Norway Yearbook - 2003

Education
1 71 Highest education completed for persons 16 years and over
Total
Persons
Per cent1
Primary
Primary and Unknown and Upper Tertiary Tertiary
Upper Tertiary Tertiary
lower
or no
lower secondary educa- educasecondary
education education
Total
secondary
completed second- educa- tion tion
education2 short long4
education education ary edu- tion2 short4 long4
cation
1970... 2873100 1529180 1116937 158836 47683 20464 100.0 53.6 39.2 5.6 1.7
1980... 3136274 1365735 1363888 269834 73675 63142 100.0 44.5 44.4 8.8 2.4
1990... 3399682 1110777 1696399 400470 102637 89399 100.0 33.6 51.3 12.1 3.1
2000... 3558449 765342 1956014 596674 161 992 78427 100.0 22.0 56.3 17.2 4.7
2001 ... 3571207 738613 1970400 609399 167730 85065 100.0 21.2 56.6 17.5 4.8
1Not included persons with unknown or no completed education. 2lncluding the level 'Intermediate level which comprises education based on
completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education. 3Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education
four years or shorter. 4Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than four years.
Source: Education-level in the population, Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/utniv_ers/ and http:thvww.ssb.no/utelstud_en/
1 72 Highest education' completed for persons 16 years and over, by county. 2001
Persons
Per cent
Primary and Unknown Primary
Upper
lower
Tertiary or no corn-
and lower
Total
secondary
Total
secondary
education pleted secondary
education2
education education education
Upper
secondary
education
Tertiary
education
The whole country 3571 207 738 613 1 970 400 777 129 85065 100.0 21.2 56.5 22.3
.
Østfold 202279 50021 114300 34264 3694 100.0 25.2 57.6 17.3
Akershus 368347 60714 197680 101 659 8294 100.0 16.9 54.9 28.2
Oslo 422530 62797 189300 145521 24912 100.0 15.8 47.6 36.6
Hedmark 151 980 42060 82742 24713 2465 100.0 28.1 55.3 16.5
Oppland 148042 37643 83945 24114 2340 100.0 25.8 57.6 16.6
Buskerud 191 255 43328 107 099 36658 4170 100.0 23.2 57.2 19.6
Vestfold 171 497 33570 100 220 34586 3 121 100.0 19.9 59.5 20.5
Telemark 132 641 31 494 76 121 22670 2356 100.0 24.2 58.4 17.4
Aust-Agder 80994 15316 48 685 15 560 1 433 100.0 19.3 61.2 19.6
Vest-Agder 122 166 22651 73030 23832 2653 100.0 19.0 61.1 19.9
Rogaland 290405 55318 169466 59093 6528 100.0 19.5 59.7 20.8
l-lordaland 340769 66014 191 738 76664 6353 100.0 19.7 57.3 22.9
SognogFjordane 83560 17356 50102 14653 1449 100.0 21.1 61.0 17.8
Møre og Romsdal 191 931 43082 113 129 32683 3037 100.0 22.8 59.9 17.3
Sør-Trøndelag 209653 42530 115417 47919 3787 100.0 20.7 56.1 23.3
Nord-Trøndelag 99546 21 697 59409 17191 1 249 100.0 22.1 60.4 17.5
Nordland 187 280 49542 104 167 30547 3024 100.0 26.9 56.5 16.6
Troms 118941 28080 63815 24571 2475 100.0 24.1 54.8 21.1
Finnmark Finnmárku . . 57379 15395 30033 10230 1 721 100.0 27.7 54.0 18.4
Unknown 12 5 2 1 4 100.0 62.5 25.0 12.5
'Not included persons with unknown or no completed education 2 Including the level "Intermediate level" which comprises education based
on completed upper secondary level, but which are not accredited as tertiary education.
Source: Education-level in the population, Statistics Norway.
More information: http://w'ww.ssb.no/utniv_enl and http:/Ánww,ssb.no/utelstud_ersl
168 Statistical Yearbook of Norway 2003