Statistics Norway

Education level in the population

4 Population 16 years and over, by age, level of education and field of education. 2011
Level and field of education Total Age
Total 16-19 years 20-24 years 25-29 years 30-34 years 35-39 years 40-49 years 50-59 years 60-66 years 67 years and above
                     
Total 3 999 434  259 181  329 266  320 154  324 353  350 402  724 142  628 424  400 272  663 240
                     
Below upper secondary 1 108 171  220 563 94 041 65 402 56 872 50 983  143 792  140 630 87 065  248 823
                     
Upper secondary education1 1 638 641 30 928  163 766  104 411  107 167  136 460  304 190  287 378  205 999  298 342
General subjects  436 363 23 165 75 942 22 775 22 203 24 146 55 630 54 938 61 841 95 723
Humanities and Arts 57 510 1 721 10 631 7 078 5 587 4 035 6 896 8 051 4 648 8 863
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 2 811 - 84  128  175  217  478  624  456  649
Social sciences and Law 8 704 1 700 5 317  812  201  243  293 81 30 27
Business and Administration  254 261 1 7 540 7 847 9 011 21 110 50 805 56 053 40 710 61 184
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  504 142  835 36 088 40 352 42 201 55 679  122 439 96 298 51 933 58 317
Health, Welfare and Sport  214 721 3 017 17 667 13 685 16 301 17 258 40 031 44 100 26 714 35 948
Primary Industries 52 013  327 2 728 2 598 3 151 4 353 8 945 10 014 6 099 13 798
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 97 837  147 7 083 7 902 6 725 7 612 15 859 15 644 13 249 23 616
Other fields of education 10 279 15  686 1 234 1 612 1 807 2 814 1 575  319  217
                     
University and colleges, lower level2  838 283 11 54 137 95 725 95 738  105 345  187 950  142 446 76 177 80 754
General subjects  763 - 71  157  137  140  152 63 30 13
Humanities and Arts 80 727 9 4 866 9 208 8 581 11 829 18 169 14 549 6 838 6 678
Teacher Training and Pedagogy  197 658 - 6 769 15 582 17 955 23 926 41 128 38 403 26 114 27 781
Social sciences and Law 47 261 1 8 411 10 635 5 553 5 343 8 003 5 185 2 458 1 672
Business and Administration  141 193 - 9 791 16 964 17 819 18 447 39 604 20 453 9 729 8 386
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects  126 805 - 10 165 14 743 14 507 13 024 24 963 21 832 12 352 15 219
Health, Welfare and Sport  201 400 1 12 432 24 183 25 253 24 463 43 042 36 407 16 737 18 882
Primary Industries 3 680 -  270  602  609  647 1 006  387 86 73
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 24 345 - 1 067 2 698 3 797 5 397 7 536 2 087  651 1 112
Other fields of education 14 451 -  295  953 1 527 2 129 4 347 3 080 1 182  938
                     
University and colleges, higher level3  286 669 - 1 638 31 177 43 667 42 008 66 927 46 330 26 654 28 268
General subjects 69 - 1 - 7 13 30 10 3 5
Humanities and Arts 34 495 -  107 2 822 4 889 5 290 7 268 5 456 4 318 4 345
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 11 942 - 51 1 336 1 413 1 486 2 273 2 364 1 582 1 437
Social sciences and Law 51 710 -  213 6 215 8 028 7 961 13 296 7 633 4 730 3 634
Business and Administration 26 393 -  329 5 338 6 568 4 908 5 962 2 344  727  217
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 95 172 -  555 9 855 14 005 13 450 23 981 14 940 8 290 10 096
Health, Welfare and Sport 48 749 -  313 4 711 7 207 6 820 9 616 9 143 5 110 5 829
Primary Industries 7 643 - 16  359  632 1 026 1 832 1 750  745 1 283
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 6 179 - 19  190  241  293 1 603 2 008  754 1 071
Other fields of education 4 317 - 34  351  677  761 1 066  682  395  351
                     
Unknown  127 670 7 679 15 684 23 439 20 909 15 606 21 283 11 640 4 377 7 053
1  Includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
2  Tertiary education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.
3  Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.

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