Statistics Norway

Education level in the population

6 Immigrants 16 years and over, by level of education, sex and region
  Total No completed education Below upper secondary education Upper secondary education1 Tertiary education, short2 Tertiary education, long 3 Unknown education
Total  490 707 8 585  117 670  121 403 90 682 51 317  101 050
Nordic countries 63 594  279 9 072 19 980 15 358 7 036 11 869
Non EU countries in Eastern Europe 46 487  377 12 579 14 176 8 595 5 882 4 878
Western Europe except Nordic countries and Turkey 54 300  196 7 917 11 996 13 823 10 882 9 486
EU countries in Eastern Europe  100 314  231 10 277 30 173 14 192 9 856 35 585
Asia including Turkey  148 219 4 876 52 960 29 346 25 861 10 355 24 821
Africa 50 807 2 423 19 998 9 583 6 395 2 650 9 758
South and Central America 16 562  176 3 928 4 250 3 274 2 170 2 764
North America 8 681 22  805 1 596 2 568 2 189 1 501
Oceania 1 743 5  134  303  616  297  388
               
Males  255 368 2 998 59 665 67 291 39 468 25 949 59 997
Nordic countries 31 639  185 4 713 10 049 5 518 3 690 7 484
Non EU countries in Eastern Europe 20 143  100 5 729 6 960 3 387 1 917 2 050
Western Europe except Nordic countries and Turkey 31 374  146 4 779 6 906 7 104 6 260 6 179
EU countries in Eastern Europe 63 902  141 6 159 20 970 5 996 4 164 26 472
Asia including Turkey 68 727 1 542 25 495 14 336 10 851 5 804 10 699
Africa 27 503  807 10 738 5 366 3 883 1 884 4 825
South and Central America 6 915 61 1 628 1 869 1 281  906 1 170
North America 4 083 13  345  653 1 097 1 132  843
Oceania 1 082 3 79  182  351  192  275
               
Females  235 339 5 587 58 005 54 112 51 214 25 368 41 053
Nordic countries 31 955 94 4 359 9 931 9 840 3 346 4 385
Non EU countries in Eastern Europe 26 344  277 6 850 7 216 5 208 3 965 2 828
Western Europe except Nordic countries and Turkey 22 926 50 3 138 5 090 6 719 4 622 3 307
EU countries in Eastern Europe 36 412 90 4 118 9 203 8 196 5 692 9 113
Asia including Turkey 79 492 3 334 27 465 15 010 15 010 4 551 14 122
Africa 23 304 1 616 9 260 4 217 2 512  766 4 933
South and Central America 9 647  115 2 300 2 381 1 993 1 264 1 594
North America 4 598 9  460  943 1 471 1 057  658
Oceania  661 2 55  121  265  105  113
1  Including the level 'Intermediate level' which comprises education 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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