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 2004
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 3 642 888  226 953  273 292  289 494  695 795  646 310  600 309  298 131  612 604
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  689 851 81 897 14 316 12 722 42 224 66 453  108 194 81 799  282 246
Lower secondary education, 7 years  303 053 - - - - 1 264 23 102 37 638  241 049
Lower secondary education, 9 years  220 544 81 815 13 801 11 221 36 513 52 007 23 757  852  578
Other  166 254 82  515 1 501 5 711 13 182 61 335 43 309 40 619
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years 1 065 149  112 766 64 031 47 906  140 221  184 548  211 553  107 830  196 294
General subjects  233 139 38 185 13 368 7 383 9 127 11 749 55 422 31 005 66 900
Humanities and Arts 51 481 11 867 5 995 3 412 7 037 8 218 6 222 2 705 6 025
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 130 - 1 16  105  239  346  138  285
Social sciences and law 3 419 2 834  233  127  145 51 24 3 2
Business and Administration  200 770 7 076 3 509 4 931 22 203 44 113 49 515 26 829 42 594
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  283 515 33 183 24 304 18 406 57 342 58 272 49 029 18 739 24 240
Health, Welfare and Sport  178 094 13 981 8 825 7 529 28 966 40 521 31 464 15 486 31 322
Primary Industries 47 450 2 549 1 909 1 522 6 033 9 051 7 706 5 724 12 956
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 54 524 2 434 3 335 2 345 5 974 10 485 10 954 7 053 11 944
Other areas of study 11 627  657 2 552 2 235 3 289 1 849  871  148 26
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  839 570 26 747  145 481  101 454  214 662  164 935 99 334 36 798 50 159
General subjects  263 040 15 600 64 360 32 103 51 855 46 959 25 381 8 392 18 390
Humanities and Arts 32 933 2 657 12 158 4 276 5 068 2 855 2 029 1 087 2 803
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 306 - - 64  237  307  310  136  252
Social sciences and law 1 136  614  234 50  113 72 31 12 10
Business and Administration  109 385 3 730 15 734 11 813 37 399 21 911 11 952 3 742 3 104
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  287 140 1 115 29 621 32 483 85 912 63 938 37 768 16 531 19 772
Health, Welfare and Sport 78 179 2 540 16 400 12 874 16 146 16 019 11 462 2 140  598
Primary Industries 17 993  360 3 063 3 601 5 224 3 323 1 769  383  270
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 48 085  131 3 911 4 190 12 708 9 465 8 440 4 319 4 921
Other areas of study  373 - - - - 86  192 56 39
                   
Intermediate level 92 847 37 4 662 7 107 26 282 25 023 16 119 6 382 7 235
General subjects 13 774 34 1 278 1 446 5 377 4 101 1 371  147 20
Humanities and Arts 1 500 1  138  235  578  291  216 32 9
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 22 - - - 3 2 12 3 2
Social sciences and law  252 - - 38  141 50 15 4 4
Business and Administration 28 030 -  197 1 237 5 600 7 651 6 707 3 262 3 376
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 37 372 -  886 3 237 13 449 10 951 5 938 1 469 1 442
Health, Welfare and Sport  455 - 4 29  155  163 86 14 4
Primary Industries  105 - 16 9 10 51 17 2 -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 11 240 2 2 138  865  937 1 728 1 745 1 447 2 378
Other areas of study 97 - 5 11 32 35 12 2 -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  655 923 26 32 310 83 970  181 836  144 865  117 209 44 706 51 001
Humanities, religion and applied arts 76 854 7 6 140 12 584 21 964 15 918 11 989 4 121 4 131
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  164 798 - 2 827 14 990 40 538 34 563 39 649 16 630 15 601
Social sciences and law 40 261 11 8 419 9 018 10 369 6 168 4 174 1 101 1 001
Commercial and business administration  106 741 2 4 064 12 930 37 953 26 106 15 146 4 699 5 841
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 96 480 2 4 579 10 667 21 846 22 276 18 442 8 660 10 008
Medical, social and physical education programmes  139 386 4 5 732 17 927 35 724 33 779 24 799 8 251 13 170
Primary Industries 1 760 - 82  325  782  370  119 42 40
Transport and communication programmes 18 896 -  386 4 285 9 237 2 612 1 022  556  798
Other areas of study 10 747 - 81 1 244 3 423 3 073 1 869  646  411
                   
University and colleges, higher level  189 136 2  434 17 289 58 268 41 800 37 911 16 135 17 297
Humanities, religion and applied arts 23 393 - 34 1 481 6 633 4 211 5 964 2 829 2 241
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 5 954 - 1  193 1 091 1 067 2 014  896  692
Social sciences and law 34 787 - 4 2 676 13 000 7 658 6 912 2 138 2 399
Commercial and business administration 10 836 -  180 3 016 4 795 1 732  920  141 52
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 69 136 -  114 6 761 22 174 15 721 12 262 5 592 6 512
Medical, social and physical education programmes 30 877 2 96 2 629 7 509 6 957 7 037 3 153 3 494
Primary Industries 6 595 - 5  380 1 666 1 766 1 177  579 1 022
Transport and communication programmes 5 856 - - 98  980 2 268 1 178  567  765
Other areas of study 1 702 - - 55  420  420  447  240  120
                   
Unknown  110 412 5 478 12 058 19 046 32 302 18 686 9 989 4 481 8 372
                   
Males 1 789 956  116 498  138 877  145 723  353 413  328 893  305 064  147 959  253 529
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  306 362 43 934 8 922 7 186 22 932 35 479 52 044 36 677 99 188
Lower secondary education, 7 years  119 405 - - - -  708 13 024 19 210 86 463
Lower secondary education, 9 years  119 695 43 885 8 647 6 601 20 485 28 290 11 263  371  153
Other 67 262 49  275  585 2 447 6 481 27 757 17 096 12 572
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  481 566 58 314 37 725 26 875 69 391 80 680 90 815 44 030 73 736
General subjects 82 717 17 474 7 261 3 794 3 853 4 480 19 342 9 776 16 737
Humanities and Arts 8 421 2 041 1 668  993 1 241  979  771  215  513
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  699 - - 6 57  163  235 82  156
Social sciences and law 1 517 1 193  128 71 86 23 13 2 1
Business and Administration 58 086 3 190 1 881 2 180 6 680 10 391 13 846 7 370 12 548
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  235 784 28 657 20 750 14 854 45 170 47 468 41 151 15 956 21 778
Health, Welfare and Sport 11 953 3 361 1 831 1 224 2 253 1 856  986  249  193
Primary Industries 40 085 1 187 1 222 1 096 4 643 7 370 6 941 5 360 12 266
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 35 357  792 1 361 1 294 3 462 6 895 7 084 4 942 9 527
Other areas of study 6 947  419 1 623 1 363 1 946 1 055  446 78 17
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  486 218 11 205 73 260 57 276  120 491 99 466 64 320 26 403 33 797
General subjects  115 950 6 370 28 126 15 803 21 372 20 589 12 189 4 055 7 446
Humanities and Arts 9 457  486 2 789 1 266 1 168  898  841  526 1 483
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  334 - - 6 64 69 82 50 63
Social sciences and law  479  224 94 30 60 41 19 5 6
Business and Administration 47 190 1 964 8 602 4 942 10 845 8 923 7 264 2 524 2 126
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  259 735 1 041 26 533 28 963 74 209 58 663 35 399 15 796 19 131
Health, Welfare and Sport 11 556  970 4 084 2 033 2 317 1 274  660  121 97
Primary Industries 12 649  134 1 719 2 357 3 636 2 600 1 583  357  263
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 28 651 16 1 313 1 876 6 820 6 371 6 162 2 931 3 162
Other areas of study  217 - - - - 38  121 38 20
                   
Intermediate level 62 350 35 3 919 5 217 17 565 16 306 10 251 4 184 4 873
General subjects 8 312 32 1 041 1 128 3 060 2 292  683 63 13
Humanities and Arts  616 1 42 58  187  161  143 18 6
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 22 - - - 3 2 12 3 2
Social sciences and law  165 - - 26 91 33 8 3 4
Business and Administration 7 213 - 13  151 1 123 1 825 1 869 1 198 1 034
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 35 275 -  825 3 048 12 338 10 372 5 801 1 450 1 441
Health, Welfare and Sport 70 - 1 5 23 36 4 1 -
Primary Industries 86 - 8 7 8 46 15 2 -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 10 545 2 1 987  785  719 1 525 1 710 1 444 2 373
Other areas of study 46 - 2 9 13 14 6 2 -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  275 746 7 10 105 31 724 74 047 59 801 54 459 21 806 23 797
Humanities, religion and applied arts 30 104 2 1 827 4 895 8 973 6 409 5 137 1 480 1 381
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 48 855 -  401 2 821 9 739 8 580 14 194 6 690 6 430
Social sciences and law 17 628 2 2 499 3 778 4 683 2 935 2 363  675  693
Commercial and business administration 58 989 - 1 591 6 257 18 825 14 679 10 018 3 393 4 226
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 80 596 1 2 778 7 668 16 546 18 670 17 216 8 129 9 588
Medical, social and physical education programmes 18 046 2  718 2 352 5 777 4 614 3 577  552  454
Primary Industries 1 256 - 35  213  539  298 95 37 39
Transport and communication programmes 15 442 -  228 3 331 7 557 2 157  899  495  775
Other areas of study 4 830 - 28  409 1 408 1 459  960  355  211
                   
University and colleges, higher level  124 863 2  173 9 163 32 636 27 231 28 180 12 814 14 664
Humanities, religion and applied arts 12 129 - 14  567 2 654 2 088 3 490 1 769 1 547
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 2 294 - - 27  257  315  774  464  457
Social sciences and law 19 740 - 1 1 105 5 846 4 173 4 987 1 651 1 977
Commercial and business administration 6 781 - 55 1 646 3 053 1 177  685  119 46
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 54 640 - 64 4 524 15 457 12 215 11 003 5 213 6 164
Medical, social and physical education programmes 17 816 2 38 1 026 3 304 3 656 4 811 2 346 2 633
Primary Industries 4 868 - 1  177  930 1 183 1 024  556  997
Transport and communication programmes 5 561 - - 65  887 2 172 1 140  541  756
Other areas of study 1 034 - - 26  248  252  266  155 87
                   
Unknown 52 851 3 001 4 773 8 282 16 351 9 930 4 995 2 045 3 474
                   
Females 1 852 932  110 455  134 415  143 771  342 382  317 417  295 245  150 172  359 075
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  383 489 37 963 5 394 5 536 19 292 30 974 56 150 45 122  183 058
Lower secondary education, 7 years  183 648 - - - -  556 10 078 18 428  154 586
Lower secondary education, 9 years  100 849 37 930 5 154 4 620 16 028 23 717 12 494  481  425
Other 98 992 33  240  916 3 264 6 701 33 578 26 213 28 047
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  583 583 54 452 26 306 21 031 70 830  103 868  120 738 63 800  122 558
General subjects  150 422 20 711 6 107 3 589 5 274 7 269 36 080 21 229 50 163
Humanities and Arts 43 060 9 826 4 327 2 419 5 796 7 239 5 451 2 490 5 512
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  431 - 1 10 48 76  111 56  129
Social sciences and law 1 902 1 641  105 56 59 28 11 1 1
Business and Administration  142 684 3 886 1 628 2 751 15 523 33 722 35 669 19 459 30 046
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 47 731 4 526 3 554 3 552 12 172 10 804 7 878 2 783 2 462
Health, Welfare and Sport  166 141 10 620 6 994 6 305 26 713 38 665 30 478 15 237 31 129
Primary Industries 7 365 1 362  687  426 1 390 1 681  765  364  690
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 19 167 1 642 1 974 1 051 2 512 3 590 3 870 2 111 2 417
Other areas of study 4 680  238  929  872 1 343  794  425 70 9
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  353 352 15 542 72 221 44 178 94 171 65 469 35 014 10 395 16 362
General subjects  147 090 9 230 36 234 16 300 30 483 26 370 13 192 4 337 10 944
Humanities and Arts 23 476 2 171 9 369 3 010 3 900 1 957 1 188  561 1 320
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  972 - - 58  173  238  228 86  189
Social sciences and law  657  390  140 20 53 31 12 7 4
Business and Administration 62 195 1 766 7 132 6 871 26 554 12 988 4 688 1 218  978
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 27 405 74 3 088 3 520 11 703 5 275 2 369  735  641
Health, Welfare and Sport 66 623 1 570 12 316 10 841 13 829 14 745 10 802 2 019  501
Primary Industries 5 344  226 1 344 1 244 1 588  723  186 26 7
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 19 434  115 2 598 2 314 5 888 3 094 2 278 1 388 1 759
Other areas of study  156 - - - - 48 71 18 19
                   
Intermediate level 30 497 2  743 1 890 8 717 8 717 5 868 2 198 2 362
General subjects 5 462 2  237  318 2 317 1 809  688 84 7
Humanities and Arts  884 - 96  177  391  130 73 14 3
Social sciences and law 87 - - 12 50 17 7 1 -
Business and Administration 20 817 -  184 1 086 4 477 5 826 4 838 2 064 2 342
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 2 097 - 61  189 1 111  579  137 19 1
Health, Welfare and Sport  385 - 3 24  132  127 82 13 4
Primary Industries 19 - 8 2 2 5 2 - -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  695 -  151 80  218  203 35 3 5
Other areas of study 51 - 3 2 19 21 6 - -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  380 177 19 22 205 52 246  107 789 85 064 62 750 22 900 27 204
Humanities, religion and applied arts 46 750 5 4 313 7 689 12 991 9 509 6 852 2 641 2 750
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  115 943 - 2 426 12 169 30 799 25 983 25 455 9 940 9 171
Social sciences and law 22 633 9 5 920 5 240 5 686 3 233 1 811  426  308
Commercial and business administration 47 752 2 2 473 6 673 19 128 11 427 5 128 1 306 1 615
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 15 884 1 1 801 2 999 5 300 3 606 1 226  531  420
Medical, social and physical education programmes  121 340 2 5 014 15 575 29 947 29 165 21 222 7 699 12 716
Primary Industries  504 - 47  112  243 72 24 5 1
Transport and communication programmes 3 454 -  158  954 1 680  455  123 61 23
Other areas of study 5 917 - 53  835 2 015 1 614  909  291  200
                   
University and colleges, higher level 64 273 -  261 8 126 25 632 14 569 9 731 3 321 2 633
Humanities, religion and applied arts 11 264 - 20  914 3 979 2 123 2 474 1 060  694
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 3 660 - 1  166  834  752 1 240  432  235
Social sciences and law 15 047 - 3 1 571 7 154 3 485 1 925  487  422
Commercial and business administration 4 055 -  125 1 370 1 742  555  235 22 6
Sciences, mathematics and engineering programmes 14 496 - 50 2 237 6 717 3 506 1 259  379  348
Medical, social and physical education programmes 13 061 - 58 1 603 4 205 3 301 2 226  807  861
Primary Industries 1 727 - 4  203  736  583  153 23 25
Transport and communication programmes  295 - - 33 93 96 38 26 9
Other areas of study  668 - - 29  172  168  181 85 33
                   
Unknown 57 561 2 477 7 285 10 764 15 951 8 756 4 994 2 436 4 898

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