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The population’s level of education does not change much from year to year, but over a longer timeframe the changes have been
substantial. The greatest changes are among the share that has a lower secondary education as their highest education and
among the share that has a tertiary education.
Educational attainment of the population, 1 October 2013
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2008 | 2013 | |||
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Males | Females | Males | Females | |
1Includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education | ||||
2Tertiary education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration. | ||||
3Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration. | ||||
4People with unknown or no completed education are not included. | ||||
Total | 1 897 400 | 1 930 370 | 2 059 321 | 2 058 488 |
Below upper secondary education | 539 025 | 577 710 | 547 342 | 555 896 |
Upper secondary education1 | 835 940 | 761 551 | 879 332 | 771 151 |
Tertiary education, short2 | 315 406 | 447 783 | 360 770 | 526 384 |
Tertiary education, long3 | 148 691 | 93 487 | 179 403 | 137 267 |
Unknown or no completed education | 58 338 | 49 839 | 92 474 | 67 790 |
Shares4 | ||||
Below upper secondary education | 29.3 | 30.7 | 27.8 | 27.9 |
Upper secondary education1 | 45.5 | 40.5 | 44.7 | 38.7 |
Tertiary education, short2 | 17.2 | 23.8 | 18.3 | 26.4 |
Tertiary education, long3 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 9.1 | 6.9 |
Source: Statistics Norway