| Total | 2 517 000 | 2 562 000 | 1 352 698 | 1 209 302 | 45 000 | 1.8 | 
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 | 0 General programmes | 756 389 | 752 933 | 389 489 | 363 444 | -3 456 | -0.5 | 
 | Compulsory Education1 | 514 585 | 512 110 | 281 843 | 230 267 | -2 475 | -0.5 | 
 | Intermediate Education 2 | 241 804 | 240 823 | 107 646 | 133 177 | -981 | -0.4 | 
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 | 1 Humanities and arts | 115 149 | 115 320 | 42 627 | 72 693 | 171 | 0.1 | 
 | Intermediate Education 2 | 35 449 | 34 775 | 8 414 | 26 361 | -674 | -1.9 | 
 | Tertiary Education, short 3 | 56 622 | 56 780 | 23 209 | 33 571 | 158 | 0.3 | 
 | Tertiary Education, long 4 | 23 078 | 23 765 | 11 004 | 12 761 | 687 | 3.0 | 
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 | 2 Education | 150 849 | 152 839 | 42 032 | 110 807 | 1 990 | 1.3 | 
 | Intermediate Education 2 | 1 217 | 1 165 | 570 | 595 | -52 | -4.3 | 
 | Tertiary Education, short 3 | 142 811 | 144 399 | 39 576 | 104 823 | 1 588 | 1.1 | 
 | Tertiary Education, long 4 | 6 821 | 7 275 | 1 886 | 5 389 | 454 | 6.7 | 
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 | 3 Social sciences and law | 76 725 | 80 661 | 37 708 | 42 953 | 3 936 | 5.1 | 
 | Intermediate Education 2 | 4 363 | 5 043 | 2 455 | 2 588 | 680 | 15.6 | 
 | Tertiary Education, short 3 | 33 261 | 34 596 | 15 384 | 19 212 | 1 335 | 4.0 | 
 | Tertiary Education, long 4 | 39 101 | 41 022 | 19 869 | 21 153 | 1 921 | 4.9 | 
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 | 4 Business and administration | 287 581 | 286 808 | 123 841 | 162 967 | -773 | -0.3 | 
 | Intermediate Education 2 | 164 896 | 159 052 | 55 789 | 103 263 | -5 844 | -3.5 | 
 | Tertiary Education, short 3 | 106 618 | 109 551 | 57 218 | 52 333 | 2 933 | 2.8 | 
 | Tertiary Education, long 4 | 16 067 | 18 205 | 10 834 | 7 371 | 2 138 | 13.3 | 
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 | 5 Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects | 513 194 | 520 737 | 452 850 | 67 887 | 7 543 | 1.5 | 
 | Intermediate Education 2 | 358 680 | 362 624 | 328 859 | 33 765 | 3 944 | 1.1 | 
 | Tertiary Education, short 3 | 86 791 | 88 711 | 72 150 | 16 561 | 1 920 | 2.2 | 
 | Tertiary Education, long 4 | 67 723 | 69 402 | 51 841 | 17 561 | 1 679 | 2.5 | 
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 | 6 Health, welfare and sport | 323 353 | 331 750 | 58 647 | 273 103 | 8 397 | 2.6 | 
 | Intermediate Education 2 | 138 806 | 140 174 | 16 870 | 123 304 | 1 368 | 1.0 | 
 | Tertiary Education, short 3 | 148 955 | 154 088 | 23 412 | 130 676 | 5 133 | 3.4 | 
 | Tertiary Education, long 4 | 35 592 | 37 488 | 18 365 | 19 123 | 1 896 | 5.3 | 
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 | 7 Primary industries | 41 341 | 40 719 | 31 140 | 9 579 | -622 | -1.5 | 
 | Intermediate Education 2 | 33 743 | 33 029 | 26 107 | 6 922 | -714 | -2.1 | 
 | Tertiary Education, short 3 | 2 085 | 2 178 | 1 419 | 759 | 93 | 4.5 | 
 | Tertiary Education, long 4 | 5 513 | 5 512 | 3 614 | 1 898 | -1 | 0.0 | 
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 | 8 Transport and communications, safety and security and other services | 80 452 | 81 145 | 55 043 | 26 102 | 693 | 0.9 | 
 | Intermediate Education 2 | 57 677 | 57 700 | 35 816 | 21 884 | 23 | 0.0 | 
 | Tertiary Education, short 3 | 18 330 | 19 011 | 15 112 | 3 899 | 681 | 3.7 | 
 | Tertiary Education, long 4 | 4 445 | 4 434 | 4 115 | 319 | -11 | -0.2 | 
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 | 9 Unspecified field of study | 171 967 | 199 088 | 119 321 | 79 767 | 27 121 | 15.8 | 
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