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Population 16 years and over, by level of education, gender, year and county of residence. Absolute figures and per cent
	Absolute figures						Per cent¹
	Total	Below upper secondary level	Upper secondary education2²	Tertiary edu-cation, short³	Tertiary edu-cation, long⁴	Unknown or no completed edu-cation	Below upper secondary level	Upper secondary education2²	Tertiary edu-cation, short³	Tertiary edu-cation, long⁴
¹People with unknown or no completed education are not included.
²Includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
³Tertiary education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.
⁴Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.
Both sexes
1985	3 279 598	1 478 520	1 327 579	330 384	90 379	52 736	45.8	41.1	10.2	2.8
1990	3 399 468	1 389 063	1 434 984	412 253	108 034	55 134	41.5	42.9	12.3	3.2
1995	3 474 251	1 244 929	1 523 225	519 721	131 933	54 443	36.4	44.5	15.2	3.9
2000	3 558 436	1 181 597	1 551 474	604 165	167 376	53 824	33.7	44.3	17.2	4.8
2005	3 675 868	1 123 571	1 570 077	699 717	205 976	76 527	31.2	43.6	19.4	5.7
2010	3 937 847	1 111 379	1 625 640	811 360	269 627	119 841	29.1	42.6	21.3	7.1
2011	3 999 434	1 108 171	1 638 641	838 283	286 669	127 670	28.6	42.3	21.7	7.4

2012	4 061 984	1 107 898	1 648 207	866 348	304 061	135 470	28.2	42.0	22.1	7.7
Østfold	228 345	74 929	96 142	41 187	9 684	6 403	33.8	43.3	18.6	4.4
Akershus	445 145	109 500	171 874	104 533	43 547	15 691	25.5	40.0	24.3	10.1
Oslo	510 272	102 053	152 906	140 571	81 002	33 740	21.4	32.1	29.5	17.0
Hedmark	159 676	54 411	66 894	28 747	6 456	3 168	34.8	42.7	18.4	4.1
Oppland	154 346	48 221	68 747	27 800	6 332	3 246	31.9	45.5	18.4	4.2
Buskerud	217 141	63 329	91 056	43 451	12 281	7 024	30.1	43.3	20.7	5.8
Vestfold	193 682	53 761	84 325	40 507	10 017	5 072	28.5	44.7	21.5	5.3
Telemark	139 933	42 614	62 105	26 031	6 201	2 982	31.1	45.3	19.0	4.5
Aust-Agder	90 086	24 981	40 135	18 297	4 621	2 052	28.4	45.6	20.8	5.2
Vest-Agder	139 794	37 370	62 539	28 890	7 414	3 581	27.4	45.9	21.2	5.4
Rogaland	352 986	92 720	147 635	73 332	26 162	13 137	27.3	43.4	21.6	7.7
Hordaland	397 306	101 285	165 188	87 042	31 341	12 450	26.3	42.9	22.6	8.1
Sogn og Fjordane	87 112	23 140	40 990	16 921	3 744	2 317	27.3	48.3	20.0	4.4
Møre og Romsdal	208 583	59 880	93 441	40 689	8 708	5 865	29.5	46.1	20.1	4.3
Sør-Trøndelag	244 328	61 587	100 070	52 990	22 619	7 062	26.0	42.2	22.3	9.5
Nord-Trøndelag	107 730	31 102	49 654	20 687	4 351	1 936	29.4	46.9	19.6	4.1
Nordland	194 939	65 508	81 382	36 274	7 671	4 104	34.3	42.6	19.0	4.0
Troms Romsa	129 798	40 049	50 524	26 627	9 326	3 272	31.7	39.9	21.0	7.4
Finnmark Finnmárku	60 289	21 301	22 479	11 631	2 560	2 318	36.7	38.8	20.1	4.4
County not stated	493	157	121	141	24	50	35.4	27.3	31.8	5.4

Males
1985	1 606 112	668 083	677 653	156 994	74 655	28 727	42.4	43.0	10.0	4.7
1990	1 665 359	625 971	732 135	191 898	84 917	30 438	38.3	44.8	11.7	5.2
1995	1 701 135	557 611	783 418	234 414	97 812	27 880	33.3	46.8	14.0	5.8
2000	1 746 270	540 425	799 796	263 748	115 417	26 884	31.4	46.5	15.3	6.7
2005	1 807 423	530 769	815 111	292 386	133 163	35 994	30.0	46.0	16.5	7.5
2010	1 956 835	541 295	857 139	332 068	160 181	66 152	28.6	45.3	17.6	8.5
2011	1 992 784	542 704	867 452	342 236	167 476	72 916	28.3	45.2	17.8	8.7

2012	2 028 819	546 197	875 896	353 006	174 733	78 987	28.0	44.9	18.1	9.0
Østfold	112 981	36 180	50 500	16 643	5 897	3 761	33.1	46.2	15.2	5.4
Akershus	221 143	54 961	87 239	43 688	25 724	9 531	26.0	41.2	20.6	12.2
Oslo	252 297	51 242	76 958	61 840	43 391	18 866	22.0	33.0	26.5	18.6
Hedmark	78 688	26 997	35 379	10 763	3 802	1 747	35.1	46.0	14.0	4.9
Oppland	76 671	24 304	36 259	10 493	3 782	1 833	32.5	48.4	14.0	5.1
Buskerud	108 109	31 200	47 231	18 113	7 458	4 107	30.0	45.4	17.4	7.2
Vestfold	95 263	26 155	43 485	16 665	6 089	2 869	28.3	47.1	18.0	6.6
Telemark	69 137	20 454	33 231	10 017	3 817	1 618	30.3	49.2	14.8	5.7
Aust-Agder	45 001	11 884	21 764	7 273	2 902	1 178	27.1	49.7	16.6	6.6
Vest-Agder	69 626	18 172	33 295	11 583	4 624	1 952	26.9	49.2	17.1	6.8
Rogaland	179 152	45 085	81 289	29 369	15 558	7 851	26.3	47.5	17.1	9.1
Hordaland	199 865	48 965	89 992	35 781	17 615	7 512	25.5	46.8	18.6	9.2
Sogn og Fjordane	44 063	11 769	22 401	6 391	2 126	1 376	27.6	52.5	15.0	5.0
Møre og Romsdal	105 716	29 808	50 944	16 194	5 054	3 716	29.2	49.9	15.9	5.0
Sør-Trøndelag	123 021	29 870	53 627	21 646	13 606	4 272	25.2	45.2	18.2	11.5
Nord-Trøndelag	53 942	15 182	27 476	7 511	2 624	1 149	28.8	52.0	14.2	5.0
Nordland	97 630	32 158	44 395	14 265	4 419	2 393	33.8	46.6	15.0	4.6
Troms Romsa	65 359	20 158	27 958	10 431	4 987	1 825	31.7	44.0	16.4	7.8
Finnmark Finnmárku	30 998	11 610	12 444	4 273	1 252	1 419	39.3	42.1	14.4	4.2
County not stated	157	43	29	67	6	12	29.7	20.0	46.2	4.1

Females
1985	1 673 486	810 437	649 926	173 390	15 724	24 009	49.1	39.4	10.5	1.0
1990	1 734 109	763 092	702 849	220 355	23 117	24 696	44.6	41.1	12.9	1.4
1995	1 773 116	687 318	739 807	285 307	34 121	26 563	39.4	42.4	16.3	2.0
2000	1 812 166	641 172	751 678	340 417	51 959	26 940	35.9	42.1	19.1	2.9
2005	1 868 445	592 802	754 966	407 331	72 813	40 533	32.4	41.3	22.3	4.0
2010	1 981 012	570 084	768 501	479 292	109 446	53 689	29.6	39.9	24.9	5.7
2011	2 006 650	565 467	771 189	496 047	119 193	54 754	29.0	39.5	25.4	6.1

2012	2 033 165	561 701	772 311	513 342	129 328	56 483	28.4	39.1	26.0	6.5
Østfold	115 364	38 749	45 642	24 544	3 787	2 642	34.4	40.5	21.8	3.4
Akershus	224 002	54 539	84 635	60 845	17 823	6 160	25.0	38.9	27.9	8.2
Oslo	257 975	50 811	75 948	78 731	37 611	14 874	20.9	31.2	32.4	15.5
Hedmark	80 988	27 414	31 515	17 984	2 654	1 421	34.5	39.6	22.6	3.3
Oppland	77 675	23 917	32 488	17 307	2 550	1 413	31.4	42.6	22.7	3.3
Buskerud	109 032	32 129	43 825	25 338	4 823	2 917	30.3	41.3	23.9	4.5
Vestfold	98 419	27 606	40 840	23 842	3 928	2 203	28.7	42.4	24.8	4.1
Telemark	70 796	22 160	28 874	16 014	2 384	1 364	31.9	41.6	23.1	3.4
Aust-Agder	45 085	13 097	18 371	11 024	1 719	874	29.6	41.6	24.9	3.9
Vest-Agder	70 168	19 198	29 244	17 307	2 790	1 629	28.0	42.7	25.3	4.1
Rogaland	173 834	47 635	66 346	43 963	10 604	5 286	28.3	39.4	26.1	6.3
Hordaland	197 441	52 320	75 196	51 261	13 726	4 938	27.2	39.1	26.6	7.1
Sogn og Fjordane	43 049	11 371	18 589	10 530	1 618	941	27.0	44.1	25.0	3.8
Møre og Romsdal	102 867	30 072	42 497	24 495	3 654	2 149	29.9	42.2	24.3	3.6
Sør-Trøndelag	121 307	31 717	46 443	31 344	9 013	2 790	26.8	39.2	26.4	7.6
Nord-Trøndelag	53 788	15 920	22 178	13 176	1 727	787	30.0	41.8	24.9	3.3
Nordland	97 309	33 350	36 987	22 009	3 252	1 711	34.9	38.7	23.0	3.4
Troms Romsa	64 439	19 891	22 566	16 196	4 339	1 447	31.6	35.8	25.7	6.9
Finnmark Finnmárku	29 291	9 691	10 035	7 358	1 308	899	34.1	35.3	25.9	4.6
County not stated	336	114	92	74	18	38	38.3	30.9	24.8	6.0