Appendix table 1. Population aged 15 or over by level of education and gender 2011

Level	Gender
	Total		Men		Women
		%		%		%
Total	4 512 285	100,0	2 198 362	100,0	2 313 923	100,0
Basic education or less (ISCED 2 or less)	1 455 959	32,3	722 387	32,9	733 572	31,7
Population with educational qualifications	3 056 326	67,7	1 475 975	67,1	1 580 351	68,3
Upper secondary /Post-secondary non tertiary education (ISCED 3/4)	1 783 389	39,5	927 200	42,2	856 189	37,0
Tertiary level (ISCED 5/6)	1 272 937	28,2	548 775	24,9	724 162	31,3
ISCED 5 B programmes	467 164	10,4	181 464	8,2	285 700	12,3
ISCED 5 A Medium programmes (Bachelor level)	414 622	9,2	184 002	8,4	230 620	10,0
ISCED 5 A Long/very long programmes (Master level)	353 721	7,8	161 339	7,3	192 382	8,3
Second stage of tertiary Education (ISCED 6)	37 430	0,8	21 970	1,0	15 460	0,7
Licentiate's degree	9 507	0,2	5 575	0,3	3 932	0,2
Doctor's degree	27 923	0,6	16 395	0,7	11 528	0,5

Source: Education 2012. Statistics Finland

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Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

Updated 4.12.2012

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Educational structure of population [e-publication].
ISSN=2242-2919. 2011, Appendix table 1. Population aged 15 or over by level of education and gender 2011 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 27.12.2024].
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