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Level of education for men and women 16 years and older. County of residence. Numbers and per cent¹
	Numbers							Per cent
	Numbers	Below upper secondary level	Upper secondary education	Tertiary vocational education²	Higher education, short³	Higher education, long⁴	Unknown or no completed edu-cation¹	Below upper secondary 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.
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
2015	4 221 985	1 128 192	1 715 210		964 944	384 755	28 884	26.9	40.9		23.0	9.2

2016	4 265 963	1 124 832	1 599 911	120 468	990 743	401 253	28 756	26.5	37.8	2.8	23.4	9.5
Østfold	239 048	75 968	95 017	5 831	47 788	12 687	1 757	32.0	40.0	2.5	20.1	5.3
Akershus	477 895	115 374	169 310	12 388	120 861	56 894	3 068	24.3	35.7	2.6	25.5	12.0
Oslo	548 462	112 527	147 157	12 044	162 411	107 926	6 397	20.8	27.1	2.2	30.0	19.9
Hedmark	163 496	52 598	64 954	3 892	32 722	8 260	1 070	32.4	40.0	2.4	20.1	5.1
Oppland	157 386	46 806	65 842	4 206	31 477	8 123	932	29.9	42.1	2.7	20.1	5.2
Buskerud	227 529	64 819	88 048	6 684	49 888	16 513	1 577	28.7	39.0	3.0	22.1	7.3
Vestfold	202 157	54 038	80 871	6 436	46 200	13 238	1 374	26.9	40.3	3.2	23.0	6.6
Telemark	143 040	41 655	59 365	4 037	29 141	7 882	960	29.3	41.8	2.8	20.5	5.5
Aust-Agder	94 188	25 613	38 139	3 336	20 514	6 018	568	27.4	40.7	3.6	21.9	6.4
Vest-Agder	147 015	37 971	60 699	4 580	32 892	9 903	970	26.0	41.6	3.1	22.5	6.8
Rogaland	373 245	95 455	145 479	11 783	83 112	35 123	2 293	25.7	39.2	3.2	22.4	9.5
Hordaland	419 227	102 493	160 708	13 147	99 928	40 670	2 281	24.6	38.5	3.2	24.0	9.8
Sogn og Fjordane	89 198	22 745	39 100	2 821	19 091	5 023	418	25.6	44.0	3.2	21.5	5.7
Møre og Romsdal	216 259	59 376	89 154	8 091	46 590	11 917	1 131	27.6	41.4	3.8	21.7	5.5
Sør-Trøndelag	258 044	62 063	98 493	6 264	61 031	29 046	1 147	24.2	38.3	2.4	23.8	11.3
Nord-Trøndelag	111 182	30 845	48 034	3 001	23 349	5 458	495	27.9	43.4	2.7	21.1	4.9
Nordland	200 018	63 446	78 682	5 919	40 379	10 512	1 080	31.9	39.6	3.0	20.3	5.3
Troms - Romsa	135 645	39 527	48 742	4 125	30 109	12 438	704	29.3	36.1	3.1	22.3	9.2
Finnmark - Finnmárku	62 593	21 382	22 040	1 879	13 170	3 592	530	34.5	35.5	3.0	21.2	5.8
County not stated	336	131	77	4	90	30	4	39.5	23.2	1.2	27.1	9.0

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
2015	2 117 010	570 495	927 460		394 123	211 317	13 615	27.1	44.1		18.7	10.0

2016	2 140 607	572 397	854 124	78 502	404 592	217 481	13 511	26.9	40.2	3.7	19.0	10.2
Østfold	118 797	37 841	50 585	3 268	19 112	7 179	812	32.1	42.9	2.8	16.2	6.1
Akershus	237 964	59 484	88 137	6 612	50 723	31 554	1 454	25.2	37.3	2.8	21.4	13.3
Oslo	272 024	58 385	76 641	6 041	72 095	56 158	2 704	21.7	28.5	2.2	26.8	20.9
Hedmark	81 150	26 872	34 277	2 599	12 373	4 494	535	33.3	42.5	3.2	15.3	5.6
Oppland	78 552	24 138	34 770	2 874	11 812	4 491	467	30.9	44.5	3.7	15.1	5.8
Buskerud	113 910	33 123	46 029	4 128	20 635	9 273	722	29.3	40.7	3.6	18.2	8.2
Vestfold	99 874	27 017	41 814	4 088	18 894	7 391	670	27.2	42.1	4.1	19.0	7.5
Telemark	71 103	20 536	31 541	2 882	11 218	4 487	439	29.1	44.6	4.1	15.9	6.3
Aust-Agder	47 310	12 625	20 266	2 457	8 210	3 463	289	26.8	43.1	5.2	17.5	7.4
Vest-Agder	73 544	19 006	31 992	3 287	13 151	5 682	426	26.0	43.8	4.5	18.0	7.8
Rogaland	189 864	47 759	80 195	8 129	33 223	19 448	1 110	25.3	42.5	4.3	17.6	10.3
Hordaland	211 875	51 113	87 909	8 855	41 141	21 722	1 135	24.3	41.7	4.2	19.5	10.3
Sogn og Fjordane	45 468	11 916	21 363	2 149	7 223	2 612	205	26.3	47.2	4.7	16.0	5.8
Møre og Romsdal	110 211	30 494	48 138	6 119	18 443	6 462	555	27.8	43.9	5.6	16.8	5.9
Sør-Trøndelag	130 687	31 381	52 954	4 163	25 160	16 481	548	24.1	40.7	3.2	19.3	12.7
Nord-Trøndelag	55 929	15 667	26 466	2 073	8 447	3 047	229	28.1	47.5	3.7	15.2	5.5
Nordland	100 962	32 384	42 254	4 304	15 879	5 596	545	32.2	42.1	4.3	15.8	5.6
Troms - Romsa	68 877	20 641	26 591	3 094	11 923	6 280	348	30.1	38.8	4.5	17.4	9.2
Finnmark - Finnmárku	32 383	11 970	12 180	1 379	4 885	1 652	317	37.3	38.0	4.3	15.2	5.2
County not stated	123	45	22	1	45	9	1	36.9	18.0	0.8	36.9	7.4

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
2015	2 104 975	557 697	787 750		570 821	173 438	15 269	26.7	37.7		27.3	8.3

2016	2 125 356	552 435	745 787	41 966	586 151	183 772	15 245	26.2	35.3	2.0	27.8	8.7
Østfold	120 251	38 127	44 432	2 563	28 676	5 508	945	32.0	37.2	2.1	24.0	4.6
Akershus	239 931	55 890	81 173	5 776	70 138	25 340	1 614	23.5	34.1	2.4	29.4	10.6
Oslo	276 438	54 142	70 516	6 003	90 316	51 768	3 693	19.9	25.9	2.2	33.1	19.0
Hedmark	82 346	25 726	30 677	1 293	20 349	3 766	535	31.4	37.5	1.6	24.9	4.6
Oppland	78 834	22 668	31 072	1 332	19 665	3 632	465	28.9	39.6	1.7	25.1	4.6
Buskerud	113 619	31 696	42 019	2 556	29 253	7 240	855	28.1	37.3	2.3	25.9	6.4
Vestfold	102 283	27 021	39 057	2 348	27 306	5 847	704	26.6	38.4	2.3	26.9	5.8
Telemark	71 937	21 119	27 824	1 155	17 923	3 395	521	29.6	39.0	1.6	25.1	4.8
Aust-Agder	46 878	12 988	17 873	879	12 304	2 555	279	27.9	38.4	1.9	26.4	5.5
Vest-Agder	73 471	18 965	28 707	1 293	19 741	4 221	544	26.0	39.4	1.8	27.1	5.8
Rogaland	183 381	47 696	65 284	3 654	49 889	15 675	1 183	26.2	35.8	2.0	27.4	8.6
Hordaland	207 352	51 380	72 799	4 292	58 787	18 948	1 146	24.9	35.3	2.1	28.5	9.2
Sogn og Fjordane	43 730	10 829	17 737	672	11 868	2 411	213	24.9	40.8	1.5	27.3	5.5
Møre og Romsdal	106 048	28 882	41 016	1 972	28 147	5 455	576	27.4	38.9	1.9	26.7	5.2
Sør-Trøndelag	127 357	30 682	45 539	2 101	35 871	12 565	599	24.2	35.9	1.7	28.3	9.9
Nord-Trøndelag	55 253	15 178	21 568	928	14 902	2 411	266	27.6	39.2	1.7	27.1	4.4
Nordland	99 056	31 062	36 428	1 615	24 500	4 916	535	31.5	37.0	1.6	24.9	5.0
Troms - Romsa	66 768	18 886	22 151	1 031	18 186	6 158	356	28.4	33.4	1.6	27.4	9.3
Finnmark - Finnmárku	30 210	9 412	9 860	500	8 285	1 940	213	31.4	32.9	1.7	27.6	6.5
County not stated	213	86	55	3	45	21	3	41.0	26.2	1.4	21.4	10.0