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Educational attainment of the population, 1 October 2016

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Level of education for men and women 16 years and older.1Published 15 June 2017
20112016
TotalTotalMalesFemales
11 For many immigrants Statistics Norway has no information about their level of education. From 2014, figures include an estimated level of education for missing values for these immigrants. See About the statistics about this and definitions of education levels. Tertiary vocational education was prior to 2016 included in upper secondary education.
Total3 999 4344 265 9632 140 6072 125 356
Below upper secondary education1 108 1711 124 832572 397552 435
Upper secondary education1 638 6411 599 911854 124745 787
Tertiary vocational education120 46878 50241 966
Higher education, short838 283990 743404 592586 151
Higher education, long261 827401 253217 481183 772
Of this:
Ph.D.24 84243 77725 67018 107
Unknown or no completed education127 67028 75613 51115 245
Per cent
Below upper secondary education28.626.526.926.2
Upper secondary education42.337.840.235.3
Tertiary vocational education2.83.72.0
Higher education, short21.723.419.027.8
Higher education, long6.89.510.28.7
Of this
Ph.D.0.61.01.20.9

Source: Statistics Norway