Education-level in the population

4   Persons 16 years and above, by age, gender and highest completed education (level and area of study). 1. October 2001
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
Begge kjønn 3 571 207  212 964  272 128  314 824  690 464  630 270  573 145  258 543  618 869
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  738 613 62 315 9 993 16 908 52 412 82 259  121 873 86 772  306 081
Lower secondary education, 7 years  360 261 - - - 9 4 636 34 363 50 934  270 319
Lower secondary education, 9 years  199 037 62 159 9 162 14 823 46 214 55 060 10 610  502  507
Other  179 315  156  831 2 085 6 189 22 563 76 900 35 336 35 255
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years 1 086 328  116 660 57 434 57 700  163 622  202 669  207 145 91 253  189 845
General subjects  241 984 42 969 9 140 4 529 10 482 20 201 61 590 26 087 66 986
Arts and aesthetic subjects 50 455 12 266 4 793 3 280 7 786 8 659 5 379 2 309 5 983
Education and teacher training 1 223 - 5 37  143  295  340  126  277
Social sciences and law  518  278 49 84 61 31 11 2 2
Commercial and business subjects  207 130 5 650 3 062 7 934 29 144 50 592 49 010 21 958 39 780
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes  288 203 33 674 25 072 25 128 63 707 60 069 42 600 15 138 22 815
Health, social and physical education  185 807 15 159 8 930 11 322 35 672 42 635 28 569 13 862 29 658
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 49 688 2 708 1 733 1 856 7 859 8 825 8 129 5 349 13 229
Transport and communications programmes 54 787 2 632 2 873 2 422 7 197 10 830 11 356 6 377 11 100
Other areas of study 6 533 1 324 1 777 1 108 1 571  532  161 45 15
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  798 811 28 176  152 887  108 749  212 599  135 982 85 725 27 727 46 966
General subjects  268 939 18 329 74 026 31 406 57 947 39 753 22 442 6 389 18 647
Arts and aesthetic subjects 28 344 2 664 9 880 3 032 4 421 2 646 1 850  930 2 921
Education and teacher training 1 423 - 39  108  268  368  277  108  255
Social sciences and law  339 - 33 74  135 56 25 11 5
Commercial and business subjects  105 074 2 855 13 919 19 020 36 547 17 380 10 172 2 512 2 669
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes  272 532 1 163 29 581 37 865 86 252 52 984 34 057 13 084 17 546
Health, social and physical education 58 051 2 578 17 883 7 701 10 328 11 164 6 886 1 092  419
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 17 187  458 3 997 3 916 4 123 2 993 1 227  266  207
Transport and communications programmes 46 542  129 3 529 5 627 12 570 8 495 8 626 3 303 4 263
Other areas of study  380 - - - 8  143  163 32 34
                   
Intermediate level 85 261 64 5 140 8 600 24 758 21 571 13 910 4 985 6 233
General subjects 9 793 40 1 027 1 386 4 111 2 493  683 43 10
Arts and aesthetic subjects 1 727 6  150  382  578  377  215 14 5
Education and teacher training 68 - - - 8 17 29 12 2
Social sciences and law  329 - 27  111  143 25 19 3 1
Commercial and business subjects 30 854 2  948 2 031 7 340 8 223 6 986 2 452 2 872
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 31 600 - 1 373 4 321 11 511 8 159 3 978 1 090 1 168
Health, social and physical education  586 - 2 48  199  213  106 17 1
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 89 - 8 2 21 49 7 2 -
Transport and communications programmes 10 215 16 1 605  319  847 2 015 1 887 1 352 2 174
                   
University and colleges, lower level  609 399 32 36 562 93 341  164 428  135 934  101 627 32 454 45 021
Humanities, religion and applied arts 76 650 13 8 749 17 343 19 507 15 396 9 232 2 780 3 630
Education and teacher training  153 588 - 3 794 17 065 33 235 37 256 37 105 12 036 13 097
Social sciences and law 38 505 8 8 364 10 125 9 192 5 896 3 321  708  891
Commercial and business administration 98 996 1 3 924 15 071 38 080 20 641 12 752 2 963 5 564
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 91 219 8 5 567 10 717 21 922 20 798 17 094 6 402 8 711
Medical, social and physical education programmes  120 523 2 4 808 15 928 31 005 30 624 19 480 6 569 12 107
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 1 641 - 91  369  704  300  102 43 32
Transport and communication programmes 17 810 - 1 009 5 136 7 278 2 232  991  472  692
Other areas of study 10 467 -  256 1 587 3 505 2 791 1 550  481  297
                   
University and colleges, higher level  167 730 -  567 16 903 50 547 38 526 34 239 11 587 15 361
Humanities, religion and applied arts 20 994 - 35 1 673 5 296 4 509 5 658 1 863 1 960
Education and teacher training 5 236 - 1  238  809 1 248 1 805  617  518
Social sciences and law 30 975 - 44 3 139 11 301 6 875 5 935 1 299 2 382
Commercial and business administration 6 224 - 79 1 497 2 886 1 042  617 70 33
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 64 341 -  307 7 473 21 162 14 128 11 327 4 282 5 662
Medical, social and physical education programmes 27 289 - 89 2 134 6 058 7 136 6 387 2 442 3 043
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 6 191 - 10  623 1 467 1 633 1 037  475  946
Transport and communication programmes 4 849 - 2 42 1 152 1 546  995  381  731
Other areas of study 1 631 - - 84  416  409  478  158 86
                   
Unknown 85 065 5 717 9 545 12 623 22 098 13 329 8 626 3 765 9 362
                   
Males 1 752 790  109 429  138 214  159 407  352 565  320 710  291 866  126 572  254 027
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  321 134 32 716 5 783 9 083 28 406 41 754 57 641 37 825  107 926
Lower secondary education, 7 years  143 414 - - - 3 2 479 19 293 24 394 97 245
Lower secondary education, 9 years  105 568 32 632 5 430 8 253 25 625 28 328 4 982  193  125
Others 72 152 84  353  830 2 778 10 947 33 366 13 238 10 556
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  487 719 61 338 33 940 30 114 76 709 87 404 87 609 37 760 72 845
General subjects 84 078 19 843 4 714 2 063 4 232 7 459 21 031 7 883 16 853
Arts and aesthetic subjects 7 813 2 356 1 345  725 1 031 1 021  590  213  532
Education and teacher training  755 - 4 13 79  211  222 77  149
Social sciences and law  256  116 25 51 39 17 6 1 1
Commercial and business subjects 60 558 2 925 1 419 3 013 7 442 12 628 13 965 6 347 12 819
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes  240 575 29 281 21 319 19 855 50 223 49 958 35 957 13 288 20 694
Health, social and physical education 11 139 3 474 1 473 1 115 2 317 1 625  762  191  182
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 42 593 1 493 1 228 1 392 6 104 7 353 7 431 5 050 12 542
Transport and communications programmes 35 837 1 006 1 301 1 196 4 236 6 809 7 546 4 682 9 061
Other areas of study 4 115  844 1 112  691 1 006  323 99 28 12
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  470 018 12 191 77 936 61 524  122 008 86 340 58 358 20 514 31 147
General subjects  117 924 7 642 33 412 14 241 23 139 17 785 11 019 2 946 7 740
Arts and aesthetic subjects 8 896  622 2 697  735 1 074  894  827  482 1 565
Education and teacher training  369 - 5 25 68 87 88 33 63
Social sciences and law  188 - 18 39 76 32 14 7 2
Commercial and business subjects 44 606 1 591 6 964 6 546 10 797 8 580 6 534 1 782 1 812
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes  247 108 1 093 26 461 32 977 75 448 49 354 32 185 12 550 17 040
Health, social and physical education 9 684  991 4 379 1 285 1 540  927  399 72 91
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 12 346  244 2 561 2 545 2 958 2 458 1 129  250  201
Transport and communications programmes 28 674 8 1 439 3 131 6 902 6 151 6 057 2 369 2 617
Other areas of study  223 - - - 6 72  106 23 16
                   
Intermediate level 53 720 55 3 665 5 588 14 884 13 422 8 444 3 372 4 290
General subjects 4 968 37  726  844 1 900 1 169  266 20 6
Arts and aesthetic subjects  767 3 48  125  224  229  125 10 3
Education and teacher training 68 - - - 8 17 29 12 2
Social sciences and law  204 - 10 76 86 17 11 3 1
Commercial and business subjects 8 296 -  103  345 1 489 2 309 2 218  892  940
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 29 657 - 1 298 3 934 10 539 7 737 3 898 1 084 1 167
Health, social and physical education  131 - - 7 45 61 16 2 -
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 76 - 4 - 17 48 5 2 -
Transport and communications programmes 9 553 15 1 476  257  576 1 835 1 876 1 347 2 171
                   
University and colleges, lower level  263 487 11 12 643 37 763 69 049 58 123 49 019 15 924 20 955
Humanities, religion and applied arts 29 944 4 2 949 7 175 7 640 6 378 3 585  974 1 239
Education and teacher training 47 566 -  461 3 370 8 187 10 479 14 498 5 151 5 420
Social sciences and law 17 016 4 2 665 4 383 4 110 2 853 1 889  442  670
Commercial and business administration 56 116 - 1 660 7 608 19 431 12 401 8 820 2 200 3 996
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 76 689 3 3 364 7 901 16 713 18 234 16 045 6 072 8 357
Medical, social and physical education programmes 15 146 -  577 2 341 4 795 4 314 2 376  332  411
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 1 175 - 53  224  514  231 83 39 31
Transport and communication programmes 14 901 -  831 4 178 5 991 1 901  879  443  678
Other areas of study 4 934 - 83  583 1 668 1 332  844  271  153
                   
University and colleges, higher level  114 460 -  275 9 052 29 616 26 433 26 430 9 444 13 210
Humanities, religion and applied arts 11 374 - 14  596 2 229 2 461 3 452 1 217 1 405
Education and teacher training 2 184 - - 42  218  411  796  359  358
Social sciences and law 18 355 - 10 1 331 5 291 4 231 4 458 1 012 2 022
Commercial and business administration 4 017 - 29  801 1 908  711  474 66 28
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 51 611 -  184 5 033 15 030 11 570 10 410 4 014 5 370
Medical, social and physical education programmes 16 595 - 33  879 2 754 4 124 4 644 1 839 2 322
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 4 676 - 4  299  848 1 197  949  458  921
Transport and communication programmes 4 644 - 1 29 1 074 1 495  958  365  722
Other areas of study 1 004 - - 42  264  233  289  114 62
                   
Unknown 42 252 3 118 3 972 6 283 11 893 7 234 4 365 1 733 3 654
                   
Females 1 818 417  103 535  133 914  155 417  337 899  309 560  281 279  131 971  364 842
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  417 479 29 599 4 210 7 825 24 006 40 505 64 232 48 947  198 155
Lower secondary education, 7 years  216 847 - - - 6 2 157 15 070 26 540  173 074
Lower secondary education, 9 years 93 469 29 527 3 732 6 570 20 589 26 732 5 628  309  382
Others  107 163 72  478 1 255 3 411 11 616 43 534 22 098 24 699
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  598 609 55 322 23 494 27 586 86 913  115 265  119 536 53 493  117 000
General subjects  157 906 23 126 4 426 2 466 6 250 12 742 40 559 18 204 50 133
Arts and aesthetic subjects 42 642 9 910 3 448 2 555 6 755 7 638 4 789 2 096 5 451
Education and teacher training  468 - 1 24 64 84  118 49  128
Social sciences and law  262  162 24 33 22 14 5 1 1
Commercial and business subjects  146 572 2 725 1 643 4 921 21 702 37 964 35 045 15 611 26 961
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 47 628 4 393 3 753 5 273 13 484 10 111 6 643 1 850 2 121
Health, social and physical education  174 668 11 685 7 457 10 207 33 355 41 010 27 807 13 671 29 476
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 7 095 1 215  505  464 1 755 1 472  698  299  687
Transport and communications programmes 18 950 1 626 1 572 1 226 2 961 4 021 3 810 1 695 2 039
Other areas of study 2 418  480  665  417  565  209 62 17 3
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  328 793 15 985 74 951 47 225 90 591 49 642 27 367 7 213 15 819
General subjects  151 015 10 687 40 614 17 165 34 808 21 968 11 423 3 443 10 907
Arts and aesthetic subjects 19 448 2 042 7 183 2 297 3 347 1 752 1 023  448 1 356
Education and teacher training 1 054 - 34 83  200  281  189 75  192
Social sciences and law  151 - 15 35 59 24 11 4 3
Commercial and business subjects 60 468 1 264 6 955 12 474 25 750 8 800 3 638  730  857
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 25 424 70 3 120 4 888 10 804 3 630 1 872  534  506
Health, social and physical education 48 367 1 587 13 504 6 416 8 788 10 237 6 487 1 020  328
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 4 841  214 1 436 1 371 1 165  535 98 16 6
Transport and communications programmes 17 868  121 2 090 2 496 5 668 2 344 2 569  934 1 646
Other areas of study  157 - - - 2 71 57 9 18
                   
Intermediate level 31 541 9 1 475 3 012 9 874 8 149 5 466 1 613 1 943
General subjects 4 825 3  301  542 2 211 1 324  417 23 4
Arts and aesthetic subjects  960 3  102  257  354  148 90 4 2
Social sciences and law  125 - 17 35 57 8 8 - -
Commercial and business subjects 22 558 2  845 1 686 5 851 5 914 4 768 1 560 1 932
Natural sciences, trade and industrial programmes 1 943 - 75  387  972  422 80 6 1
Health, social and physical education  455 - 2 41  154  152 90 15 1
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 13 - 4 2 4 1 2 - -
Transport and communications programmes  662 1  129 62  271  180 11 5 3
                   
University and colleges, lower level  345 912 21 23 919 55 578 95 379 77 811 52 608 16 530 24 066
Humanities, religion and applied arts 46 706 9 5 800 10 168 11 867 9 018 5 647 1 806 2 391
Education and teacher training  106 022 - 3 333 13 695 25 048 26 777 22 607 6 885 7 677
Social sciences and law 21 489 4 5 699 5 742 5 082 3 043 1 432  266  221
Commercial and business administration 42 880 1 2 264 7 463 18 649 8 240 3 932  763 1 568
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 14 530 5 2 203 2 816 5 209 2 564 1 049  330  354
Medical, social and physical education programmes  105 377 2 4 231 13 587 26 210 26 310 17 104 6 237 11 696
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes  466 - 38  145  190 69 19 4 1
Transport and communication programmes 2 909 -  178  958 1 287  331  112 29 14
Other areas of study 5 533 -  173 1 004 1 837 1 459  706  210  144
                   
University and colleges, higher level 53 270 -  292 7 851 20 931 12 093 7 809 2 143 2 151
Humanities, religion and applied arts 9 620 - 21 1 077 3 067 2 048 2 206  646  555
Education and teacher training 3 052 - 1  196  591  837 1 009  258  160
Social sciences and law 12 620 - 34 1 808 6 010 2 644 1 477  287  360
Commercial and business administration 2 207 - 50  696  978  331  143 4 5
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 12 730 -  123 2 440 6 132 2 558  917  268  292
Medical, social and physical education programmes 10 694 - 56 1 255 3 304 3 012 1 743  603  721
Agricultural, forestry and fishery programmes 1 515 - 6  324  619  436 88 17 25
Transport and communication programmes  205 - 1 13 78 51 37 16 9
Other areas of study  627 - - 42  152  176  189 44 24
                   
Unknown 42 813 2 599 5 573 6 340 10 205 6 095 4 261 2 032 5 708

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