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County of residence for educational attainment¹²
	Numbers							Per cent
	Numbers	Below upper secondary education	Upper secondary education	Tertiary vocational education³	Higher education, short⁴	Higher education, long⁵	Unknown or no completed education	Below upper secondary education	Upper secondary education	Tertiary vocational education³	Higher education, short⁴	Higher education, long⁵
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.
²Corrected 12 August 2020.
³Includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as higher 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.
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

2019	2 193 961	568 264	869 358	82 553	427 611	234 055	12 120	26.0	39.8	3.8	19.6	10.7
Østfold (-2019)	122 823	38 054	52 203	3 545	20 566	7 719	736	31.2	42.8	2.9	16.8	6.3
Akershus (-2019)	251 153	61 934	91 457	7 187	54 669	34 499	1 407	24.8	36.6	2.9	21.9	13.8
Oslo	282 871	59 795	75 546	6 252	77 133	61 692	2 453	21.3	26.9	2.2	27.5	22.0
Hedmark (-2019)	82 342	25 808	35 190	2 864	13 102	4 883	495	31.5	43.0	3.5	16.0	6.0
Oppland (-2019)	79 249	23 390	35 330	3 018	12 360	4 768	383	29.7	44.8	3.8	15.7	6.0
Buskerud (-2019)	116 724	33 132	47 198	4 349	21 551	9 846	648	28.5	40.7	3.7	18.6	8.5
Vestfold (-2019)	102 788	26 919	43 034	4 227	20 101	7 905	602	26.3	42.1	4.1	19.7	7.7
Telemark (-2019)	71 555	20 016	31 792	3 021	11 727	4 595	404	28.1	44.7	4.2	16.5	6.5
Aust-Agder (-2019)	48 219	12 408	20 750	2 516	8 577	3 707	261	25.9	43.3	5.2	17.9	7.7
Vest-Agder (-2019)	75 772	18 877	32 953	3 433	14 010	6 118	381	25.0	43.7	4.6	18.6	8.1
Rogaland	192 172	46 566	81 500	8 449	34 301	20 400	956	24.4	42.6	4.4	17.9	10.7
Hordaland (-2019)	215 451	50 689	88 607	9 325	42 978	22 882	970	23.6	41.3	4.3	20.0	10.7
Sogn og Fjordane (-2019)	45 361	11 431	21 220	2 278	7 493	2 747	192	25.3	47.0	5.0	16.6	6.1
Møre og Romsdal	110 467	29 533	48 225	6 411	19 182	6 620	496	26.9	43.9	5.8	17.4	6.0
Trøndelag - Trööndelage	193 098	47 065	81 632	6 626	35 864	21 209	702	24.5	42.4	3.4	18.6	11.0
Nordland	101 601	31 132	43 080	4 425	16 460	6 026	478	30.8	42.6	4.4	16.3	6.0
Troms - Romsa (-2019)	69 768	19 885	27 143	3 193	12 516	6 726	305	28.6	39.1	4.6	18.0	9.7
Finnmark - Finnmárku (-2019)	32 441	11 590	12 480	1 433	4 985	1 703	250	36.0	38.8	4.5	15.5	5.3
County not stated	106	40	18	1	36	10	1	38.1	17.1	1.0	34.3	9.5

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

2019	2 177 313	532 620	740 201	46 482	630 094	214 129	13 787	24.6	34.2	2.1	29.1	9.9
Østfold (-2019)	123 646	36 716	45 282	2 947	31 266	6 568	867	29.9	36.9	2.4	25.5	5.3
Akershus (-2019)	252 102	56 514	81 294	6 368	76 404	29 943	1 579	22.6	32.4	2.5	30.5	12.0
Oslo	287 378	53 711	67 061	6 265	97 162	59 842	3 337	18.9	23.6	2.2	34.2	21.1
Hedmark (-2019)	83 302	24 407	30 546	1 501	21 792	4 583	473	29.5	36.9	1.8	26.3	5.5
Oppland (-2019)	79 224	21 353	30 858	1 521	20 781	4 321	390	27.1	39.1	1.9	26.4	5.5
Buskerud (-2019)	116 167	30 711	41 706	2 873	31 561	8 517	799	26.6	36.2	2.5	27.4	7.4
Vestfold (-2019)	104 496	25 928	39 006	2 583	29 402	6 928	649	25.0	37.6	2.5	28.3	6.7
Telemark (-2019)	72 223	19 957	27 354	1 427	19 132	3 901	452	27.8	38.1	2.0	26.7	5.4
Aust-Agder (-2019)	47 626	12 507	17 703	1 011	13 156	2 982	267	26.4	37.4	2.1	27.8	6.3
Vest-Agder (-2019)	75 994	18 469	28 869	1 452	21 633	5 094	477	24.5	38.2	1.9	28.6	6.7
Rogaland	187 297	45 987	65 178	4 178	53 260	17 594	1 100	24.7	35.0	2.2	28.6	9.4
Hordaland (-2019)	211 775	49 353	72 119	4 673	62 989	21 608	1 033	23.4	34.2	2.2	29.9	10.3
Sogn og Fjordane (-2019)	43 736	10 269	17 321	695	12 515	2 765	171	23.6	39.8	1.6	28.7	6.3
Møre og Romsdal	106 329	27 242	40 212	2 100	29 860	6 396	519	25.7	38.0	2.0	28.2	6.0
Trøndelag - Trööndelage	188 403	44 193	67 333	3 373	54 965	17 764	775	23.6	35.9	1.8	29.3	9.5
Nordland	99 344	28 755	36 380	1 777	26 132	5 868	432	29.1	36.8	1.8	26.4	5.9
Troms - Romsa (-2019)	67 807	17 678	22 115	1 145	19 318	7 260	291	26.2	32.8	1.7	28.6	10.8
Finnmark - Finnmárku (-2019)	30 287	8 805	9 829	588	8 720	2 174	171	29.2	32.6	2.0	29.0	7.2
County not stated	177	65	35	5	46	21	5	37.8	20.3	2.9	26.7	12.2