Appendix table 1. Population aged 15 or over by level of education and gender 2010
| Level | Gender | |||||
| Total | Men | Women | ||||
| % | % | % | ||||
| Population aged 15 or over | 4,487,599 | 100.0 | 2,184,771 | 100.0 | 2,302,828 | 100.0 |
| Basic education or less (ISCED 2 or less) | 1,482,696 | 33.0 | 733,038 | 33.6 | 749,658 | 32.6 |
| Population with educational qualifications | 3,004,903 | 67.0 | 1,451,733 | 66.4 | 1,553,170 | 67.4 |
| Upper secondary /Post-secondary non tertiary education (ISCED 3/4) | 1,758,056 | 39.2 | 912,105 | 41.7 | 845,951 | 36.7 |
| Tertiary level (ISCED 5/6) | 1,246,847 | 27.8 | 539,628 | 24.7 | 707,219 | 30.7 |
| ISCED 5 B programmes | 472,283 | 10.5 | 183,651 | 8.4 | 288,632 | 12.5 |
| ISCED 5 A Medium programmes (Bachelor level) | 395,862 | 8.8 | 176,959 | 8.1 | 218,903 | 9.5 |
| ISCED 5 A Long/very long programmes (Master level) | 342,598 | 7.6 | 157,587 | 7.2 | 185,011 | 8.0 |
| Second stage of tertiary Education (ISCED 6) | 36,104 | 0.8 | 21,431 | 1.0 | 14,673 | 0.6 |
| Licentiate's degree | 9,549 | 0.2 | 5,637 | 0.3 | 3,912 | 0.2 |
| Doctor's degree | 26,555 | 0.6 | 15,794 | 0.7 | 10,761 | 0.4 |
Source: Education 2011. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Aila Repo (09) 1734 3271, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 2.12.2011
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Educational structure of population [e-publication].
ISSN=2242-2919. 2010,
Appendix table 1. Population aged 15 or over by level of education and gender 2010
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 22.11.2024].
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