Statistics Norway

Education level in the population

4   Persons 16 years and above by highest attained level of education (level and field of education). 1 October 2002
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 3 594 334  215 273  274 212  303 945  696 738  634 666  586 194  268 374  614 932
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  712 403 63 909 9 222 14 803 49 175 76 659  117 110 84 053  297 472
Lower secondary education, 7 years  340 786 - - - 5 3 164 30 512 46 221  260 884
Lower secondary education, 9 years  199 199 63 730 8 670 13 033 43 270 55 066 14 325  573  532
Other  172 418  179  552 1 770 5 900 18 429 72 273 37 259 36 056
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10-11 years 1 079 109  118 468 57 473 52 216  156 556  195 900  210 571 95 974  191 951
General subjects  239 644 42 380 9 747 4 444 10 379 16 548 61 762 27 281 67 103
Humanities and Arts 50 738 12 435 4 932 3 103 7 564 8 530 5 696 2 436 6 042
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 193 - 5 36  130  273  340  128  281
Social sciences and law 1 634 1 359 46  103 75 34 13 2 2
Business and Administration  204 635 6 290 2 486 7 022 26 708 48 388 49 550 23 550 40 641
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  285 977 34 470 24 698 22 273 61 933 59 005 44 423 16 031 23 144
Health, Welfare and Sport  183 271 14 849 8 687 9 692 33 928 42 403 29 193 14 342 30 177
Primary Industries 49 180 2 771 1 672 1 643 7 379 8 980 8 045 5 554 13 136
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 55 181 2 661 3 099 2 272 6 718 11 057 11 368 6 600 11 406
Other areas of study 7 656 1 253 2 101 1 628 1 742  682  181 50 19
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  809 232 27 752  152 700  104 413  211 552  143 936 90 702 30 230 47 947
General subjects  268 735 18 027 71 486 32 343 55 380 42 592 23 528 6 811 18 568
Humanities and Arts 30 262 2 787 11 317 2 956 4 637 2 741 1 948  973 2 903
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 367 - 17  102  255  337  296  114  246
Social sciences and law  315 - 17 67  125 59 29 12 6
Business and Administration  104 984 2 764 12 830 17 057 37 332 18 635 10 791 2 814 2 761
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  275 337 1 064 30 752 34 464 85 254 55 440 35 817 14 226 18 320
Health, Welfare and Sport 63 629 2 520 18 783 8 691 11 552 12 251 8 071 1 333  428
Primary Industries 17 558  480 3 783 3 852 4 423 3 107 1 391  299  223
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 46 656  110 3 715 4 881 12 590 8 645 8 656 3 605 4 454
Other areas of study  389 - - - 4  129  175 43 38
                   
Intermediate level 92 272 52 5 304 8 573 27 989 23 767 14 694 5 314 6 579
General subjects 13 693 45 1 244 1 774 5 831 3 725  987 73 14
Humanities and Arts 1 600 2  208  317  558  301  190 19 5
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 24 - - - 5 3 12 3 1
Social sciences and law  269 - 10 83  126 26 19 4 1
Business and Administration 28 752 1  652 1 714 6 562 7 470 6 772 2 584 2 997
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 36 632 - 1 170 4 255 13 793 10 072 4 820 1 235 1 287
Health, Welfare and Sport  424 - 3 45  146  149 69 11 1
Primary Industries 89 - 10 3 15 50 9 2 -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 10 789 4 2 007  382  953 1 971 1 816 1 383 2 273
                   
University and colleges, lower level  631 017 57 37 637 91 806  171 575  139 156  108 063 35 997 46 726
Humanities, religion and applied arts 77 140 27 9 096 16 215 20 304 15 103 9 601 3 098 3 696
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  164 064 1 3 659 18 037 37 742 37 605 39 604 13 515 13 901
Social sciences and law 38 959 11 8 981 9 520 9 326 5 798 3 602  792  929
Commercial and business administration  100 747 1 3 649 14 015 38 213 22 019 13 775 3 462 5 613
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 93 209 14 5 754 10 528 21 762 21 540 17 559 6 978 9 074
Medical, social and physical education programmes  126 553 1 5 041 16 635 32 160 31 945 21 254 7 096 12 421
Primary Industries 1 655 1 80  377  737  289 94 43 34
Transport and communication programmes 18 678 - 1 203 5 127 8 068 2 104  943  508  725
Other areas of study 10 012 1  174 1 352 3 263 2 753 1 631  505  333
                   
University and colleges, higher level  175 352 -  548 16 627 53 596 39 938 35 962 12 842 15 839
Humanities, religion and applied arts 21 847 - 44 1 613 5 755 4 341 5 925 2 156 2 013
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 5 512 - 1  222  918 1 202 1 912  695  562
Social sciences and law 32 050 - 7 2 723 11 931 7 124 6 392 1 523 2 350
Commercial and business administration 7 787 -  144 2 036 3 553 1 217  713 88 36
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 65 763 -  221 7 043 21 611 14 638 11 723 4 622 5 905
Medical, social and physical education programmes 28 498 -  118 2 296 6 531 7 118 6 621 2 654 3 160
Primary Industries 6 456 - 10  539 1 588 1 757 1 079  506  977
Transport and communication programmes 5 798 - 3 82 1 290 2 130 1 133  420  740
Other areas of study 1 641 - - 73  419  411  464  178 96
                   
Unknown 94 949 5 035 11 328 15 507 26 295 15 310 9 092 3 964 8 418
                   
Males 1 764 932  110 681  139 269  153 554  355 246  322 858  298 644  132 014  252 666
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  310 804 33 620 5 495 7 974 26 698 39 375 56 005 37 102  104 535
Lower secondary education, 7 years  135 030 - - - 1 1 667 17 279 22 600 93 483
Lower secondary education, 9 years  105 981 33 522 5 218 7 289 24 086 28 746 6 748  239  133
Others 69 793 98  277  685 2 611 8 962 31 978 14 263 10 919
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  484 256 62 146 34 295 27 866 74 535 84 483 88 862 39 215 72 854
General subjects 83 737 19 779 5 087 2 083 4 270 6 175 21 222 8 312 16 809
Humanities and Arts 7 852 2 296 1 396  734 1 077  974  648  205  522
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  733 - 2 12 70  197  223 79  150
Social sciences and law  711  547 25 63 48 20 6 1 1
Business and Administration 58 596 3 037 1 211 2 827 7 116 11 642 13 700 6 500 12 563
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  238 831 29 873 21 214 17 768 48 956 48 864 37 375 13 864 20 917
Health, Welfare and Sport 11 114 3 404 1 509 1 049 2 299 1 689  780  215  169
Primary Industries 42 005 1 479 1 185 1 207 5 705 7 426 7 324 5 230 12 449
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 35 930  929 1 359 1 132 3 912 7 083 7 475 4 779 9 261
Other areas of study 4 747  802 1 307  991 1 082  413  109 30 13
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  473 673 12 108 78 031 59 108  119 661 89 553 60 934 22 258 32 020
General subjects  118 531 7 705 32 378 15 190 22 127 18 858 11 428 3 214 7 631
Humanities and Arts 9 267  579 3 049  739 1 089  918  855  484 1 554
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  357 - 1 21 68 79 91 35 62
Social sciences and law  174 - 6 41 70 30 17 7 3
Business and Administration 44 556 1 539 6 837 6 203 10 731 8 603 6 811 1 966 1 866
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  249 345 1 007 27 522 30 279 73 919 51 414 33 780 13 647 17 777
Health, Welfare and Sport 10 452 1 059 4 546 1 478 1 740  988  470 81 90
Primary Industries 12 507  210 2 354 2 534 3 128 2 516 1 266  281  218
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 28 256 9 1 338 2 623 6 786 6 086 6 101 2 514 2 799
Other areas of study  228 - - - 3 61  115 29 20
                   
Intermediate level 61 147 50 4 111 5 941 18 158 15 631 9 128 3 625 4 503
General subjects 7 996 44  997 1 233 3 153 2 072  451 37 9
Humanities and Arts  696 2 72  107  203  173  123 13 3
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 24 - - - 5 3 12 3 1
Social sciences and law  173 - 4 57 78 19 11 3 1
Business and Administration 7 413 - 54  276 1 282 1 907 1 998  961  935
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 34 560 - 1 116 3 933 12 685 9 594 4 721 1 226 1 285
Health, Welfare and Sport 66 - 1 7 28 27 2 1 -
Primary Industries 74 - 6 1 11 47 7 2 -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 10 145 4 1 861  327  713 1 789 1 803 1 379 2 269
                   
University and colleges, lower level  269 978 12 12 586 36 430 71 353 58 601 51 633 17 637 21 726
Humanities, religion and applied arts 30 204 5 2 830 6 657 8 187 6 235 3 920 1 111 1 259
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 50 346 -  522 3 621 9 442 10 145 15 216 5 711 5 689
Social sciences and law 17 167 2 2 776 4 098 4 204 2 879 2 033  489  686
Commercial and business administration 56 736 - 1 493 7 115 19 230 12 913 9 383 2 551 4 051
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 78 129 5 3 333 7 782 16 548 18 665 16 489 6 601 8 706
Medical, social and physical education programmes 16 068 -  597 2 306 5 071 4 488 2 802  381  423
Primary Industries 1 191 - 47  244  529  221 79 38 33
Transport and communication programmes 15 489 -  931 4 136 6 682 1 732  831  471  706
Other areas of study 4 648 - 57  471 1 460 1 323  880  284  173
                   
University and colleges, higher level  118 473 -  226 8 904 30 932 26 989 27 507 10 364 13 551
Humanities, religion and applied arts 11 656 - 12  595 2 372 2 295 3 573 1 391 1 418
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 2 231 - - 31  238  371  824  389  378
Social sciences and law 18 791 - 3 1 186 5 487 4 197 4 765 1 173 1 980
Commercial and business administration 4 914 - 48 1 069 2 315  831  539 81 31
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 52 490 -  112 4 762 15 212 11 780 10 709 4 321 5 594
Medical, social and physical education programmes 17 024 - 48  912 2 950 3 972 4 751 1 992 2 399
Primary Industries 4 831 - 3  262  907 1 245  975  488  951
Transport and communication programmes 5 532 - - 55 1 185 2 065 1 093  402  732
Other areas of study 1 004 - - 32  266  233  278  127 68
                   
Unknown 46 601 2 745 4 525 7 331 13 909 8 226 4 575 1 813 3 477
                   
Females 1 829 402  104 592  134 943  150 391  341 492  311 808  287 550  136 360  362 266
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  401 599 30 289 3 727 6 829 22 477 37 284 61 105 46 951  192 937
Lower secondary education, 7 years  205 756 - - - 4 1 497 13 233 23 621  167 401
Lower secondary education, 9 years 93 218 30 208 3 452 5 744 19 184 26 320 7 577  334  399
Others  102 625 81  275 1 085 3 289 9 467 40 295 22 996 25 137
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10-11 years  594 853 56 322 23 178 24 350 82 021  111 417  121 709 56 759  119 097
General subjects  155 907 22 601 4 660 2 361 6 109 10 373 40 540 18 969 50 294
Humanities and Arts 42 886 10 139 3 536 2 369 6 487 7 556 5 048 2 231 5 520
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  460 - 3 24 60 76  117 49  131
Social sciences and law  923  812 21 40 27 14 7 1 1
Business and Administration  146 039 3 253 1 275 4 195 19 592 36 746 35 850 17 050 28 078
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 47 146 4 597 3 484 4 505 12 977 10 141 7 048 2 167 2 227
Health, Welfare and Sport  172 157 11 445 7 178 8 643 31 629 40 714 28 413 14 127 30 008
Primary Industries 7 175 1 292  487  436 1 674 1 554  721  324  687
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 19 251 1 732 1 740 1 140 2 806 3 974 3 893 1 821 2 145
Other areas of study 2 909  451  794  637  660  269 72 20 6
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  335 559 15 644 74 669 45 305 91 891 54 383 29 768 7 972 15 927
General subjects  150 204 10 322 39 108 17 153 33 253 23 734 12 100 3 597 10 937
Humanities and Arts 20 995 2 208 8 268 2 217 3 548 1 823 1 093  489 1 349
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 010 - 16 81  187  258  205 79  184
Social sciences and law  141 - 11 26 55 29 12 5 3
Business and Administration 60 428 1 225 5 993 10 854 26 601 10 032 3 980  848  895
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 25 992 57 3 230 4 185 11 335 4 026 2 037  579  543
Health, Welfare and Sport 53 177 1 461 14 237 7 213 9 812 11 263 7 601 1 252  338
Primary Industries 5 051  270 1 429 1 318 1 295  591  125 18 5
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 18 400  101 2 377 2 258 5 804 2 559 2 555 1 091 1 655
Other areas of study  161 - - - 1 68 60 14 18
                   
Intermediate level 31 125 2 1 193 2 632 9 831 8 136 5 566 1 689 2 076
General subjects 5 697 1  247  541 2 678 1 653  536 36 5
Humanities and Arts  904 -  136  210  355  128 67 6 2
Social sciences and law 96 - 6 26 48 7 8 1 -
Business and Administration 21 339 1  598 1 438 5 280 5 563 4 774 1 623 2 062
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 2 072 - 54  322 1 108  478 99 9 2
Health, Welfare and Sport  358 - 2 38  118  122 67 10 1
Primary Industries 15 - 4 2 4 3 2 - -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  644 -  146 55  240  182 13 4 4
                   
University and colleges, lower level  361 039 45 25 051 55 376  100 222 80 555 56 430 18 360 25 000
Humanities, religion and applied arts 46 936 22 6 266 9 558 12 117 8 868 5 681 1 987 2 437
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  113 718 1 3 137 14 416 28 300 27 460 24 388 7 804 8 212
Social sciences and law 21 792 9 6 205 5 422 5 122 2 919 1 569  303  243
Commercial and business administration 44 011 1 2 156 6 900 18 983 9 106 4 392  911 1 562
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 15 080 9 2 421 2 746 5 214 2 875 1 070  377  368
Medical, social and physical education programmes  110 485 1 4 444 14 329 27 089 27 457 18 452 6 715 11 998
Primary Industries  464 1 33  133  208 68 15 5 1
Transport and communication programmes 3 189 -  272  991 1 386  372  112 37 19
Other areas of study 5 364 1  117  881 1 803 1 430  751  221  160
                   
University and colleges, higher level 56 879 -  322 7 723 22 664 12 949 8 455 2 478 2 288
Humanities, religion and applied arts 10 191 - 32 1 018 3 383 2 046 2 352  765  595
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 3 281 - 1  191  680  831 1 088  306  184
Social sciences and law 13 259 - 4 1 537 6 444 2 927 1 627  350  370
Commercial and business administration 2 873 - 96  967 1 238  386  174 7 5
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 13 273 -  109 2 281 6 399 2 858 1 014  301  311
Medical, social and physical education programmes 11 474 - 70 1 384 3 581 3 146 1 870  662  761
Primary Industries 1 625 - 7  277  681  512  104 18 26
Transport and communication programmes  266 - 3 27  105 65 40 18 8
Other areas of study  637 - - 41  153  178  186 51 28
                   
Unknown 48 348 2 290 6 803 8 176 12 386 7 084 4 517 2 151 4 941

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