Table
| 2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population 1October | Highest completed education | |||||
| Total | Basic school level | Upper secondary education | Tertiary vocational education2 | Higher education, short3 | Higher education, long4 | |
| 1For many immigrants SSB has no information about their education. From 2014, figures include 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 higher 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 | 4 265 963 | 26.5 | 37.8 | 2.8 | 23.4 | 9.5 |
| 16-19 years | 261 314 | 86.7 | 13.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 20-24 years | 341 797 | 28.4 | 48.7 | 1.6 | 20.4 | 0.8 |
| 25-29 years | 366 932 | 22.3 | 28.4 | 2.9 | 33.1 | 13.4 |
| 30-34 years | 354 743 | 20.2 | 28.5 | 2.7 | 30.0 | 18.5 |
| 35-39 years | 345 135 | 18.0 | 31.3 | 2.8 | 30.9 | 17.1 |
| 40-49 years | 742 042 | 16.5 | 37.5 | 3.8 | 29.6 | 12.7 |
| 50-59 years | 671 440 | 23.0 | 39.6 | 4.2 | 24.2 | 8.9 |
| 60-66 years | 407 042 | 19.6 | 47.0 | 3.4 | 22.3 | 7.7 |
| 67 years or older | 775 518 | 30.5 | 46.5 | 2.0 | 15.5 | 5.5 |
| Males | 2 140 607 | 26.9 | 40.2 | 3.7 | 19.0 | 10.2 |
| 16-19 years | 135 003 | 89.2 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 20-24 years | 176 765 | 33.1 | 50.4 | 2.0 | 13.9 | 0.6 |
| 25-29 years | 186 598 | 25.4 | 33.8 | 3.8 | 25.5 | 11.5 |
| 30-34 years | 182 670 | 23.1 | 33.5 | 3.7 | 23.0 | 16.8 |
| 35-39 years | 178 292 | 20.0 | 36.5 | 3.8 | 23.5 | 16.2 |
| 40-49 years | 381 691 | 17.3 | 41.8 | 4.8 | 23.3 | 12.8 |
| 50-59 years | 344 064 | 22.7 | 42.6 | 5.1 | 19.6 | 9.9 |
| 60-66 years | 204 478 | 18.4 | 47.5 | 4.5 | 19.4 | 10.3 |
| 67 years or older | 351 046 | 25.7 | 46.5 | 2.7 | 15.7 | 9.4 |
| Females | 2 125 356 | 26.2 | 35.3 | 2.0 | 27.8 | 8.7 |
| 16-19 years | 126 311 | 84.1 | 15.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
| 20-24 years | 165 032 | 23.5 | 47.0 | 1.3 | 27.3 | 1.0 |
| 25-29 years | 180 334 | 19.1 | 22.7 | 1.8 | 40.9 | 15.4 |
| 30-34 years | 172 073 | 17.2 | 23.2 | 1.7 | 37.5 | 20.4 |
| 35-39 years | 166 843 | 15.9 | 25.7 | 1.6 | 38.7 | 18.0 |
| 40-49 years | 360 351 | 15.7 | 32.8 | 2.6 | 36.3 | 12.6 |
| 50-59 years | 327 376 | 23.3 | 36.5 | 3.3 | 29.1 | 7.7 |
| 60-66 years | 202 564 | 20.8 | 46.6 | 2.3 | 25.2 | 5.1 |
| 67 years or older | 424 472 | 34.4 | 46.6 | 1.5 | 15.3 | 2.3 |