Table
| 2007 | 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Percentage women | Total | Percentage women | |
| 1The number of unknown can mainly be explained by lack of information on county of residence at the age 16 for students born before 1957. | ||||
| County of residence at the age of 16 | ||||
| Total | 219 442 | 60.7 | 293 123 | 59.4 |
| Østfold | 9 556 | 60.2 | 13 746 | 60.1 |
| Akershus | 21 289 | 58.1 | 33 123 | 57.2 |
| Oslo | 17 329 | 57.4 | 26 162 | 55.9 |
| Hedmark | 7 619 | 62.6 | 9 969 | 61.6 |
| Oppland | 7 607 | 62.1 | 9 408 | 61.9 |
| Buskerud | 9 597 | 60.7 | 13 045 | 60.9 |
| Vestfold | 9 286 | 60.3 | 12 927 | 58.6 |
| Telemark | 7 152 | 61.9 | 9 096 | 60.9 |
| Aust-Agder | 4 683 | 59.9 | 5 998 | 58.9 |
| Vest-Agder | 6 956 | 57.9 | 9 719 | 59.5 |
| Rogaland | 16 917 | 59.6 | 24 110 | 59.6 |
| Hordaland | 19 412 | 61.8 | 26 573 | 59.3 |
| Sogn og Fjordane | 5 521 | 62.8 | 6 653 | 61.8 |
| Møre og Romsdal | 11 743 | 61.3 | 14 408 | 61.7 |
| Sør-Trøndelag (-2017) | 11 463 | 60.9 | 14 665 | 60.9 |
| Nord-Trøndelag (-2017) | 6 278 | 63.3 | 7 410 | 63.3 |
| Nordland | 11 458 | 62.4 | 13 166 | 61.8 |
| Troms - Romsa | 7 186 | 62.7 | 9 076 | 61.4 |
| Finnmark - Finnmárku | 3 553 | 64.7 | 4 081 | 66.4 |
| Abroad | 11 497 | 60.1 | 15 963 | 61.5 |
| County not stated1 | 13 340 | 63.5 | 13 825 | 50.8 |