Statistics Norway

Education level in the population

4 Population 16 years and over, by level of education and field of education. 2007
Gender and education (level and field of education) 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
Total 3 766 505  251 687  282 732  293 581  680 822  673 511  604 037  357 685  622 450
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years 1 114 926  216 363 84 306 57 635  108 856  162 046  123 744 91 919  270 057
Lower secondary education, 7 years  263 370 - - - -  205 17 448 30 133  215 584
Lower secondary education, 9 years  626 106  215 119 81 372 52 349 90 606  135 814 47 078 2 992  776
Other  225 450 1 244 2 934 5 286 18 250 26 027 59 218 58 794 53 697
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  586 401 - 10 68 40 018 59 060  168 154  119 504  199 587
General subjects  156 908 - 8 39  924 1 588 42 030 42 196 70 123
Humanities and Arts 19 452 - 2 2 2 056 2 777 6 040 2 807 5 768
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 021 - - - 42  172  318  201  288
Social sciences and Law 65 - - 1 34 16 10 2 2
Business and Administration  133 948 - - 8 6 422 15 112 40 712 27 926 43 768
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  116 481 - - 10 16 725 16 850 39 604 19 109 24 183
Health, Welfare and Sport 95 334 - - 3 10 110 14 964 25 479 14 850 29 928
Primary Industries 33 735 - - 2 2 064 5 872 6 970 5 649 13 178
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 29 454 - - 3 1 640 1 707 6 991 6 764 12 349
Other fields of education 3 - - - 1 2 - - -
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  873 036 28 052  135 597 93 897  203 947  192 428  112 831 51 207 55 077
General subjects  253 881 16 424 55 666 24 139 46 789 51 712 28 256 12 404 18 491
Humanities and Arts 35 391 2 835 11 601 6 370 5 257 3 162 2 182 1 248 2 736
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 241 - 1 12  199  251  340  164  274
Social sciences and Law 3 556 1 026 2 235 29  108 99 32 13 14
Business and Administration  108 064 3 455 13 989 6 329 33 377 27 827 13 778 5 461 3 848
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  305 283  629 29 691 34 239 79 250 75 813 41 814 21 325 22 522
Health, Welfare and Sport 95 942 3 192 15 584 15 429 21 284 19 358 15 721 4 247 1 127
Primary Industries 18 765  364 2 687 2 819 6 022 3 554 2 375  588  356
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 50 557  126 4 141 4 531 11 661 10 615 8 145 5 675 5 663
Other fields of education  356 1 2 - - 37  188 82 46
                   
Intermediate level 94 968 34 3 849 6 478 22 052 26 615 19 320 8 196 8 424
General subjects 12 980 28  980  926 4 042 4 443 2 208  301 52
Humanities and Arts 2 174 -  483  378  623  340  261 73 16
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 21 - - - - 4 10 4 3
Social sciences and Law  354 - 65 23  154 84 11 13 4
Business and Administration 28 424 -  432  697 4 367 7 785 6 726 4 290 4 127
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 38 445 -  433 2 467 11 541 12 463 7 800 2 040 1 701
Health, Welfare and Sport  770 - 51 82  235  226  135 33 8
Primary Industries  111 - 3 22 8 43 32 1 2
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 11 504 6 1 394 1 865 1 022 1 157 2 111 1 438 2 511
Other fields of education  185 - 8 18 60 70 26 3 -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  717 983 11 43 369 85 538  188 273  155 172  125 738 59 917 59 965
Humanities and Arts 75 686 10 4 694 8 906 22 529 16 083 13 461 5 150 4 853
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  179 024 - 5 600 14 169 43 589 34 461 39 519 22 147 19 539
Social sciences and Law 39 523 - 7 096 8 327 10 090 6 477 4 663 1 688 1 182
Business and Administration  119 572 - 7 336 15 590 35 163 31 688 16 208 7 117 6 470
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  106 851 1 7 596 13 107 21 667 22 556 18 966 11 234 11 724
Health, Welfare and Sport  165 041 - 10 423 22 158 41 347 36 151 29 234 11 058 14 670
Primary Industries 2 324 -  217  467  903  470  172 46 49
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 19 763 -  352 2 437 10 036 4 100 1 322  616  900
Other fields of education 10 199 - 55  377 2 949 3 186 2 193  861  578
                   
University and colleges, higher level  215 321 -  717 20 568 64 644 47 845 39 714 21 300 20 533
Humanities and Arts 26 977 - 60 1 973 7 914 4 775 5 670 3 724 2 861
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 7 322 - 4  326 1 518 1 215 2 097 1 226  936
Social sciences and Law 40 920 - 87 3 978 14 377 9 309 7 244 3 287 2 638
Business and Administration 14 760 -  139 3 513 6 587 2 923 1 201  321 76
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 75 645 -  230 7 266 22 152 18 510 12 598 7 207 7 682
Health, Welfare and Sport 35 206 -  188 3 079 9 381 6 869 7 591 3 882 4 216
Primary Industries 6 813 - 4  268 1 658 1 687 1 440  649 1 107
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 5 842 - 4  119  616 2 111 1 451  705  836
Other fields of education 1 836 - 1 46  441  446  422  299  181
                   
Unknown  163 870 7 227 14 884 29 397 53 032 30 345 14 536 5 642 8 807
                   
Males 1 860 801  129 134  144 360  148 289  346 154  345 119  306 858  179 120  261 767
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  533 238  114 053 50 664 34 021 58 223 80 499 58 904 41 480 95 394
Lower secondary education, 7 years  103 317 - - - -  105 9 203 16 178 77 831
Lower secondary education, 9 years  333 837  113 452 48 992 31 263 49 115 66 934 22 561 1 278  242
Other 96 084  601 1 672 2 758 9 108 13 460 27 140 24 024 17 321
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  242 202 - 5 22 19 816 25 736 72 946 48 963 74 714
General subjects 45 134 - 5 11  394  644 13 915 13 084 17 081
Humanities and Arts 1 970 - - -  429  343  564  212  422
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  634 - - - 14  112  236  115  157
Social sciences and Law 36 - - 1 17 8 7 2 1
Business and Administration 37 360 - - 4 2 384 3 542 11 103 7 796 12 531
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  104 470 - - 5 13 721 14 382 36 505 17 639 22 218
Health, Welfare and Sport 2 671 - - -  711 1 133  488  183  156
Primary Industries 30 201 - - 1 1 544 4 703 6 215 5 265 12 473
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 19 725 - - -  601  869 3 913 4 667 9 675
Other fields of education 1 - - - 1 - - - -
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  503 537 11 277 68 756 53 208  115 681  111 923 70 001 35 237 37 454
General subjects  112 343 6 456 24 329 11 665 21 044 22 182 13 159 6 101 7 407
Humanities and Arts 9 842  609 2 416 1 822 1 305  881  815  589 1 405
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  324 - 1 2 50 62 86 56 67
Social sciences and Law 1 564  440  959 12 63 59 18 6 7
Business and Administration 46 532 1 820 7 552 3 218 10 637 9 439 7 676 3 559 2 631
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  276 131  579 26 643 30 855 69 039 68 164 38 889 20 227 21 735
Health, Welfare and Sport 14 300 1 238 4 339 2 454 3 104 1 789 1 041  227  108
Primary Industries 12 958  131 1 282 1 819 4 133 2 653 2 056  542  342
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 29 337 3 1 235 1 361 6 306 6 675 6 151 3 879 3 727
Other fields of education  206 1 - - - 19  110 51 25
                   
Intermediate level 63 379 29 2 673 5 069 15 093 17 066 12 882 5 024 5 543
General subjects 7 903 27  806  769 2 492 2 439 1 211  129 30
Humanities and Arts  726 - 99 99  165  147  163 42 11
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 21 - - - - 4 10 4 3
Social sciences and Law  202 - 17 11  107 48 6 9 4
Business and Administration 7 281 - 89 98  843 1 695 1 868 1 398 1 290
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 36 259 -  404 2 325 10 576 11 713 7 536 2 007 1 698
Health, Welfare and Sport 85 - - 2 24 42 16 1 -
Primary Industries 91 - 3 13 5 37 30 1 2
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 10 717 2 1 249 1 740  855  908 2 028 1 430 2 505
Other fields of education 94 - 6 12 26 33 14 3 -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  297 975 1 15 356 32 410 74 366 62 971 55 809 29 143 27 919
Humanities and Arts 29 923 - 1 567 3 359 9 230 6 415 5 904 1 870 1 578
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 52 103 -  981 3 198 10 150 8 235 12 997 8 593 7 949
Social sciences and Law 17 782 - 2 429 3 443 4 496 3 044 2 620  967  783
Business and Administration 65 019 - 3 382 7 419 17 363 16 794 10 315 5 074 4 672
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 88 637 1 5 140 9 674 16 650 18 151 17 312 10 550 11 159
Health, Welfare and Sport 22 451 - 1 523 3 212 6 669 5 108 4 322 1 062  555
Primary Industries 1 500 - 88  241  587  363  133 41 47
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 15 955 -  233 1 731 8 116 3 332 1 138  539  866
Other fields of education 4 605 - 13  133 1 105 1 529 1 068  447  310
                   
University and colleges, higher level  135 787 -  276 10 029 34 551 29 162 28 098 16 557 17 114
Humanities and Arts 13 311 - 17  699 3 156 2 099 3 154 2 279 1 907
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 2 467 - - 42  292  288  697  556  592
Social sciences and Law 21 879 - 16 1 463 6 244 4 634 4 873 2 513 2 136
Business and Administration 8 939 - 49 1 839 3 980 1 942  811  251 67
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 58 699 -  129 4 683 15 317 13 694 10 985 6 663 7 228
Health, Welfare and Sport 18 975 - 61 1 076 3 900 3 211 4 742 2 823 3 162
Primary Industries 4 905 - 1  119  885 1 030 1 181  609 1 080
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 5 511 - 2 81  530 1 993 1 412  679  814
Other fields of education 1 101 - 1 27  247  271  243  184  128
                   
Unknown 84 683 3 774 6 630 13 530 28 424 17 762 8 218 2 716 3 629
                   
Females 1 905 704  122 553  138 372  145 292  334 668  328 392  297 179  178 565  360 683
                   
Below upper secondary 7-9 years  581 688  102 310 33 642 23 614 50 633 81 547 64 840 50 439  174 663
Lower secondary education, 7 years  160 053 - - - -  100 8 245 13 955  137 753
Lower secondary education, 9 years  292 269  101 667 32 380 21 086 41 491 68 880 24 517 1 714  534
Other  129 366  643 1 262 2 528 9 142 12 567 32 078 34 770 36 376
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level 10 - 11 years  344 199 - 5 46 20 202 33 324 95 208 70 541  124 873
General subjects  111 774 - 3 28  530  944 28 115 29 112 53 042
Humanities and Arts 17 482 - 2 2 1 627 2 434 5 476 2 595 5 346
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  387 - - - 28 60 82 86  131
Social sciences and Law 29 - - - 17 8 3 - 1
Business and Administration 96 588 - - 4 4 038 11 570 29 609 20 130 31 237
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 12 011 - - 5 3 004 2 468 3 099 1 470 1 965
Health, Welfare and Sport 92 663 - - 3 9 399 13 831 24 991 14 667 29 772
Primary Industries 3 534 - - 1  520 1 169  755  384  705
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 9 729 - - 3 1 039  838 3 078 2 097 2 674
Other fields of education 2 - - - - 2 - - -
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  369 499 16 775 66 841 40 689 88 266 80 505 42 830 15 970 17 623
General subjects  141 538 9 968 31 337 12 474 25 745 29 530 15 097 6 303 11 084
Humanities and Arts 25 549 2 226 9 185 4 548 3 952 2 281 1 367  659 1 331
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  917 - - 10  149  189  254  108  207
Social sciences and Law 1 992  586 1 276 17 45 40 14 7 7
Business and Administration 61 532 1 635 6 437 3 111 22 740 18 388 6 102 1 902 1 217
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 29 152 50 3 048 3 384 10 211 7 649 2 925 1 098  787
Health, Welfare and Sport 81 642 1 954 11 245 12 975 18 180 17 569 14 680 4 020 1 019
Primary Industries 5 807  233 1 405 1 000 1 889  901  319 46 14
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 21 220  123 2 906 3 170 5 355 3 940 1 994 1 796 1 936
Other fields of education  150 - 2 - - 18 78 31 21
                   
Intermediate level 31 589 5 1 176 1 409 6 959 9 549 6 438 3 172 2 881
General subjects 5 077 1  174  157 1 550 2 004  997  172 22
Humanities and Arts 1 448 -  384  279  458  193 98 31 5
Social sciences and Law  152 - 48 12 47 36 5 4 -
Business and Administration 21 143 -  343  599 3 524 6 090 4 858 2 892 2 837
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 2 186 - 29  142  965  750  264 33 3
Health, Welfare and Sport  685 - 51 80  211  184  119 32 8
Primary Industries 20 - - 9 3 6 2 - -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  787 4  145  125  167  249 83 8 6
Other fields of education 91 - 2 6 34 37 12 - -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  420 008 10 28 013 53 128  113 907 92 201 69 929 30 774 32 046
Humanities and Arts 45 763 10 3 127 5 547 13 299 9 668 7 557 3 280 3 275
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  126 921 - 4 619 10 971 33 439 26 226 26 522 13 554 11 590
Social sciences and Law 21 741 - 4 667 4 884 5 594 3 433 2 043  721  399
Business and Administration 54 553 - 3 954 8 171 17 800 14 894 5 893 2 043 1 798
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 18 214 - 2 456 3 433 5 017 4 405 1 654  684  565
Health, Welfare and Sport  142 590 - 8 900 18 946 34 678 31 043 24 912 9 996 14 115
Primary Industries  824 -  129  226  316  107 39 5 2
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 3 808 -  119  706 1 920  768  184 77 34
Other fields of education 5 594 - 42  244 1 844 1 657 1 125  414  268
                   
University and colleges, higher level 79 534 -  441 10 539 30 093 18 683 11 616 4 743 3 419
Humanities and Arts 13 666 - 43 1 274 4 758 2 676 2 516 1 445  954
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 4 855 - 4  284 1 226  927 1 400  670  344
Social sciences and Law 19 041 - 71 2 515 8 133 4 675 2 371  774  502
Business and Administration 5 821 - 90 1 674 2 607  981  390 70 9
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 16 946 -  101 2 583 6 835 4 816 1 613  544  454
Health, Welfare and Sport 16 231 -  127 2 003 5 481 3 658 2 849 1 059 1 054
Primary Industries 1 908 - 3  149  773  657  259 40 27
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  331 - 2 38 86  118 39 26 22
Other fields of education  735 - - 19  194  175  179  115 53
                   
Unknown 79 187 3 453 8 254 15 867 24 608 12 583 6 318 2 926 5 178

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