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Population 16 years and over, by age, level of education and field of education¹
	2014
	Total	Age
	Total	16-19 years	20-24 years	25-29 years	30-34 years	35-39 years	40-49 years	50-59 years	60-66 years	67 years or older
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.
²Includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
³Higher education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.
⁴Higher education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.
Total	4 174 815	261 870	342 831	351 731	345 670	341 636	746 812	652 918	399 901	731 446

Basic school level	1 130 197	227 369	99 938	76 553	65 947	56 401	131 377	151 793	79 876	240 943

Upper secondary education²	1 713 225	32 558	172 536	115 868	113 597	125 081	315 613	289 403	204 045	344 524
General programmes	436 179	24 710	84 837	21 490	18 800	22 417	50 609	52 229	52 293	108 794
Humanities and arts	56 009	1 703	8 325	6 232	6 175	4 314	7 557	6 985	5 259	9 459
Education	2 868	2	46	154	168	229	471	567	475	756
Social sciences and law	10 493	1 557	6 252	1 521	344	217	391	144	28	39
Business and administration	243 543	3	2 508	7 571	7 457	13 646	48 739	52 141	40 303	71 175
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects	521 121	791	35 582	42 410	42 258	45 722	125 441	101 335	56 799	70 783
Health, welfare and sport	224 857	2 895	17 972	14 082	15 656	17 215	41 490	43 758	29 847	41 942
Primary industries	51 281	380	2 781	2 450	2 782	3 793	8 867	10 047	5 937	14 244
Transport and communications, safty and security and other services	101 106	134	7 218	8 190	8 149	6 782	17 182	15 278	11 659	26 514
Unspecified field of study	65 768	383	7 015	11 768	11 808	10 746	14 866	6 919	1 445	818

Higher education, short³	942 336	56	64 555	113 633	105 112	106 385	211 290	153 348	84 229	103 728
General programmes	964	2	47	192	194	169	218	86	29	27
Humanities and arts	83 749	9	5 214	9 240	7 797	9 682	20 080	14 710	8 521	8 496
Education	211 194	-	8 397	16 556	18 191	21 154	47 345	35 893	27 212	36 446
Social sciences and law	52 784	3	9 177	11 573	6 922	5 038	9 209	5 550	2 915	2 397
Business and administration	154 934	2	11 126	19 130	18 024	18 186	40 918	25 950	10 383	11 215
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects	137 519	6	11 326	16 621	15 095	14 000	25 831	23 228	12 487	18 925
Health, welfare and sport	221 351	2	14 462	26 567	25 995	25 683	47 028	38 596	19 831	23 187
Primary industries	4 259	1	299	625	674	644	1 225	571	125	95
Transport and communications, safty and security and other services	27 692	-	1 485	3 768	3 323	4 747	9 495	2 840	778	1 256
Unspecified field of study	47 890	31	3 022	9 361	8 897	7 082	9 941	5 924	1 948	1 684

Higher education, long⁴	359 694	3	3 042	43 080	58 940	51 980	83 852	53 280	29 131	36 386
General programmes	69	-	-	1	2	6	30	21	4	5
Humanities and arts	38 860	-	166	2 914	5 480	5 525	9 286	5 329	4 416	5 744
Education	15 395	-	85	1 845	2 236	1 771	3 256	2 435	1 805	1 962
Social sciences and law	59 698	-	329	7 120	9 923	8 221	15 474	8 505	5 167	4 959
Business and administration	35 725	-	523	6 576	8 053	6 806	8 552	3 757	1 033	425
Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects	106 964	-	625	10 934	15 667	14 984	26 457	17 023	8 598	12 676
Health, welfare and sport	57 742	1	444	5 861	8 607	8 174	11 987	9 674	5 698	7 296
Primary industries	8 069	-	26	363	692	819	2 001	1 868	891	1 409
Transport and communications, safty and security and other services	6 597	-	24	304	390	277	1 226	2 295	816	1 265
Unspecified field of study	30 575	2	820	7 162	7 890	5 397	5 583	2 373	703	645

Unknown or no completed education¹	29 363	1 884	2 760	2 597	2 074	1 789	4 680	5 094	2 620	5 865

StatBank source table 09430