Table
| 2017 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 304 284 | 26.2 | 37.4 | 2.9 | 23.7 | 9.7 |
| 16-19 years | 260 080 | 86.4 | 13.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 20-24 years | 341 426 | 27.7 | 49.1 | 1.5 | 21.0 | 0.7 |
| 25-29 years | 370 852 | 22.3 | 27.8 | 2.8 | 33.8 | 13.4 |
| 30-34 years | 358 320 | 20.7 | 27.6 | 2.9 | 30.1 | 18.8 |
| 35-39 years | 350 154 | 18.9 | 30.2 | 2.9 | 30.5 | 17.6 |
| 40-49 years | 735 719 | 16.2 | 36.8 | 3.7 | 30.0 | 13.3 |
| 50-59 years | 681 607 | 22.8 | 39.1 | 4.3 | 24.6 | 9.2 |
| 60-66 years | 411 120 | 19.5 | 46.5 | 3.6 | 22.7 | 7.8 |
| 67 years or older | 795 006 | 29.2 | 46.9 | 2.1 | 16.1 | 5.7 |
| Males | 2 160 889 | 26.7 | 40.0 | 3.7 | 19.2 | 10.4 |
| 16-19 years | 134 620 | 88.8 | 11.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
| 20-24 years | 176 618 | 32.4 | 51.0 | 1.8 | 14.3 | 0.5 |
| 25-29 years | 189 394 | 25.4 | 33.4 | 3.8 | 25.9 | 11.5 |
| 30-34 years | 183 740 | 23.6 | 32.7 | 3.8 | 23.1 | 16.8 |
| 35-39 years | 180 605 | 21.2 | 35.2 | 4.0 | 23.2 | 16.4 |
| 40-49 years | 378 094 | 17.1 | 41.5 | 4.7 | 23.5 | 13.3 |
| 50-59 years | 349 166 | 22.6 | 42.3 | 5.1 | 19.8 | 10.1 |
| 60-66 years | 206 362 | 18.4 | 47.2 | 4.8 | 19.4 | 10.2 |
| 67 years or older | 362 290 | 24.7 | 46.7 | 2.8 | 16.2 | 9.6 |
| Females | 2 143 395 | 25.7 | 34.9 | 2.0 | 28.3 | 9.1 |
| 16-19 years | 125 460 | 83.9 | 16.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 20-24 years | 164 808 | 22.8 | 47.0 | 1.2 | 28.1 | 0.9 |
| 25-29 years | 181 458 | 19.1 | 21.8 | 1.8 | 42.0 | 15.4 |
| 30-34 years | 174 580 | 17.6 | 22.3 | 1.9 | 37.4 | 20.8 |
| 35-39 years | 169 549 | 16.4 | 24.8 | 1.7 | 38.3 | 18.8 |
| 40-49 years | 357 625 | 15.2 | 31.9 | 2.6 | 36.9 | 13.4 |
| 50-59 years | 332 441 | 23.0 | 35.7 | 3.4 | 29.6 | 8.3 |
| 60-66 years | 204 758 | 20.6 | 45.7 | 2.4 | 25.9 | 5.4 |
| 67 years or older | 432 716 | 32.9 | 47.1 | 1.5 | 16.1 | 2.4 |