Statistics Norway

Education level in the population

8 Immigrants 16 years and over, by sex, field of education and level of education
  Total Below upper secondary education Upper secondary education1 Tertiary education, short2 Tertiary education, long 3 Unknown level
Total  490 707  117 670  121 403 90 682 51 317  109 635
General subjects  147 049  110 799 35 427  754 69 -
Humanities and Arts 19 745  216 4 535 8 973 6 021 -
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 15 061 75 1 325 10 397 3 264 -
Social sciences and Law 9 327 16  897 4 345 4 069 -
Business and Administration 31 768 77 10 331 15 353 6 007 -
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 72 937  556 36 274 18 596 17 511 -
Health, Welfare and Sport 40 690 80 12 328 18 695 9 587 -
Primary Industries 5 674 84 2 893 1 480 1 217 -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 11 194  227 7 595 2 842  530 -
Unknown  137 262 5 540 9 798 9 247 3 042  109 635
             
Males  255 368 59 665 67 291 39 468 25 949 62 995
General subjects 72 254 55 394 16 417  396 47 -
Humanities and Arts 7 473  105 1 690 3 420 2 258 -
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 3 875 44  349 2 720  762 -
Social sciences and Law 3 629 10  408 1 683 1 528 -
Business and Administration 12 488 34 3 676 6 277 2 501 -
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 56 795  440 30 578 13 904 11 873 -
Health, Welfare and Sport 10 174 17 2 087 3 670 4 400 -
Primary Industries 3 769 65 2 066  964  674 -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 5 767  148 3 635 1 634  350 -
Unknown 79 144 3 408 6 385 4 800 1 556 62 995
             
Females  235 339 58 005 54 112 51 214 25 368 46 640
General subjects 74 795 55 405 19 010  358 22 -
Humanities and Arts 12 272  111 2 845 5 553 3 763 -
Teacher Training and Pedagogy 11 186 31  976 7 677 2 502 -
Social sciences and Law 5 698 6  489 2 662 2 541 -
Business and Administration 19 280 43 6 655 9 076 3 506 -
Natural sciences, Vocational and Technical subjects 16 142  116 5 696 4 692 5 638 -
Health, Welfare and Sport 30 516 63 10 241 15 025 5 187 -
Primary Industries 1 905 19  827  516  543 -
Transport and Communications, Safety and Security and other services 5 427 79 3 960 1 208  180 -
Unknown 58 118 2 132 3 413 4 447 1 486 46 640
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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