08921: Persons 16 years and above, by sex, age, level of education, contents, year and region

	1990		1991		1992		2007		2018
	Persons 16 years and older (per cent)
	0 The whole country	12 Hordaland (-2019)	0 The whole country	12 Hordaland (-2019)	0 The whole country	12 Hordaland (-2019)	0 The whole country	12 Hordaland (-2019)	0 The whole country	12 Hordaland (-2019)
Both sexes
Total, all ages (16 years and more)
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Basic school level	41.5	40.2	40.5	39.1	39.5	38.0	30.5	28.8	25.8	23.9
Upper secondary education	42.9	43.3	43.3	43.8	43.6	44.3	43.1	43.9	37.2	37.9
Tertiary vocational education	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	3.2
Higher education, short	12.3	13.3	12.9	13.8	13.5	14.4	20.2	20.8	24.1	24.6
Higher education, long	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	6.2	6.5	10.0	10.2
Unknown or no completed education	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

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Footnotes

For many immigrants SSB has no information about their level of education. From the 2014 figures level of education includes estimated level of education for missing values for immigrants. For more information see About the statistics. People with unknown or no completed education are not included. . = Category not applicable. Figures do not exist at this time, because the category was not in use when the figures were collected.

region

See list over changes in regional classifications (in Norwegian).

Tables that use the new regional division also for the years before 2024.

level of education

Upper secondary education

Prior to 2016, tertiary vocational education was included. Tertiary vocational education comprises intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as higher education.

Tertiary vocational education

Includes intermediate level courses based on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as higher education.

Higher education, short

Tertiary education, short comprises higher education up to 4 years in duration.

Higher education, long

Tertiary education, long comprises higher education more than 4 years in duration.

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Educational attainment of the population