2007 | 2012 | |||
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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 | 1 860 816 | 1 905 681 | 2 028 819 | 2 033 165 |
Basic school level | 537 876 | 584 527 | 546 197 | 561 701 |
Below upper secondary level1 | 825 432 | 756 754 | 875 896 | 772 311 |
Tertiary education, short2 | 307 171 | 433 816 | 353 006 | 513 342 |
Tertiary education, long3 | 143 199 | 86 125 | 174 733 | 129 328 |
Unknown or no completed education | 47 138 | 44 459 | 78 987 | 56 483 |
Shares4 | ||||
Basic school level | 29.7 | 31.4 | 28.0 | 28.4 |
Upper secondary education1 | 45.5 | 40.7 | 44.9 | 39.1 |
Tertiary education, short2 | 16.9 | 23.3 | 18.1 | 26.0 |
Tertiary education, long3 | 7.9 | 4.6 | 9.0 | 6.5 |