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Population 16 years and over, by level of education, gender, year and county of residence. Absolute figures and per cent¹
	Absolute figures						Per cent²
	Total	Below upper secondary level	Upper secondary education2³	Higher education, short⁴	Higher education, long⁵	Unknown or no completed edu-cation¹	Below upper secondary level	Upper secondary education2³	Higher education, short⁴	Higher education, long⁵
¹For many immigrants SSB has no information about their level of education. 2014 figures includes an estimated level of education for missing values for these immigrants. For more information see About the statistics.
²People with unknown or no completed education are not included.
³Includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
⁴Higher education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.
⁵Higher 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
2013	4 117 809	1 103 238	1 650 483	887 154	316 670	160 264	27.9	41.7	22.4	8.0

2014	4 174 815	1 130 197	1 713 225	942 336	359 694	29 363	27.3	41.3	22.7	8.7
Østfold	233 853	76 349	99 538	44 888	11 301	1 777	32.9	42.9	19.3	4.9
Akershus	461 549	113 492	180 339	113 753	50 929	3 036	24.8	39.3	24.8	11.1
Oslo	531 114	110 972	162 339	155 566	95 757	6 480	21.2	30.9	29.7	18.3
Hedmark	161 826	53 880	68 418	30 926	7 465	1 137	33.5	42.6	19.2	4.6
Oppland	156 383	47 871	70 124	29 971	7 423	994	30.8	45.1	19.3	4.8
Buskerud	222 851	64 806	94 292	47 393	14 767	1 593	29.3	42.6	21.4	6.7
Vestfold	197 831	54 391	86 770	43 517	11 767	1 386	27.7	44.2	22.2	6.0
Telemark	141 537	42 476	63 248	27 785	7 058	970	30.2	45.0	19.8	5.0
Aust-Agder	92 199	25 464	41 210	19 584	5 351	590	27.8	45.0	21.4	5.8
Vest-Agder	143 926	38 051	64 732	31 254	8 887	1 002	26.6	45.3	21.9	6.2
Rogaland	366 263	95 683	155 534	80 228	32 466	2 352	26.3	42.7	22.0	8.9
Hordaland	409 890	103 081	172 379	95 020	37 057	2 353	25.3	42.3	23.3	9.1
Sogn og Fjordane	87 929	23 097	41 911	18 062	4 445	414	26.4	47.9	20.6	5.1
Møre og Romsdal	213 110	60 050	97 015	44 162	10 723	1 160	28.3	45.8	20.8	5.1
Sør-Trøndelag	251 714	62 442	104 223	57 911	25 968	1 170	24.9	41.6	23.1	10.4
Nord-Trøndelag	109 379	31 077	50 699	22 152	4 946	505	28.5	46.6	20.3	4.5
Nordland	197 998	64 880	84 220	38 586	9 156	1 156	33.0	42.8	19.6	4.7
Troms Romsa	133 387	40 406	52 352	28 860	11 022	747	30.5	39.5	21.8	8.3
Finnmark Finnmárku	61 667	21 577	23 781	12 604	3 169	536	35.3	38.9	20.6	5.2
County not stated	409	152	101	114	37	5	37.6	25.0	28.2	9.2

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
2013	2 059 321	547 342	879 332	360 770	179 403	92 474	27.8	44.7	18.3	9.1

2014	2 091 035	566 040	923 455	387 392	200 472	13 676	27.2	44.5	18.6	9.7
Østfold	115 889	37 367	52 920	18 147	6 604	851	32.5	46.0	15.8	5.7
Akershus	229 544	57 734	93 422	47 900	29 068	1 420	25.3	41.0	21.0	12.7
Oslo	263 395	56 459	84 019	69 645	50 604	2 668	21.7	32.2	26.7	19.4
Hedmark	80 191	27 174	36 499	11 739	4 205	574	34.1	45.8	14.7	5.3
Oppland	77 910	24 431	37 384	11 344	4 255	496	31.6	48.3	14.7	5.5
Buskerud	111 191	32 491	49 597	19 780	8 612	711	29.4	44.9	17.9	7.8
Vestfold	97 516	26 807	45 321	17 875	6 849	664	27.7	46.8	18.5	7.1
Telemark	70 159	20 695	34 128	10 734	4 153	449	29.7	49.0	15.4	6.0
Aust-Agder	46 082	12 302	22 459	7 820	3 201	300	26.9	49.1	17.1	7.0
Vest-Agder	71 844	18 765	34 828	12 539	5 291	421	26.3	48.8	17.6	7.4
Rogaland	186 225	47 218	86 927	32 390	18 547	1 143	25.5	47.0	17.5	10.0
Hordaland	206 808	50 690	95 212	39 487	20 255	1 164	24.6	46.3	19.2	9.8
Sogn og Fjordane	44 606	11 876	23 272	6 816	2 440	202	26.7	52.4	15.3	5.5
Møre og Romsdal	108 403	30 359	53 794	17 655	6 014	581	28.2	49.9	16.4	5.6
Sør-Trøndelag	127 139	30 896	56 536	23 999	15 164	544	24.4	44.7	19.0	12.0
Nord-Trøndelag	54 823	15 495	28 170	8 063	2 860	235	28.4	51.6	14.8	5.2
Nordland	99 737	32 565	46 240	15 261	5 093	578	32.8	46.6	15.4	5.1
Troms Romsa	67 582	20 726	29 307	11 464	5 727	358	30.8	43.6	17.1	8.5
Finnmark Finnmárku	31 860	11 952	13 395	4 680	1 518	315	37.9	42.5	14.8	4.8
County not stated	131	38	25	54	12	2	29.5	19.4	41.9	9.3

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
2013	2 058 488	555 896	771 151	526 384	137 267	67 790	27.9	38.7	26.4	6.9

2014	2 083 780	564 157	789 770	554 944	159 222	15 687	27.3	38.2	26.8	7.7
Østfold	117 964	38 982	46 618	26 741	4 697	926	33.3	39.8	22.8	4.0
Akershus	232 005	55 758	86 917	65 853	21 861	1 616	24.2	37.7	28.6	9.5
Oslo	267 719	54 513	78 320	85 921	45 153	3 812	20.7	29.7	32.6	17.1
Hedmark	81 635	26 706	31 919	19 187	3 260	563	32.9	39.4	23.7	4.0
Oppland	78 473	23 440	32 740	18 627	3 168	498	30.1	42.0	23.9	4.1
Buskerud	111 660	32 315	44 695	27 613	6 155	882	29.2	40.3	24.9	5.6
Vestfold	100 315	27 584	41 449	25 642	4 918	722	27.7	41.6	25.7	4.9
Telemark	71 378	21 781	29 120	17 051	2 905	521	30.7	41.1	24.1	4.1
Aust-Agder	46 117	13 162	18 751	11 764	2 150	290	28.7	40.9	25.7	4.7
Vest-Agder	72 082	19 286	29 904	18 715	3 596	581	27.0	41.8	26.2	5.0
Rogaland	180 038	48 465	68 607	47 838	13 919	1 209	27.1	38.4	26.8	7.8
Hordaland	203 082	52 391	77 167	55 533	16 802	1 189	25.9	38.2	27.5	8.3
Sogn og Fjordane	43 323	11 221	18 639	11 246	2 005	212	26.0	43.2	26.1	4.7
Møre og Romsdal	104 707	29 691	43 221	26 507	4 709	579	28.5	41.5	25.5	4.5
Sør-Trøndelag	124 575	31 546	47 687	33 912	10 804	626	25.5	38.5	27.4	8.7
Nord-Trøndelag	54 556	15 582	22 529	14 089	2 086	270	28.7	41.5	26.0	3.8
Nordland	98 261	32 315	37 980	23 325	4 063	578	33.1	38.9	23.9	4.2
Troms Romsa	65 805	19 680	23 045	17 396	5 295	389	30.1	35.2	26.6	8.1
Finnmark Finnmárku	29 807	9 625	10 386	7 924	1 651	221	32.5	35.1	26.8	5.6
County not stated	278	114	76	60	25	3	41.5	27.6	21.8	9.1