Table 3 Persons 16 years and above by highest attained level of education, gender and age. 1 October 2003. Percent

3	Persons 16 years and above by highest attained level of education, gender and age. 1 October 2003. Percent

Gender and age	Total	Highest completed education¹

Gender and age	Total	Below upper secondary education	Upper secondary education²	Tertiary education, short³	Tertiary education, long ⁴

Total	3 616 315	20.1	56.4	18.3	5.2

Males	1 775 951	18.1	59.1	15.8	7.0
16-19 years	112 609	37.0	62.9	0.0	-
20-24 years	138 954	6.7	84.7	8.4	0.1
25-29 years	149 206	5.4	64.2	24.2	6.1
30-39 years	355 566	7.3	61.9	21.4	9.4
40-49 years	324 997	11.9	61.0	18.7	8.5
50-59 years	303 448	18.1	54.7	17.8	9.4
60-66 years	138 638	26.8	50.6	14.2	8.4
67 years and above	252 533	40.9	44.4	9.1	5.6

Females	1 840 364	22.1	53.8	20.7	3.4
16-19 years	107 061	33.8	66.1	0.0	-
20-24 years	134 592	4.3	76.9	18.6	0.2
25-29 years	146 989	4.5	50.4	39.3	5.8
30-39 years	342 568	6.4	54.6	31.7	7.4
40-49 years	314 219	11.2	57.5	26.9	4.5
50-59 years	292 772	20.4	55.7	20.8	3.2
60-66 years	142 150	32.7	50.7	14.6	2.0
67 years and above	360 013	52.9	39.1	7.3	0.7

¹	Not included persons with unknown or no completed education.
²	Including the level 'Intermediate level' which comprises education based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
³	Tertiary education, short comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
⁴	Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years.