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Statistics about
Adults in primary and lower secondary school
The statistics cover participants and measures in primary and lower secondary school for adults. Participants from both module-structured and regular education are included in the statistics.
Selected figures from this statistics
- Adult participants in primary and lower secondary schoolDownload table as ...Adult participants in primary and lower secondary school
2023/2024 Both sexes Males Females Unknown sex Share of males Share of females Years, total 7 376 2 427 4 798 151 32.9 65.0 16-19 years 1 136 775 361 0 68.2 31.8 20-29 years 1 597 601 996 0 37.6 62.4 30-39 years 2 341 512 1 829 0 21.9 78.1 40-49 years 1 579 385 1 194 0 24.4 75.6 50 years or older 563 148 415 0 26.3 73.7 Unknown age 160 6 3 151 3.8 1.9 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Adult participants in primary and lower secondary school, by region and sexDownload table as ...Adult participants in primary and lower secondary school, by region and sex
2023/2024 Both sexes Males Females Unknown sex The whole country 7 376 2 427 4 798 151 Østfold 496 150 335 11 Akershus 928 337 589 2 Oslo 1 506 372 1 132 2 Innlandet 444 185 249 10 Buskerud 243 69 170 4 Vestfold 329 109 219 1 Telemark 201 60 140 1 Agder 587 220 326 41 Rogaland 719 223 477 19 Vestland 590 207 355 28 Møre og Romsdal 247 70 172 5 Trøndelag - Trööndelage 544 209 330 5 Nordland - Nordlánnda 235 86 136 13 Troms - Romsa - Tromssa 227 93 127 7 Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku 80 37 41 2 Svalbard 0 0 0 0 306241 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Adult participants in primary and lower secondary school, by module and sexDownload table as ...Adult participants in primary and lower secondary school, by module and sex1
2023/2024 Both sexes Males Females Unknown sex Total 3 749 1 297 2 389 63 Module 1 583 226 340 17 Module 2 748 255 470 23 Module 3 943 301 630 12 Module 4 1 275 438 829 8 Basic module 200 77 120 3 1Includes only participants with module-structured training Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Adult participants in primary and lower secondary school, by country backgroundDownload table as ...Adult participants in primary and lower secondary school, by country background
2023/2024 Number of participants Share of participants Total 7 376 100.0 Ukraine 309 4.2 Eritrea 836 11.3 Ethiopia 193 2.6 Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) 483 6.5 Morocco 109 1.5 Somalia 864 11.7 Sudan 194 2.6 South Sudan 76 1.0 Afghanistan 736 10.0 Iraq 200 2.7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 123 1.7 Pakistan 101 1.4 Syrian Arab Republic (the) 2 106 28.6 Thailand 80 1.1 Türkiye 56 0.8 Rest of the countries 910 12.3 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Adult participants in primary and lower secondary school, by years of residenceDownload table as ...Adult participants in primary and lower secondary school, by years of residence
2023/2024 Number of participants Share of participants Total 7 376 100.0 Under 1 year of residence 131 1.8 1 year of residence 840 11.4 2 years of residence 1 070 14.5 3 years of residence 1 036 14.0 4 years of residence 504 6.8 5 years of residence 528 7.2 6 years of residence 490 6.6 7 years of residence 492 6.7 8 years of residence 447 6.1 9 years of residence 235 3.2 10 years or more of residence 1 436 19.5 Not immigrated 16 0.2 Unknown years of residence 151 2.0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Adult participants in primary and lower secondary school, by age, sex and share of immigrantsDownload table as ...Adult participants in primary and lower secondary school, by age, sex and share of immigrants
2023/2024 Both sexes Males Females Unknown sex Share of all immigrants, both sexes Share of all immigrants, males Share of all immigrants, females Years, total 7 376 2 427 4 798 151 0.9 0.6 1.1 16-19 years 1 136 775 361 0 3.3 4.3 2.3 20-29 years 1 597 601 996 0 1.3 0.9 1.6 30-39 years 2 341 512 1 829 0 1.0 0.4 1.6 40-49 years 1 579 385 1 194 0 0.7 0.3 1.1 50 years or older 563 148 415 0 0.2 0.1 0.3 Unknown age 160 6 3 151 0.0 0.0 0.0 Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 20 March 2024.
Participant
A person who, during the reference period, was registered by a municipality, school, or adult education center as a participant in primary and lower secondray school for adults according to section 4A-1 of the Education Act.
Adults in primary and lower secondary school
Section 4A-1 of the Education Act states that adults in need of primary and lower secondary school training have an individual right to education. Adults who cannot benefit satisfactorily from regular education are entitled to special education under section 4A-2 of the Education Act. The municipality is responsible for providing such education.
Module-structured education
Module-structured education (hkdir.no) involves organizing the education into smaller units. Participants are to be assessed and placed in the module that best matches the competence they already possess. The levels range from module 1 to module 4. In addition, there is a basic module for participants who have not previously learned to read and write.
Immigrant
Individuals who are born abroad to two foreign-born parents and have four foreign-born grandparents.
Norwegian-born with immigrant parents.
Individuals who are born in Norway to two foreign-born parents and have four foreign-born grandparents.
Country Background
Own, or possibly mother's, father's, or grandparents' foreign country of birth. For individuals born abroad, this is (with few exceptions) their own country of birth. For individuals born in Norway, it is the country of birth of their parents. In cases where the parents have different countries of birth, the mother's country of birth is chosen.
Age
Age of participants according to the Standard for Age Classification.
Name: Adults in Primary and lower secondary school
Subject: Education
Section for Education and Culture Statistics
National and county level
Annual
Collected and revised data are stored securely by Statistics Norway in compliance with applicable legislation on data processing.
Statistics Norway can grant access to the source data (de-identified or anonymised microdata) on which the statistics are based, for researchers and public authorities for the purposes of preparing statistical results and analyses. Access can be granted upon application and subject to conditions. Refer to the details about this at Access to data from Statistics Norway.
The statistics Adults in primary and lower secondary school aim to identify who the participants are, how the education is conducted, and how the participants who start the education fare.
The data is collected through mandatory reporting from municipalities and adult education centers. In the autumn of 2022, Statistics Norway (SSB) conducted a pilot reporting where adult education centers and municipalities reported all adult participants in primary and lower secondary school. This data collection resulted in the article "Hvem er deltakerne i grunnskoleopplæring for voksne?" which was published in August, 2023.
In the autumn of 2023, the first regular data collection was conducted, and the statistics Adults in primary and lower secondary school was first published in March 2024.
Users of the statistics are key authorities such as the Ministry of Education and Research (KD), the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion (AID), the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (HK-dir), and the Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training (Udir).
Municipalities, educational institutions, researchers, students, and the media are also among the users.
No external users have access to statistics before they are released at 8 a.m. on ssb.no after at least three months’ advance notice in the release calendar. This is one of the most important principles in Statistics Norway for ensuring the equal treatment of users.
The statistics can also be seen in connection with statistics such as Pupils in primary and lower secondary school, KOSTRA - Municipal Stat Reporting, Adult education, Introduction programme for immigrants, Norwegian for Adult Immigrants, and Lifelong learning.
Data on adults in primary school education are collected annually in the database Grunnskolens informasjonssystem (GSI) (udir.no). The data here is not collected at the individual level, as in the Adults in primary and lower secondary school statistics.
The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).
The statistics are part of the national program for official statistics 2024-2027, in the main area of Education, the sub-area of Primary Schools, emphasizing that the statistics cover adult participants in primary schools.
Not relevant
The statistics for adults in primary and lower secondary school include information about each participant, reported by the municipality or adult education centre to which the participant is affiliated. The statistics cover all those registered as participants in the relevant period/school year. It provides information about the participant's sex, age, and country background. Information about modules, subjects, number of lessons and status of education are also collected.
The statistics are based on information which the municipality or adult education centre has reported to Statistics Norway, via Altinn. The reporting is mandatory.
Data Collection
Statistics on participants in adult education are based on information reported by municipalities or adult education centres to Statistics Norway (SSB). The information is reported on a form prepared by SSB for these statistics.
Editing
Editing is defined here as checking, examining and amending data.
When reported to SSB, the data are initially checked whether the form is filled out correctly and if there are any obvious errors. After the data is machine-readable, more detailed controls are conducted, in addition to controls against the previous survey and other available data. All Personal ID-numbers are checked for errors and subsequently pseudonymized.
Not relevant
Interviewers and everyone who works at Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality. Statistics Norway has its own data protection officer.
Statistics Norway does not publish figures where there is a risk of identifying individual data about persons or households.
More information can be found on Statistics Norway’s website under Methods in official statistics, in the ‘Confidentiality’ section.
A pilot reporting was conducted in 2022. After the pilot reporting, an evaluation report was published in 2023. As a result of this evaluation, several changes were made from the data collection in 2022 to the data collection in 2023, documented in the evaluation report.
Some errors related to the collection and processing of data may occur. These can be code errors, revision errors, errors in data processing, etc. However, work has been done to minimize such errors.
A revision is a planned change to figures that have already been published, for example when releasing final figures as a follow-up to published preliminary figures. See also Statistics Norway’s principles for revisions.