Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

2 Entrepreneurs in personally owned enterprises1, by education, age, national background and gender. 2011
  Sole proprietorship Other personally owned enterprises5
  Total number of entrepreneurs Gender Total number of entrepreneurs Gender
  Per cent women Per cent men Per cent women Per cent men
Total number of entrepreneurs 29 042 35.4 64.6 2 927 27.5 72.5
             
Education            
Lower secondary education 5 401 26.0 74.0  543 21.4 78.6
Upper secondary education 9 927 30.0 70.0 1 186 22.4 77.6
Tertiary education, shor 2 6 978 49.3 50.7  711 38.0 62.0
Tertiary education, long3 3 100 44.5 55.5  282 33.0 67.0
Other 4 3 636 29.3 70.7  205 29.8 70.2
             
Age            
16-24 years 4 771 32.3 67.7  502 16.5 83.5
25-44 years 17 555 37.5 62.5 1 721 29.6 70.4
45-66 years 6 132 33.3 66.7  671 30.4 69.6
67 years and older  584 17.6 82.4 33 30.3 69.7
             
National background            
Norway 21 308 36.8 63.2 2 374 27.6 72.4
Unknown 1 477 21.6 78.4 87 25.3 74.7
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand 3 147 35.1 64.9  180 33.3 66.7
Asia, Africa, Latin Amerika, Oceania except Australia and New Zealand, and Europe without EU/EEA 3 110 32.0 68.0  286 23.8 76.2
1  Enterprises that only have juristic persons (enterprises) as actors, or no registered information about actors are not included in statistics.
2  Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
3  Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years.
4  Other include persons with no completed education and those who haven't registred any information about education.
5  Other personal owned enterprises refers to the organisational structures general partnership and general partnership with shared liability.

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