pupils starting upper secondary school in a vocational program, may switch to general studies, and still finish within 3 years. Keep this in mind when interpreting the table, as the underlying preconditions differ based on the pupils' choice of study options.

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15 Møre og Romsdal

1 January 2019, the municipality 1567 Rindal was moved from Møre og Romsdal to Trøndelag. 1 January 2020, the municipality 1571 Halsa was moved from Møre og Romsdal to Trøndelag. 1 January 2020, the municipality 1444 Hornindal was moved from Sogn og Fjordane to Møre og Romsdal.

50 Trøndelag - Trööndelage

1 January 2019, the municipality 1567 Rindal was moved from Møre og Romsdal to Trøndelag. 1 January 2020, the municipality 1571 Halsa was moved from Møre og Romsdal to Trøndelag.

18 Nordland - Nordlánnda

1 January 2020, the municipality 1852 Tjeldsund was moved from Nordland to Troms og Finnmark.

21 Svalbard

Svalbard is not defined as a county in the legal sense, but in official statistics Svalbard is treated in the same way as the other counties in Norway.