Table

Level of education for men and women 16 years and older. Numbers and per cent¹
	2010		2015
	Males	Females	Males	Females
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. See About the statistics for more information.
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.
⁵People with unknown or no completed education are not included.
Total	1 956 835	1 981 012	2 117 010	2 104 975
Below upper secondary education	541 295	570 084	570 495	557 697
Upper secondary education²	857 139	768 501	927 460	787 750
Higher education, short³	332 068	479 292	394 123	570 821
Higher education, long⁴	160 181	109 446	211 317	173 438
Of this:
Ph.D.	15 161	7 815	24 909	17 117
Unknown or no completed education¹	66 152	53 689	13 615	15 269
	Per cent⁵
Below upper secondary education	28.6	29.6	27.1	26.7
Upper secondary education²	45.3	39.9	44.1	37.7
Higher education, short³	17.6	24.9	18.7	27.3
Higher education, long⁴	8.5	5.7	10.0	8.3
Of this
Ph.D.	0.8	0.4	1.2	0.8