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 2003
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 3 616 315    219 670    273 546    296 195    698 134    639 216    596 220    280 788    612 546
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  706 195 75 808 14 571 13 840 45 681 71 665  112 801 82 312  289 517
Lower secondary education, 7 years  321 259 - - - 1 2 077 26 791 41 567  250 823
Lower secondary education, 9 years  215 607 75 615 14 031 12 160 39 859 54 178 18 552  669  543
Other  169 329  193  540 1 680 5 821 15 410 67 458 40 076 38 151
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years 1 072 162  112 696 63 172 49 868  148 836  189 848  212 809  101 306  193 627
General subjects  238 795 39 786 14 153 6 307 9 808 13 527 59 485 28 901 66 828
Humanities and Arts 50 774 11 754 5 663 3 188 7 258 8 340 5 994 2 529 6 048
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 171 - 4 22  124  254  346  132  289
Social sciences and law 2 766 2 354  118  113  113 46 17 3 2
Business and Administration  203 479 6 641 3 335 6 034 24 487 46 356 49 969 25 184 41 473
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  282 816 32 366 23 729 19 939 60 205 58 595 47 166 17 241 23 575
Health, Welfare and Sport  179 755 13 622 8 956 8 449 31 298 41 586 30 323 14 792 30 729
Primary Industries 48 282 2 611 1 826 1 544 6 730 9 055 7 868 5 648 13 000
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 54 555 2 415 3 149 2 262 6 279 10 830 11 164 6 796 11 660
Other areas of study 9 769 1 147 2 239 2 010 2 534 1 259  477 80 23
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  816 276 25 052  143 219  102 686  213 685  154 358 95 294 33 012 48 970
General subjects  259 039 14 901 63 545 32 190 53 224 44 767 24 456 7 487 18 469
Humanities and Arts 30 990 2 682 11 270 3 513 4 895 2 775 2 003 1 017 2 835
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 336 - 1 85  252  321  310  127  240
Social sciences and law  483  168 14 68  113 70 29 13 8
Business and Administration  107 694 3 709 14 301 14 319 37 584 20 174 11 491 3 194 2 922
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  281 159  922 30 106 33 205 86 199 59 648 36 865 15 202 19 012
Health, Welfare and Sport 70 295 2 167 17 038 11 025 13 810 14 287 9 796 1 678  494
Primary Industries 17 535  391 3 184 3 787 4 826 3 180 1 587  331  249
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 47 364  112 3 760 4 494 12 782 9 026 8 570 3 916 4 704
Other areas of study  381 - - - -  110  187 47 37
                   
Intermediate level 92 791 55 5 097 7 667 27 498 24 331 15 530 5 722 6 891
General subjects 13 816 46 1 278 1 570 5 701 3 931 1 165  108 17
Humanities and Arts 1 613 3  222  268  578  311  197 26 8
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 23 - - - 4 2 12 3 2
Social sciences and law  261 - 2 62  135 38 19 2 3
Business and Administration 28 409 -  386 1 475 6 145 7 521 6 854 2 865 3 163
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 37 018 - 1 007 3 672 13 803 10 439 5 437 1 305 1 355
Health, Welfare and Sport  444 - 2 40  155  156 75 14 2
Primary Industries 98 - 15 7 13 50 11 2 -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 11 075 6 2 182  569  952 1 872 1 756 1 397 2 341
Other areas of study 34 - 3 4 12 11 4 - -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  643 193 44 34 979 88 326  176 835  141 372  113 106 39 842 48 689
Humanities, religion and applied arts 78 096 19 7 035 14 679 21 442 15 972 11 353 3 673 3 923
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  161 177 3 3 207 16 220 38 396 34 989 39 135 14 638 14 589
Social sciences and law 39 922 11 8 947 9 096 9 998 6 037 3 916  951  966
Commercial and business administration  103 503 2 3 935 13 373 38 145 23 845 14 478 4 022 5 703
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 95 662 8 5 383 10 729 21 907 21 975 18 294 7 823 9 543
Medical, social and physical education programmes  133 324 1 5 464 17 567 33 897 32 940 23 065 7 596 12 794
Primary Industries 1 709 - 84  354  758  331  100 44 38
Transport and communication programmes 18 929 -  775 4 866 8 707 2 320  976  523  762
Other areas of study 10 871 -  149 1 442 3 585 2 963 1 789  572  371
                   
University and colleges, higher level  181 773 -  408 16 638 56 175 40 553 37 167 14 361 16 471
Humanities, religion and applied arts 22 605 - 40 1 587 6 219 4 183 5 992 2 466 2 118
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 5 720 - 1  211 1 008 1 115 1 964  799  622
Social sciences and law 33 610 - 2 2 847 12 573 7 313 6 729 1 781 2 365
Commercial and business administration 8 950 -  149 2 305 4 117 1 439  786  109 45
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 67 123 -  113 6 553 22 057 15 065 12 084 5 100 6 151
Medical, social and physical education programmes 29 722 - 97 2 502 6 992 7 055 6 887 2 869 3 320
Primary Industries 6 545 - 2  484 1 652 1 740 1 125  549  993
Transport and communication programmes 5 828 - 3 94 1 126 2 235 1 145  477  748
Other areas of study 1 670 - 1 55  431  408  455  211  109
                   
Unknown  103 925 6 015 12 100 17 170 29 424 17 089 9 513 4 233 8 381
                   
Males 1 775 951  112 609  138 954  149 206  355 566  324 997  303 448  138 638  252 533
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  311 846 40 500 9 051 7 662 24 768 37 442 54 045 36 595  101 783
Lower secondary education, 7 years  126 930 - - - - 1 115 15 131 20 752 89 932
Lower secondary education, 9 years  116 383 40 397 8 761 6 993 22 253 28 782 8 775  287  135
Others 68 533  103  290  669 2 515 7 545 30 139 15 556 11 716
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  482 293 58 474 36 885 27 314 72 310 82 237 90 674 41 353 73 046
General subjects 84 738 18 635 7 552 3 107 4 066 5 093 20 662 8 910 16 713
Humanities and Arts 7 998 2 068 1 576  833 1 146  921  729  204  521
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  722 - 1 11 61  181  231 81  156
Social sciences and law 1 181  934 70 68 73 25 8 2 1
Business and Administration 58 656 3 023 1 725 2 572 6 935 11 002 13 947 6 949 12 503
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  235 110 27 861 20 197 16 017 47 346 48 106 39 560 14 774 21 249
Health, Welfare and Sport 11 497 3 209 1 802 1 174 2 263 1 752  887  231  179
Primary Industries 40 957 1 273 1 216 1 114 5 201 7 409 7 126 5 313 12 305
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 35 404  734 1 326 1 185 3 660 6 991 7 262 4 842 9 404
Other areas of study 6 030  737 1 420 1 233 1 559  757  262 47 15
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  475 641 10 297 72 691 58 131  120 396 94 414 62 858 23 981 32 873
General subjects  113 784 5 945 27 982 15 603 21 569 19 736 11 841 3 577 7 531
Humanities and Arts 9 128  462 2 789  969 1 131  913  855  498 1 511
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  345 - - 12 65 78 87 42 61
Social sciences and law  230 59 5 40 57 41 17 6 5
Business and Administration 46 088 1 967 7 713 5 622 10 751 8 714 7 136 2 206 1 979
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  254 379  871 26 971 29 390 74 520 54 992 34 651 14 555 18 429
Health, Welfare and Sport 10 540  815 4 050 1 767 2 030 1 135  559 93 91
Primary Industries 12 436  164 1 871 2 494 3 395 2 525 1 434  309  244
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 28 490 14 1 310 2 234 6 878 6 231 6 155 2 664 3 004
Other areas of study  221 - - - - 49  123 31 18
                   
Intermediate level 61 865 49 4 094 5 439 18 090 15 952 9 745 3 815 4 681
General subjects 8 211 43 1 021 1 164 3 171 2 189  566 46 11
Humanities and Arts  667 1 67 76  198  178  127 14 6
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 23 - - - 4 2 12 3 2
Social sciences and law  170 - - 42 87 26 11 1 3
Business and Administration 7 309 - 32  200 1 209 1 871 1 967 1 060  970
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 34 927 -  949 3 434 12 665 9 915 5 317 1 294 1 353
Health, Welfare and Sport 69 - 1 7 26 32 2 1 -
Primary Industries 80 - 8 5 9 47 9 2 -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 10 392 5 2 014  508  716 1 688 1 731 1 394 2 336
Other areas of study 17 - 2 3 5 4 3 - -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  272 905 16 11 293 34 279 72 934 58 968 53 307 19 438 22 670
Humanities, religion and applied arts 30 639 6 2 149 5 868 8 685 6 502 4 820 1 292 1 317
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 48 156 -  448 3 061 9 335 8 946 14 379 5 998 5 989
Social sciences and law 17 559 3 2 709 3 898 4 521 2 936 2 218  586  688
Commercial and business administration 57 769 1 1 532 6 674 19 079 13 700 9 743 2 917 4 123
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 79 986 6 3 164 7 839 16 636 18 725 17 118 7 348 9 150
Medical, social and physical education programmes 17 082 -  644 2 344 5 442 4 581 3 175  454  442
Primary Industries 1 235 - 50  237  531  260 81 39 37
Transport and communication programmes 15 579 -  552 3 877 7 170 1 908  857  475  740
Other areas of study 4 900 - 45  481 1 535 1 410  916  329  184
                   
University and colleges, higher level  121 275 -  184 8 652 31 958 26 914 28 058 11 494 14 015
Humanities, religion and applied arts 11 875 - 14  576 2 540 2 151 3 551 1 568 1 475
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 2 257 - - 29  247  339  800  425  417
Social sciences and law 19 330 - 1 1 180 5 709 4 153 4 950 1 373 1 964
Commercial and business administration 5 623 - 59 1 208 2 656  976  586 99 39
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 53 308 - 67 4 346 15 457 11 886 10 960 4 763 5 829
Medical, social and physical education programmes 17 451 - 41  993 3 133 3 806 4 827 2 143 2 508
Primary Industries 4 866 - 1  238  923 1 208 1 003  526  967
Transport and communication programmes 5 546 - 1 62 1 026 2 156 1 106  456  739
Other areas of study 1 019 - - 20  267  239  275  141 77
                   
Unknown 50 126 3 273 4 756 7 729 15 110 9 070 4 761 1 962 3 465
                   
Females 1 840 364  107 061  134 592  146 989  342 568  314 219  292 772  142 150  360 013
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  394 349 35 308 5 520 6 178 20 913 34 223 58 756 45 717  187 734
Lower secondary education, 7 years  194 329 - - - 1  962 11 660 20 815  160 891
Lower secondary education, 9 years 99 224 35 218 5 270 5 167 17 606 25 396 9 777  382  408
Others  100 796 90  250 1 011 3 306 7 865 37 319 24 520 26 435
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  589 869 54 222 26 287 22 554 76 526  107 611  122 135 59 953  120 581
General subjects  154 057 21 151 6 601 3 200 5 742 8 434 38 823 19 991 50 115
Humanities and Arts 42 776 9 686 4 087 2 355 6 112 7 419 5 265 2 325 5 527
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  449 - 3 11 63 73  115 51  133
Social sciences and law 1 585 1 420 48 45 40 21 9 1 1
Business and Administration  144 823 3 618 1 610 3 462 17 552 35 354 36 022 18 235 28 970
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 47 706 4 505 3 532 3 922 12 859 10 489 7 606 2 467 2 326
Health, Welfare and Sport  168 258 10 413 7 154 7 275 29 035 39 834 29 436 14 561 30 550
Primary Industries 7 325 1 338  610  430 1 529 1 646  742  335  695
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 19 151 1 681 1 823 1 077 2 619 3 839 3 902 1 954 2 256
Other areas of study 3 739  410  819  777  975  502  215 33 8
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  340 635 14 755 70 528 44 555 93 289 59 944 32 436 9 031 16 097
General subjects  145 255 8 956 35 563 16 587 31 655 25 031 12 615 3 910 10 938
Humanities and Arts 21 862 2 220 8 481 2 544 3 764 1 862 1 148  519 1 324
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  991 - 1 73  187  243  223 85  179
Social sciences and law  253  109 9 28 56 29 12 7 3
Business and Administration 61 606 1 742 6 588 8 697 26 833 11 460 4 355  988  943
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 26 780 51 3 135 3 815 11 679 4 656 2 214  647  583
Health, Welfare and Sport 59 755 1 352 12 988 9 258 11 780 13 152 9 237 1 585  403
Primary Industries 5 099  227 1 313 1 293 1 431  655  153 22 5
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 18 874 98 2 450 2 260 5 904 2 795 2 415 1 252 1 700
Other areas of study  160 - - - - 61 64 16 19
                   
Intermediate level 30 926 6 1 003 2 228 9 408 8 379 5 785 1 907 2 210
General subjects 5 605 3  257  406 2 530 1 742  599 62 6
Humanities and Arts  946 2  155  192  380  133 70 12 2
Social sciences and law 91 - 2 20 48 12 8 1 -
Business and Administration 21 100 -  354 1 275 4 936 5 650 4 887 1 805 2 193
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 2 091 - 58  238 1 138  524  120 11 2
Health, Welfare and Sport  375 - 1 33  129  124 73 13 2
Primary Industries 18 - 7 2 4 3 2 - -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  683 1  168 61  236  184 25 3 5
Other areas of study 17 - 1 1 7 7 1 - -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  370 288 28 23 686 54 047  103 901 82 404 59 799 20 404 26 019
Humanities, religion and applied arts 47 457 13 4 886 8 811 12 757 9 470 6 533 2 381 2 606
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  113 021 3 2 759 13 159 29 061 26 043 24 756 8 640 8 600
Social sciences and law 22 363 8 6 238 5 198 5 477 3 101 1 698  365  278
Commercial and business administration 45 734 1 2 403 6 699 19 066 10 145 4 735 1 105 1 580
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 15 676 2 2 219 2 890 5 271 3 250 1 176  475  393
Medical, social and physical education programmes  116 242 1 4 820 15 223 28 455 28 359 19 890 7 142 12 352
Primary Industries  474 - 34  117  227 71 19 5 1
Transport and communication programmes 3 350 -  223  989 1 537  412  119 48 22
Other areas of study 5 971 -  104  961 2 050 1 553  873  243  187
                   
University and colleges, higher level 60 498 -  224 7 986 24 217 13 639 9 109 2 867 2 456
Humanities, religion and applied arts 10 730 - 26 1 011 3 679 2 032 2 441  898  643
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 3 463 - 1  182  761  776 1 164  374  205
Social sciences and law 14 280 - 1 1 667 6 864 3 160 1 779  408  401
Commercial and business administration 3 327 - 90 1 097 1 461  463  200 10 6
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 13 815 - 46 2 207 6 600 3 179 1 124  337  322
Medical, social and physical education programmes 12 271 - 56 1 509 3 859 3 249 2 060  726  812
Primary Industries 1 679 - 1  246  729  532  122 23 26
Transport and communication programmes  282 - 2 32  100 79 39 21 9
Other areas of study  651 - 1 35  164  169  180 70 32
                   
Unknown 53 799 2 742 7 344 9 441 14 314 8 019 4 752 2 271 4 916

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