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Level of education for men and women 16 years and older. County of residence. Numbers and per cent¹
	Numbers						Per cent²
	Total	Below upper secondary level	Upper secondary education³	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 education. 2014 figures includes an estimated level of education for missing values for these immigrants. See About the statistics for more information.
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
2014	4 174 815	1 130 197	1 713 225	942 336	359 694	29 363	27.3	41.3	22.7	8.7

2015	4 221 985	1 128 192	1 715 210	964 944	384 755	28 884	26.9	40.9	23.0	9.2
Østfold	236 100	75 997	100 014	46 238	12 120	1 731	32.4	42.7	19.7	5.2
Akershus	469 618	114 597	180 626	117 126	54 197	3 072	24.6	38.7	25.1	11.6
Oslo	540 285	111 572	160 687	158 617	103 003	6 406	20.9	30.1	29.7	19.3
Hedmark	162 628	53 313	68 626	31 727	7 873	1 089	33.0	42.5	19.6	4.9
Oppland	156 797	47 423	70 043	30 632	7 762	937	30.4	44.9	19.7	5.0
Buskerud	225 389	64 961	94 339	48 675	15 830	1 584	29.0	42.2	21.7	7.1
Vestfold	199 832	54 288	86 791	44 721	12 650	1 382	27.4	43.7	22.5	6.4
Telemark	142 171	42 009	63 390	28 342	7 481	949	29.7	44.9	20.1	5.3
Aust-Agder	93 206	25 643	41 223	19 991	5 776	573	27.7	44.5	21.6	6.2
Vest-Agder	145 861	38 269	64 891	32 157	9 565	979	26.4	44.8	22.2	6.6
Rogaland	370 689	95 942	156 518	81 507	34 387	2 335	26.0	42.5	22.1	9.3
Hordaland	415 116	102 554	173 206	97 517	39 540	2 299	24.8	42.0	23.6	9.6
Sogn og Fjordane	88 483	22 876	41 846	18 557	4 804	400	26.0	47.5	21.1	5.5
Møre og Romsdal	214 944	59 874	97 093	45 354	11 478	1 145	28.0	45.4	21.2	5.4
Sør-Trøndelag	254 685	61 974	104 400	59 280	27 865	1 166	24.4	41.2	23.4	11.0
Nord-Trøndelag	110 216	31 026	50 786	22 654	5 250	500	28.3	46.3	20.6	4.8
Nordland	198 905	64 219	84 357	39 420	9 800	1 109	32.5	42.6	19.9	5.0
Troms - Romsa	134 492	39 935	52 508	29 442	11 904	703	29.8	39.2	22.0	8.9
Finnmark - Finnmárku	62 162	21 563	23 769	12 879	3 430	521	35.0	38.6	20.9	5.6
County not stated	406	157	97	108	40	4	39.1	24.1	26.9	10.0

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
2014	2 091 035	566 040	923 455	387 392	200 472	13 676	27.2	44.5	18.6	9.7

2015	2 117 010	570 495	927 460	394 123	211 317	13 615	27.1	44.1	18.7	10.0
Østfold	117 122	37 521	53 322	18 512	6 950	817	32.3	45.8	15.9	6.0
Akershus	233 641	58 814	93 877	49 095	30 397	1 458	25.3	40.4	21.1	13.1
Oslo	268 162	57 493	83 368	70 506	54 074	2 721	21.7	31.4	26.6	20.4
Hedmark	80 678	27 071	36 718	11 970	4 365	554	33.8	45.8	14.9	5.4
Oppland	78 269	24 379	37 524	11 537	4 366	463	31.3	48.2	14.8	5.6
Buskerud	112 611	32 883	49 879	20 065	9 058	726	29.4	44.6	17.9	8.1
Vestfold	98 533	26 943	45 445	18 294	7 192	659	27.5	46.4	18.7	7.3
Telemark	70 630	20 636	34 320	10 915	4 316	443	29.4	48.9	15.6	6.1
Aust-Agder	46 684	12 503	22 535	7 948	3 402	296	27.0	48.6	17.1	7.3
Vest-Agder	72 846	19 033	34 965	12 819	5 597	432	26.3	48.3	17.7	7.7
Rogaland	188 592	47 822	87 749	32 553	19 338	1 130	25.5	46.8	17.4	10.3
Hordaland	209 721	50 927	95 987	40 316	21 333	1 158	24.4	46.0	19.3	10.2
Sogn og Fjordane	45 010	11 901	23 371	6 989	2 551	198	26.6	52.2	15.6	5.7
Møre og Romsdal	109 498	30 551	54 051	17 993	6 332	571	28.0	49.6	16.5	5.8
Sør-Trøndelag	128 739	30 956	56 780	24 409	16 044	550	24.1	44.3	19.0	12.5
Nord-Trøndelag	55 332	15 647	28 273	8 220	2 960	232	28.4	51.3	14.9	5.4
Nordland	100 345	32 593	46 386	15 501	5 310	555	32.7	46.5	15.5	5.3
Troms - Romsa	68 285	20 729	29 434	11 660	6 118	344	30.5	43.3	17.2	9.0
Finnmark - Finnmárku	32 173	12 049	13 447	4 771	1 599	307	37.8	42.2	15.0	5.0
County not stated	139	44	29	50	15	1	31.9	21.0	36.2	10.9

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
2014	2 083 780	564 157	789 770	554 944	159 222	15 687	27.3	38.2	26.8	7.7

2015	2 104 975	557 697	787 750	570 821	173 438	15 269	26.7	37.7	27.3	8.3
Østfold	118 978	38 476	46 692	27 726	5 170	914	32.6	39.5	23.5	4.4
Akershus	235 977	55 783	86 749	68 031	23 800	1 614	23.8	37.0	29.0	10.2
Oslo	272 123	54 079	77 319	88 111	48 929	3 685	20.1	28.8	32.8	18.2
Hedmark	81 950	26 242	31 908	19 757	3 508	535	32.2	39.2	24.3	4.3
Oppland	78 528	23 044	32 519	19 095	3 396	474	29.5	41.7	24.5	4.4
Buskerud	112 778	32 078	44 460	28 610	6 772	858	28.7	39.7	25.6	6.1
Vestfold	101 299	27 345	41 346	26 427	5 458	723	27.2	41.1	26.3	5.4
Telemark	71 541	21 373	29 070	17 427	3 165	506	30.1	40.9	24.5	4.5
Aust-Agder	46 522	13 140	18 688	12 043	2 374	277	28.4	40.4	26.0	5.1
Vest-Agder	73 015	19 236	29 926	19 338	3 968	547	26.5	41.3	26.7	5.5
Rogaland	182 097	48 120	68 769	48 954	15 049	1 205	26.6	38.0	27.1	8.3
Hordaland	205 395	51 627	77 219	57 201	18 207	1 141	25.3	37.8	28.0	8.9
Sogn og Fjordane	43 473	10 975	18 475	11 568	2 253	202	25.4	42.7	26.7	5.2
Møre og Romsdal	105 446	29 323	43 042	27 361	5 146	574	28.0	41.0	26.1	4.9
Sør-Trøndelag	125 946	31 018	47 620	34 871	11 821	616	24.7	38.0	27.8	9.4
Nord-Trøndelag	54 884	15 379	22 513	14 434	2 290	268	28.2	41.2	26.4	4.2
Nordland	98 560	31 626	37 971	23 919	4 490	554	32.3	38.7	24.4	4.6
Troms - Romsa	66 207	19 206	23 074	17 782	5 786	359	29.2	35.0	27.0	8.8
Finnmark - Finnmárku	29 989	9 514	10 322	8 108	1 831	214	32.0	34.7	27.2	6.1
County not stated	267	113	68	58	25	3	42.8	25.8	22.0	9.5