Education-level in the population

4   Persons 16 years and above by highest completed education (gender and area of study). 1. October 2000
Gender and education (level and area of study) Total Age
16-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-39 years 40-49 years 50-59 years 60-66 years 67 years and above
Males and females 3 558 449 212 486 274 672 326 159 685 399 625 591 557 239 254 171 622 732
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years 765 342 62 580 11 849 19 087 55 782 87 489 124 919 89 794 313 842
Lower secondary education, 7 years 380 562 - - - 26 6 497 38 262 56 269 279 508
Lower secondary education, 9 years 201 186 62 373 10 708 16 669 49 178 53 387 7 916 462 493
Other 183 594 207 1 141 2 418 6 578 27 605 78 741 33 063 33 841
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10-11 years 1 095 263 116 304 57 981 63 522 170 499 207 727 202 085 88 494 188 651
General subjects 246 937 44 302 8 611 4 740 10 756 24 817 60 879 25 624 67 208
Arts and aesthetic subjects 50 052 11 735 4 599 3 528 8 150 8 619 5 201 2 214 6 006
Education and teacher training 1 245 - 7 40 147 313 337 121 280
Social sciences and law 218 - 52 62 65 25 10 2 2
Commercial and business subjects 209 520 4 858 3 902 8 604 31 922 51 877 48 266 20 918 39 173
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 287 214 33 251 25 436 27 789 64 149 59 689 40 064 14 444 22 392
Health, social and physical education 188 428 15 738 9 334 12 997 37 686 42 280 27 563 13 580 29 250
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 50 590 2 585 1 804 2 182 8 389 8 707 8 251 5 264 13 408
Transport and communications programmes 54 920 2 432 2 714 2 504 7 737 10 958 11 370 6 286 10 919
Other areas of study 6 139 1 403 1 522 1 076 1 498 442 144 41 13
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses 777 217 27 514 150 085 111 818 208 595 125 765 80 847 26 295 46 298
General subjects 264 322 17 445 74 122 30 718 59 848 36 169 21 071 6 182 18 767
Arts and aesthetic subjects 26 067 2 474 8 114 3 118 4 128 2 561 1 785 921 2 966
Education and teacher training 1 492 1 73 129 287 388 256 101 257
Social sciences and law 367 - 54 78 144 49 26 13 3
Commercial and business subjects 104 120 3 252 14 933 20 332 35 263 16 122 9 353 2 278 2 587
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 265 860 1 128 28 911 40 452 83 942 49 177 32 753 12 488 17 009
Health, social and physical education 51 960 2 631 16 114 6 972 9 037 10 108 5 830 893 375
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 16 583 464 4 254 3 679 3 824 2 836 1 089 246 191
Transport and communications programmes 46 055 119 3 510 6 340 12 108 8 193 8 533 3 143 4 109
Other areas of study 391 - - - 14 162 151 30 34
                   
Intermediate level 83 534 30 4 629 9 362 24 475 21 151 13 146 4 775 5 966
General subjects 9 446 14 859 1 561 4 022 2 374 569 38 9
Arts and aesthetic subjects 1 370 3 65 319 433 364 168 12 6
Education and teacher training 69 - - - 8 20 30 10 1
Social sciences and law 358 - 67 116 137 15 19 3 1
Commercial and business subjects 31 010 2 1 091 2 307 7 704 8 132 6 750 2 321 2 703
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 31 166 2 1 666 4 739 11 167 7 904 3 573 1 021 1 094
Health, social and physical education 560 - 4 50 194 212 88 11 1
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 79 - - - 23 48 6 2 -
Transport and communications programmes 9 476 9 877 270 787 2 082 1 943 1 357 2 151
                   
University and colleges, lower level 596 674 22 40 674 94 559 158 325 133 434 95 670 30 414 43 576
Humanities, religion and applied arts 79 147 5 12 170 18 197 19 000 15 201 8 498 2 534 3 542
Education and teacher training 151 108 4 4 329 17 931 31 472 38 545 35 356 11 086 12 385
Social sciences and law 37 321 5 8 420 10 011 8 709 5 671 3 017 634 854
Commercial and business administration 95 112 1 3 987 15 604 36 420 19 028 11 809 2 737 5 526
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 88 791 7 5 099 10 431 21 922 20 229 16 570 6 134 8 399
Medical, social and physical education programmes 115 431 - 4 447 15 039 30 074 29 732 17 903 6 334 11 902
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 1 616 - 89 409 666 283 95 41 33
Transport and communication programmes 17 887 - 1 780 5 290 6 647 2 091 934 476 669
Other areas of study 10 261 - 353 1 647 3 415 2 654 1 488 438 266
                   
University and colleges, higher level 161 992 - 584 16 964 48 323 38 001 32 356 10 795 14 969
Humanities, religion and applied arts 20 181 - 27 1 701 4 806 4 678 5 414 1 611 1 944
Education and teacher training 5 051 - 7 231 749 1 303 1 701 575 485
Social sciences and law 29 215 - 10 2 996 10 432 6 783 5 435 1 151 2 408
Commercial and business administration 5 681 - 127 1 551 2 473 907 533 59 31
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 62 846 - 287 7 754 20 708 13 748 10 826 4 059 5 464
Medical, social and physical education programmes 26 367 - 97 1 939 5 896 7 160 5 996 2 357 2 922
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 6 091 - 23 632 1 469 1 571 983 478 935
Transport and communication programmes 4 890 - - 60 1 333 1 435 996 368 698
Other areas of study 1 670 - 6 100 457 416 472 137 82
                   
Unknown 78 427 6 036 8 870 10 847 19 400 12 024 8 216 3 604 9 430
                   
Males 1 746 305 108 871 139 767 165 383 350 638 318 767 283 405 124 086 255 388
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years 332 261 32 810 6 629 10 181 30 235 43 820 58 658 39 044 110 884
Lower secondary education, 7 years 152 039 - - - 13 3 529 21 237 26 560 100 700
Lower secondary education, 9 years 106 286 32 686 6 186 9 199 27 253 26 963 3 705 180 114
Others 73 936 124 443 982 2 969 13 328 33 716 12 304 10 070
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10-11 years 490 183 61 052 33 797 32 574 78 483 89 596 85 056 36 739 72 886
General subjects 85 417 20 374 4 331 2 097 4 237 9 080 20 613 7 639 17 046
Arts and aesthetic subjects 7 659 2 421 1 234 708 994 1 008 537 203 554
Education and teacher training 763 - 1 13 88 224 213 78 146
Social sciences and law 128 - 26 37 42 16 5 1 1
Commercial and business subjects 61 132 2 461 1 791 3 092 7 765 13 297 13 681 6 154 12 891
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 240 505 28 950 21 465 21 994 50 944 50 000 34 018 12 773 20 361
Health, social and physical education 10 991 3 439 1 481 1 130 2 340 1 537 715 172 177
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 43 572 1 528 1 278 1 659 6 524 7 305 7 566 4 993 12 719
Transport and communications programmes 36 160 991 1 256 1 171 4 571 6 872 7 617 4 701 8 981
Other areas of study 3 856 888 934 673 978 257 91 25 10
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses 459 558 11 700 77 063 63 079 120 832 80 914 55 816 19 555 30 599
General subjects 115 738 7 040 33 619 13 544 24 195 16 260 10 367 2 815 7 898
Arts and aesthetic subjects 8 380 557 2 290 720 1 035 873 830 468 1 607
Education and teacher training 389 - 10 31 78 85 89 32 64
Social sciences and law 200 - 25 45 80 29 13 6 2
Commercial and business subjects 44 076 1 786 6 981 6 641 10 736 8 434 6 123 1 633 1 742
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 241 304 1 053 25 868 34 970 73 893 45 962 31 018 12 021 16 519
Health, social and physical education 8 680 1 000 3 888 1 189 1 295 828 331 56 93
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 12 003 259 2 761 2 429 2 758 2 367 1 010 232 187
Transport and communications programmes 28 563 5 1 621 3 510 6 753 5 992 5 940 2 271 2 471
Other areas of study 225 - - - 9 84 95 21 16
                   
Intermediate level 52 164 23 3 105 5 920 14 450 13 291 8 001 3 216 4 158
General subjects 4 573 10 552 859 1 795 1 115 218 18 6
Arts and aesthetic subjects 609 2 18 92 173 218 94 8 4
Education and teacher training 69 - - - 8 20 30 10 1
Social sciences and law 222 - 37 74 86 10 11 3 1
Commercial and business subjects 8 382 1 131 420 1 561 2 371 2 190 802 906
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 29 228 1 1 562 4 267 10 258 7 522 3 507 1 018 1 093
Health, social and physical education 125 - - 6 45 61 12 1 -
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 72 - - - 19 46 5 2 -
Transport and communications programmes 8 884 9 805 202 505 1 928 1 934 1 354 2 147
                   
University and colleges, lower level 260 488 6 14 950 38 789 67 112 57 854 46 502 15 022 20 253
Humanities, religion and applied arts 31 026 2 4 316 7 506 7 464 6 407 3 217 895 1 219
Education and teacher training 47 442 1 586 3 793 7 787 11 404 13 954 4 789 5 128
Social sciences and law 16 732 1 2 877 4 365 3 900 2 821 1 730 387 651
Commercial and business administration 54 556 - 1 817 7 822 18 935 11 702 8 248 2 064 3 968
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 75 236 2 3 112 7 787 16 902 17 943 15 596 5 837 8 057
Medical, social and physical education programmes 14 335 - 515 2 305 4 520 4 251 2 036 304 404
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 1 177 - 56 265 485 223 80 35 33
Transport and communication programmes 15 084 - 1 539 4 325 5 479 1 810 820 454 657
Other areas of study 4 900 - 132 621 1 640 1 293 821 257 136
                   
University and colleges, higher level 111 925 - 291 9 191 28 834 26 660 25 198 8 840 12 911
Humanities, religion and applied arts 11 135 - 12 623 2 068 2 627 3 344 1 042 1 419
Education and teacher training 2 156 - - 51 195 444 781 348 337
Social sciences and law 17 678 - 3 1 265 4 998 4 335 4 118 903 2 056
Commercial and business administration 3 637 - 50 836 1 642 614 414 55 26
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 50 677 - 180 5 208 14 821 11 491 9 980 3 807 5 190
Medical, social and physical education programmes 16 278 - 35 792 2 720 4 327 4 402 1 777 2 225
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 4 648 - 7 314 856 1 195 904 463 909
Transport and communication programmes 4 685 - - 46 1 248 1 389 961 351 690
Other areas of study 1 031 - 4 56 286 238 294 94 59
                   
Unknown 39 726 3 280 3 932 5 649 10 692 6 632 4 174 1 670 3 697
                   
Females 1 812 144 103 615 134 905 160 776 334 761 306 824 273 834 130 085 367 344
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years 433 081 29 770 5 220 8 906 25 547 43 669 66 261 50 750 202 958
Lower secondary education, 7 years 228 523 - - - 13 2 968 17 025 29 709 178 808
Lower secondary education, 9 years 94 900 29 687 4 522 7 470 21 925 26 424 4 211 282 379
Others 109 658 83 698 1 436 3 609 14 277 45 025 20 759 23 771
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10-11 years 605 080 55 252 24 184 30 948 92 016 118 131 117 029 51 755 115 765
General subjects 161 520 23 928 4 280 2 643 6 519 15 737 40 266 17 985 50 162
Arts and aesthetic subjects 42 393 9 314 3 365 2 820 7 156 7 611 4 664 2 011 5 452
Education and teacher training 482 - 6 27 59 89 124 43 134
Social sciences and law 90 - 26 25 23 9 5 1 1
Commercial and business subjects 148 388 2 397 2 111 5 512 24 157 38 580 34 585 14 764 26 282
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 46 709 4 301 3 971 5 795 13 205 9 689 6 046 1 671 2 031
Health, social and physical education 177 437 12 299 7 853 11 867 35 346 40 743 26 848 13 408 29 073
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 7 018 1 057 526 523 1 865 1 402 685 271 689
Transport and communications programmes 18 760 1 441 1 458 1 333 3 166 4 086 3 753 1 585 1 938
Other areas of study 2 283 515 588 403 520 185 53 16 3
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses 317 659 15 814 73 022 48 739 87 763 44 851 25 031 6 740 15 699
General subjects 148 584 10 405 40 503 17 174 35 653 19 909 10 704 3 367 10 869
Arts and aesthetic subjects 17 687 1 917 5 824 2 398 3 093 1 688 955 453 1 359
Education and teacher training 1 103 1 63 98 209 303 167 69 193
Social sciences and law 167 - 29 33 64 20 13 7 1
Commercial and business subjects 60 044 1 466 7 952 13 691 24 527 7 688 3 230 645 845
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 24 556 75 3 043 5 482 10 049 3 215 1 735 467 490
Health, social and physical education 43 280 1 631 12 226 5 783 7 742 9 280 5 499 837 282
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 4 580 205 1 493 1 250 1 066 469 79 14 4
Transport and communications programmes 17 492 114 1 889 2 830 5 355 2 201 2 593 872 1 638
Other areas of study 166 - - - 5 78 56 9 18
                   
Intermediate level 31 370 7 1 524 3 442 10 025 7 860 5 145 1 559 1 808
General subjects 4 873 4 307 702 2 227 1 259 351 20 3
Arts and aesthetic subjects 761 1 47 227 260 146 74 4 2
Social sciences and law 136 - 30 42 51 5 8 - -
Commercial and business subjects 22 628 1 960 1 887 6 143 5 761 4 560 1 519 1 797
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 1 938 1 104 472 909 382 66 3 1
Health, social and physical education 435 - 4 44 149 151 76 10 1
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 7 - - - 4 2 1 - -
Transport and communications programmes 592 - 72 68 282 154 9 3 4
                   
University and colleges, lower level 336 186 16 25 724 55 770 91 213 75 580 49 168 15 392 23 323
Humanities, religion and applied arts 48 121 3 7 854 10 691 11 536 8 794 5 281 1 639 2 323
Education and teacher training 103 666 3 3 743 14 138 23 685 27 141 21 402 6 297 7 257
Social sciences and law 20 589 4 5 543 5 646 4 809 2 850 1 287 247 203
Commercial and business administration 40 556 1 2 170 7 782 17 485 7 326 3 561 673 1 558
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 13 555 5 1 987 2 644 5 020 2 286 974 297 342
Medical, social and physical education programmes 101 096 - 3 932 12 734 25 554 25 481 15 867 6 030 11 498
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 439 - 33 144 181 60 15 6 -
Transport and communication programmes 2 803 - 241 965 1 168 281 114 22 12
Other areas of study 5 361 - 221 1 026 1 775 1 361 667 181 130
                   
University and colleges, higher level 50 067 - 293 7 773 19 489 11 341 7 158 1 955 2 058
Humanities, religion and applied arts 9 046 - 15 1 078 2 738 2 051 2 070 569 525
Education and teacher training 2 895 - 7 180 554 859 920 227 148
Social sciences and law 11 537 - 7 1 731 5 434 2 448 1 317 248 352
Commercial and business administration 2 044 - 77 715 831 293 119 4 5
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 12 169 - 107 2 546 5 887 2 257 846 252 274
Medical, social and physical education programmes 10 089 - 62 1 147 3 176 2 833 1 594 580 697
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 1 443 - 16 318 613 376 79 15 26
Transport and communication programmes 205 - - 14 85 46 35 17 8
Other areas of study 639 - 2 44 171 178 178 43 23
                   
Unknown 38 701 2 756 4 938 5 198 8 708 5 392 4 042 1 934 5 733

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