Statistics Norway

Education level in the population

4 Population 16 years and over, by level of education and field of education. 2010
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 3 937 850  258 650  317 272  311 097  674 838  711 345  620 171  398 530  645 947
                   
Below upper secondary 1 090 905  219 590 89 794 59 383  101 053  145 004  134 076 89 790  252 215
Lower secondary education, 7 years  215 747 - - - - 36 8 766 22 865  184 080
Lower secondary education  649 790  218 086 86 508 53 095 80 548  122 436 80 419 7 654 1 044
Other  225 368 1 504 3 286 6 288 20 505 22 532 44 891 59 271 67 091
                   
Upper secondary education  547 426 - 1 4 24 313 50 311  130 257  130 115  212 425
General subjects  142 402 - 1 -  671 1 180 21 465 45 905 73 180
Humanities and Arts 17 980 - - 2 1 236 2 194 5 499 3 126 5 923
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  958 - - - 27  114  274  236  307
Social sciences and Law 61 - - - 29 18 9 4 1
Business and Administration  125 119 - - - 3 854 10 511 34 071 28 662 48 021
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  109 405 - - 1 10 746 15 785 34 033 22 417 26 423
Health, Welfare and Sport 93 359 - - - 5 590 14 435 22 845 18 116 32 373
Primary Industries 30 900 - - 1  969 4 610 6 885 5 213 13 222
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 26 999 - - - 1 106 1 349 5 144 6 427 12 973
Other fields of education  243 - - - 85  115 32 9 2
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  934 738 30 913  149 545 90 601  192 246  211 583  133 151 63 629 63 070
General subjects  271 043 23 138 67 217 21 339 41 960 50 189 32 351 15 623 19 226
Humanities and Arts 34 805 1 760 10 021 6 119 6 791 3 717 2 424 1 268 2 705
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 1 199 - - 5  161  238  328  184  283
Social sciences and Law 6 422 1 618 4 281  286 86 95 31 10 15
Business and Administration  101 868 - 10 012 6 343 24 849 32 405 16 010 7 229 5 020
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  329 558  768 33 955 34 969 74 344 84 885 49 680 24 691 26 266
Health, Welfare and Sport  115 735 3 101 17 038 13 885 27 306 24 033 20 803 7 383 2 186
Primary Industries 19 665  359 2 602 2 391 6 165 3 879 2 862  912  495
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 53 165  156 4 378 5 206 10 249 11 798 8 372 6 208 6 798
Other fields of education 1 278 13 41 58  335  344  290  121 76
                   
Intermediate level  101 572 32 6 070 6 551 18 556 28 286 22 234 9 725 10 118
General subjects 12 913 16 1 115  846 2 571 4 821 2 864  571  109
Humanities and Arts 3 818 5 1 325  892  724  439  289  113 31
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 39 - - 3 6 8 6 11 5
Social sciences and Law  771 2  289  169  155  120 14 18 4
Business and Administration 29 347 -  480  798 3 599 7 330 7 274 4 774 5 092
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 39 971 1  618 1 807 9 334 13 826 9 287 2 954 2 144
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 227 - 22  122  316  418  274 59 16
Primary Industries  170 - 43 23 24 25 48 5 2
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 12 967 7 2 149 1 844 1 717 1 202 2 119 1 215 2 714
Other fields of education  349 1 29 47  110 97 59 5 1
                   
University and colleges, lower level  782 284 9 48 459 86 692  188 230  174 772  136 908 73 327 73 887
General subjects  225 - 7 17 86 64 26 19 6
Humanities and Arts 76 565 8 4 440 8 549 19 919 17 029 14 233 6 329 6 058
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  190 320 - 6 107 14 646 41 790 38 321 38 805 25 671 24 980
Social sciences and Law 44 041 - 7 897 9 812 10 128 7 432 4 987 2 275 1 510
Business and Administration  130 254 - 8 592 15 251 33 548 37 102 18 771 9 342 7 648
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  114 223 - 9 087 12 567 22 966 22 828 20 482 12 315 13 978
Health, Welfare and Sport  191 878 - 11 434 23 236 47 448 41 331 34 981 15 640 17 808
Primary Industries 2 589 -  218  419  884  694  255 59 60
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 21 505 1  606 2 022 9 016 6 440 1 770  608 1 042
Other fields of education 10 684 - 71  173 2 445 3 531 2 598 1 069  797
                   
University and colleges, higher level  249 906 - 1 034 24 376 71 443 58 594 43 347 25 611 25 501
General subjects 70 - 1 - 23 27 12 5 2
Humanities and Arts 30 372 - 55 2 240 8 610 6 073 5 363 4 204 3 827
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 9 181 - 23  717 1 871 1 670 2 186 1 460 1 254
Social sciences and Law 47 787 -  160 5 420 14 860 12 145 7 458 4 469 3 275
Business and Administration 20 288 -  228 4 096 8 735 4 597 1 882  604  146
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 82 396 -  288 7 495 22 259 21 271 13 742 8 121 9 220
Health, Welfare and Sport 44 609 -  268 3 972 12 551 8 817 8 777 4 906 5 318
Primary Industries 6 926 - 9  252 1 450 1 667 1 616  720 1 212
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 5 846 - 2  110  445 1 702 1 840  778  969
Other fields of education 2 431 - - 74  639  625  471  344  278
                   
Unknown  231 019 8 106 22 369 43 490 78 997 42 795 20 198 6 333 8 731
                   
Males 1 956 835  133 528  161 521  157 813  344 822  365 611  315 445  200 699  277 396
                   
Below upper secondary  531 212  115 811 53 013 35 274 55 840 75 022 63 619 42 017 90 616
Lower secondary education, 7 years 84 736 - - - - 17 4 344 12 788 67 587
Lower secondary education  349 755  114 982 51 222 31 962 46 016 63 485 38 209 3 521  358
Other 96 721  829 1 791 3 312 9 824 11 520 21 066 25 708 22 671
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level  224 793 - - 2 12 790 22 075 57 743 53 451 78 732
General subjects 41 259 - - -  280  551 7 266 15 054 18 108
Humanities and Arts 1 834 - - -  281  355  508  299  391
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  605 - - - 10 65  203  151  176
Social sciences and Law 34 - - - 15 11 6 2 -
Business and Administration 34 530 - - - 1 618 2 679 9 001 8 003 13 229
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 98 151 - - 1 8 905 13 087 31 265 20 638 24 255
Health, Welfare and Sport 2 828 - - -  458 1 175  660  293  242
Primary Industries 27 599 - - 1  726 3 627 5 932 4 836 12 477
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 17 785 - - -  437  447 2 881 4 168 9 852
Other fields of education  168 - - - 60 78 21 7 2
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  538 798 12 918 77 643 52 486  110 444  120 213 80 199 41 821 43 074
General subjects  121 060 9 248 28 787 10 574 20 241 21 647 14 982 7 705 7 876
Humanities and Arts 10 146  520 2 439 1 543 1 893  998  842  572 1 339
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  325 - - 3 41 72 75 60 74
Social sciences and Law 3 138  718 2 138  141 58 52 19 6 6
Business and Administration 43 336 - 5 329 3 378 8 957 9 799 7 936 4 554 3 383
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  298 240  742 30 760 31 568 65 768 74 911 46 000 23 247 25 244
Health, Welfare and Sport 18 067 1 559 5 591 2 417 3 886 2 617 1 445  398  154
Primary Industries 13 390  123 1 243 1 346 4 181 2 816 2 379  831  471
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 30 236 - 1 334 1 478 5 174 7 065 6 337 4 367 4 481
Other fields of education  860 8 22 38  245  236  184 81 46
                   
Intermediate level 67 460 28 3 973 4 744 13 065 18 396 14 832 5 827 6 595
General subjects 8 031 16  908  720 1 778 2 685 1 627  250 47
Humanities and Arts 1 219 2  372  263  189  140  164 72 17
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 28 - - 1 4 5 2 11 5
Social sciences and Law  482 2  173 99  105 79 9 11 4
Business and Administration 7 648 -  104  216  697 1 559 2 031 1 368 1 673
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 37 733 1  581 1 698 8 626 12 880 8 915 2 899 2 133
Health, Welfare and Sport  124 - 1 11 34 45 30 1 2
Primary Industries  118 - 16 14 16 20 46 4 2
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 11 885 7 1 799 1 689 1 562  936 1 973 1 208 2 711
Other fields of education  192 - 19 33 54 47 35 3 1
                   
University and colleges, lower level  318 835 3 16 488 32 610 72 463 70 424 57 985 34 883 33 979
General subjects  158 - 5 14 53 47 23 14 2
Humanities and Arts 30 441 3 1 488 3 184 8 239 6 839 6 165 2 543 1 980
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 54 639 - 1 005 3 416 9 541 9 483 11 388 9 851 9 955
Social sciences and Law 19 533 - 2 490 4 093 4 579 3 414 2 667 1 303  987
Business and Administration 69 357 - 3 650 7 142 16 351 18 834 11 367 6 485 5 528
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 93 896 - 5 830 9 458 17 735 17 790 18 213 11 625 13 245
Health, Welfare and Sport 26 838 - 1 549 3 621 7 369 6 409 5 171 1 902  817
Primary Industries 1 683 - 85  218  566  516  193 49 56
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 17 087 -  344 1 388 7 005 5 335 1 500  539  976
Other fields of education 5 203 - 42 76 1 025 1 757 1 298  572  433
                   
University and colleges, higher level  150 727 -  438 11 488 36 479 33 469 28 646 19 428 20 779
General subjects 47 - 1 - 15 16 9 4 2
Humanities and Arts 14 476 - 20  837 3 371 2 508 2 779 2 500 2 461
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 2 750 - 1  118  353  350  591  616  721
Social sciences and Law 24 208 - 46 1 924 6 176 5 645 4 527 3 336 2 554
Business and Administration 12 011 - 96 2 223 5 083 2 912 1 133  438  126
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 62 852 -  175 4 821 15 112 15 213 11 443 7 446 8 642
Health, Welfare and Sport 22 558 - 93 1 358 4 933 3 881 4 855 3 471 3 967
Primary Industries 4 860 - 4 93  730  966 1 237  655 1 175
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 5 464 - 2 71  348 1 570 1 786  747  940
Other fields of education 1 501 - - 43  358  408  286  215  191
                   
Unknown  125 010 4 768 9 966 21 209 43 741 26 012 12 421 3 272 3 621
                   
Females 1 981 015  125 122  155 751  153 284  330 016  345 734  304 726  197 831  368 551
                   
Below upper secondary  559 693  103 779 36 781 24 109 45 213 69 982 70 457 47 773  161 599
Lower secondary education, 7 years  131 011 - - - - 19 4 422 10 077  116 493
Lower secondary education  300 035  103 104 35 286 21 133 34 532 58 951 42 210 4 133  686
Other  128 647  675 1 495 2 976 10 681 11 012 23 825 33 563 44 420
                   
Upper secondary education, basic level  322 633 - 1 2 11 523 28 236 72 514 76 664  133 693
General subjects  101 143 - 1 -  391  629 14 199 30 851 55 072
Humanities and Arts 16 146 - - 2  955 1 839 4 991 2 827 5 532
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  353 - - - 17 49 71 85  131
Social sciences and Law 27 - - - 14 7 3 2 1
Business and Administration 90 589 - - - 2 236 7 832 25 070 20 659 34 792
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 11 254 - - - 1 841 2 698 2 768 1 779 2 168
Health, Welfare and Sport 90 531 - - - 5 132 13 260 22 185 17 823 32 131
Primary Industries 3 301 - - -  243  983  953  377  745
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 9 214 - - -  669  902 2 263 2 259 3 121
Other fields of education 75 - - - 25 37 11 2 -
                   
Upper secondary advanced courses  395 940 17 995 71 902 38 115 81 802 91 370 52 952 21 808 19 996
General subjects  149 983 13 890 38 430 10 765 21 719 28 542 17 369 7 918 11 350
Humanities and Arts 24 659 1 240 7 582 4 576 4 898 2 719 1 582  696 1 366
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  874 - - 2  120  166  253  124  209
Social sciences and Law 3 284  900 2 143  145 28 43 12 4 9
Business and Administration 58 532 - 4 683 2 965 15 892 22 606 8 074 2 675 1 637
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 31 318 26 3 195 3 401 8 576 9 974 3 680 1 444 1 022
Health, Welfare and Sport 97 668 1 542 11 447 11 468 23 420 21 416 19 358 6 985 2 032
Primary Industries 6 275  236 1 359 1 045 1 984 1 063  483 81 24
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 22 929  156 3 044 3 728 5 075 4 733 2 035 1 841 2 317
Other fields of education  418 5 19 20 90  108  106 40 30
                   
Intermediate level 34 112 4 2 097 1 807 5 491 9 890 7 402 3 898 3 523
General subjects 4 882 -  207  126  793 2 136 1 237  321 62
Humanities and Arts 2 599 3  953  629  535  299  125 41 14
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 11 - - 2 2 3 4 - -
Social sciences and Law  289 -  116 70 50 41 5 7 -
Business and Administration 21 699 -  376  582 2 902 5 771 5 243 3 406 3 419
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 2 238 - 37  109  708  946  372 55 11
Health, Welfare and Sport 1 103 - 21  111  282  373  244 58 14
Primary Industries 52 - 27 9 8 5 2 1 -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 1 082 -  350  155  155  266  146 7 3
Other fields of education  157 1 10 14 56 50 24 2 -
                   
University and colleges, lower level  463 449 6 31 971 54 082  115 767  104 348 78 923 38 444 39 908
General subjects 67 - 2 3 33 17 3 5 4
Humanities and Arts 46 124 5 2 952 5 365 11 680 10 190 8 068 3 786 4 078
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  135 681 - 5 102 11 230 32 249 28 838 27 417 15 820 15 025
Social sciences and Law 24 508 - 5 407 5 719 5 549 4 018 2 320  972  523
Business and Administration 60 897 - 4 942 8 109 17 197 18 268 7 404 2 857 2 120
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 20 327 - 3 257 3 109 5 231 5 038 2 269  690  733
Health, Welfare and Sport  165 040 - 9 885 19 615 40 079 34 922 29 810 13 738 16 991
Primary Industries  906 -  133  201  318  178 62 10 4
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 4 418 1  262  634 2 011 1 105  270 69 66
Other fields of education 5 481 - 29 97 1 420 1 774 1 300  497  364
                   
University and colleges, higher level 99 179 -  596 12 888 34 964 25 125 14 701 6 183 4 722
General subjects 23 - - - 8 11 3 1 -
Humanities and Arts 15 896 - 35 1 403 5 239 3 565 2 584 1 704 1 366
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 6 431 - 22  599 1 518 1 320 1 595  844  533
Social sciences and Law 23 579 -  114 3 496 8 684 6 500 2 931 1 133  721
Business and Administration 8 277 -  132 1 873 3 652 1 685  749  166 20
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 19 544 -  113 2 674 7 147 6 058 2 299  675  578
Health, Welfare and Sport 22 051 -  175 2 614 7 618 4 936 3 922 1 435 1 351
Primary Industries 2 066 - 5  159  720  701  379 65 37
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services  382 - - 39 97  132 54 31 29
Other fields of education  930 - - 31  281  217  185  129 87
                   
Unknown  106 009 3 338 12 403 22 281 35 256 16 783 7 777 3 061 5 110

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