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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
2012	4 061 984	1 107 898	1 648 207	866 348	304 061	135 470	28.2	42.0	22.1	7.7

2013	4 117 809	1 103 238	1 650 483	887 154	316 670	160 264	27.9	41.7	22.4	8.0
Østfold	231 569	75 154	96 688	42 392	10 054	7 281	33.5	43.1	18.9	4.5
Akershus	452 898	109 467	172 561	107 013	45 404	18 453	25.2	39.7	24.6	10.5
Oslo	520 337	102 004	150 826	143 924	84 558	39 025	21.2	31.3	29.9	17.6
Hedmark	160 658	53 785	66 979	29 457	6 684	3 753	34.3	42.7	18.8	4.3
Oppland	155 032	47 568	68 640	28 478	6 598	3 748	31.4	45.4	18.8	4.4
Buskerud	219 985	63 238	90 960	44 560	12 789	8 438	29.9	43.0	21.1	6.0
Vestfold	195 707	53 637	84 409	41 513	10 425	5 723	28.2	44.4	21.9	5.5
Telemark	140 788	42 327	62 158	26 566	6 407	3 330	30.8	45.2	19.3	4.7
Aust-Agder	91 087	25 002	40 321	18 654	4 810	2 300	28.2	45.4	21.0	5.4
Vest-Agder	141 499	37 290	62 743	29 651	7 785	4 030	27.1	45.6	21.6	5.7
Rogaland	359 909	92 592	148 658	74 888	27 312	16 459	27.0	43.3	21.8	8.0
Hordaland	403 941	100 824	165 851	89 392	32 586	15 288	25.9	42.7	23.0	8.4
Sogn og Fjordane	87 464	22 857	40 751	17 235	3 876	2 745	27.0	48.1	20.3	4.6
Møre og Romsdal	210 651	59 306	93 593	41 603	9 103	7 046	29.1	46.0	20.4	4.5
Sør-Trøndelag	247 824	61 195	100 536	54 546	23 400	8 147	25.5	41.9	22.8	9.8
Nord-Trøndelag	108 727	30 936	49 783	21 197	4 494	2 317	29.1	46.8	19.9	4.2
Nordland	196 659	64 862	81 631	36 903	8 025	5 238	33.9	42.6	19.3	4.2
Troms Romsa	131 557	39 769	50 729	27 254	9 694	4 111	31.2	39.8	21.4	7.6
Finnmark Finnmárku	60 974	21 241	22 546	11 772	2 632	2 783	36.5	38.7	20.2	4.5
County not stated	543	184	120	156	34	49	37.2	24.3	31.6	6.9

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
2012	2 028 819	546 197	875 896	353 006	174 733	78 987	28.0	44.9	18.1	9.0

2013	2 059 321	547 342	879 332	360 770	179 403	92 474	27.8	44.7	18.3	9.1
Østfold	114 634	36 446	50 925	17 026	6 014	4 223	33.0	46.1	15.4	5.4
Akershus	225 057	55 205	87 816	44 632	26 382	11 022	25.8	41.0	20.9	12.3
Oslo	257 772	51 504	76 188	63 426	44 867	21 787	21.8	32.3	26.9	19.0
Hedmark	79 383	26 859	35 513	11 034	3 879	2 098	34.8	46.0	14.3	5.0
Oppland	77 066	24 097	36 280	10 693	3 867	2 129	32.2	48.4	14.3	5.2
Buskerud	109 630	31 390	47 219	18 465	7 659	4 897	30.0	45.1	17.6	7.3
Vestfold	96 376	26 299	43 629	17 032	6 231	3 185	28.2	46.8	18.3	6.7
Telemark	69 611	20 430	33 333	10 207	3 860	1 781	30.1	49.1	15.0	5.7
Aust-Agder	45 507	12 010	21 831	7 411	2 972	1 283	27.2	49.4	16.8	6.7
Vest-Agder	70 599	18 237	33 596	11 845	4 787	2 134	26.6	49.1	17.3	7.0
Rogaland	182 775	45 233	82 099	29 819	16 002	9 622	26.1	47.4	17.2	9.2
Hordaland	203 565	49 035	90 537	36 776	18 078	9 139	25.2	46.6	18.9	9.3
Sogn og Fjordane	44 315	11 687	22 390	6 440	2 163	1 635	27.4	52.5	15.1	5.1
Møre og Romsdal	106 900	29 672	51 258	16 456	5 199	4 315	28.9	50.0	16.0	5.1
Sør-Trøndelag	125 020	29 960	53 995	22 321	13 876	4 868	24.9	44.9	18.6	11.5
Nord-Trøndelag	54 460	15 270	27 553	7 658	2 665	1 314	28.7	51.8	14.4	5.0
Nordland	98 699	32 158	44 542	14 455	4 518	3 026	33.6	46.6	15.1	4.7
Troms Romsa	66 345	20 162	28 089	10 686	5 110	2 298	31.5	43.9	16.7	8.0
Finnmark Finnmárku	31 444	11 641	12 510	4 318	1 264	1 711	39.2	42.1	14.5	4.3
County not stated	163	47	29	70	10	7	30.1	18.6	44.9	6.4

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
2012	2 033 165	561 701	772 311	513 342	129 328	56 483	28.4	39.1	26.0	6.5

2013	2 058 488	555 896	771 151	526 384	137 267	67 790	27.9	38.7	26.4	6.9
Østfold	116 935	38 708	45 763	25 366	4 040	3 058	34.0	40.2	22.3	3.5
Akershus	227 841	54 262	84 745	62 381	19 022	7 431	24.6	38.4	28.3	8.6
Oslo	262 565	50 500	74 638	80 498	39 691	17 238	20.6	30.4	32.8	16.2
Hedmark	81 275	26 926	31 466	18 423	2 805	1 655	33.8	39.5	23.1	3.5
Oppland	77 966	23 471	32 360	17 785	2 731	1 619	30.7	42.4	23.3	3.6
Buskerud	110 355	31 848	43 741	26 095	5 130	3 541	29.8	41.0	24.4	4.8
Vestfold	99 331	27 338	40 780	24 481	4 194	2 538	28.2	42.1	25.3	4.3
Telemark	71 177	21 897	28 825	16 359	2 547	1 549	31.4	41.4	23.5	3.7
Aust-Agder	45 580	12 992	18 490	11 243	1 838	1 017	29.2	41.5	25.2	4.1
Vest-Agder	70 900	19 053	29 147	17 806	2 998	1 896	27.6	42.2	25.8	4.3
Rogaland	177 134	47 359	66 559	45 069	11 310	6 837	27.8	39.1	26.5	6.6
Hordaland	200 376	51 789	75 314	52 616	14 508	6 149	26.7	38.8	27.1	7.5
Sogn og Fjordane	43 149	11 170	18 361	10 795	1 713	1 110	26.6	43.7	25.7	4.1
Møre og Romsdal	103 751	29 634	42 335	25 147	3 904	2 731	29.3	41.9	24.9	3.9
Sør-Trøndelag	122 804	31 235	46 541	32 225	9 524	3 279	26.1	38.9	27.0	8.0
Nord-Trøndelag	54 267	15 666	22 230	13 539	1 829	1 003	29.4	41.7	25.4	3.4
Nordland	97 960	32 704	37 089	22 448	3 507	2 212	34.2	38.7	23.4	3.7
Troms Romsa	65 212	19 607	22 640	16 568	4 584	1 813	30.9	35.7	26.1	7.2
Finnmark Finnmárku	29 530	9 600	10 036	7 454	1 368	1 072	33.7	35.3	26.2	4.8
County not stated	380	137	91	86	24	42	40.5	26.9	25.4	7.1