Appendix table 1. Population with educational qualification by level of education, field of education and gender 2018
Field of education Gender | Level of education | ||||||||
Total | Upper secondary education | Post-secondary non-tertiary education | Tertiary level total |
Short-cycle tertiary education | Bachelor’s or equivalent level | Master’s or equivalent level | Doctoral or equivalent level | ||
Total | Total | 3 399 532 | 1 885 053 | 41 471 | 1 473 008 | 431 981 | 542 023 | 450 497 | 48 507 |
Women | 1 760 313 | 894 718 | 19 290 | 846 305 | 266 122 | 305 029 | 253 547 | 21 607 | |
Generic programmes and qualifications | Total | 310 700 | 310 700 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Women | 149 319 | 149 319 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Education | Total | 104 778 | 1 978 | 671 | 102 129 | 11 224 | 40 456 | 48 130 | 2 319 |
Women | 81 959 | 850 | 126 | 80 983 | 10 070 | 30 957 | 38 370 | 1 586 | |
Arts and humanities | Total | 191 668 | 58 691 | 949 | 132 028 | 6 565 | 44 551 | 75 230 | 5 682 |
Women | 129 338 | 33 228 | 487 | 95 623 | 4 176 | 32 217 | 56 242 | 2 988 | |
Social sciences, journalism and information | Total | 79 102 | 570 | - | 78 532 | 3 831 | 16 187 | 53 042 | 5 472 |
Women | 52 048 | 428 | - | 51 620 | 2 279 | 10 549 | 35 780 | 3 012 | |
Business, administration and law | Total | 558 975 | 181 768 | 17 439 | 359 768 | 188 333 | 95 666 | 72 818 | 2 951 |
Women | 375 155 | 127 927 | 6 637 | 240 591 | 136 272 | 63 854 | 39 220 | 1 245 | |
Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics | Total | 55 053 | 2 958 | 58 | 52 037 | - | 8 219 | 34 141 | 9 677 |
Women | 28 588 | 1 395 | 29 | 27 164 | - | 4 408 | 18 881 | 3 875 | |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) | Total | 122 133 | 38 678 | 588 | 82 867 | 14 504 | 41 846 | 24 039 | 2 478 |
Women | 24 353 | 5 252 | 105 | 18 996 | 5 622 | 7 995 | 4 928 | 451 | |
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | Total | 910 987 | 623 356 | 6 809 | 280 822 | 74 306 | 125 811 | 72 723 | 7 982 |
Women | 147 609 | 103 920 | 1 500 | 42 189 | 5 592 | 18 759 | 15 959 | 1 879 | |
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary | Total | 137 204 | 95 053 | 819 | 41 332 | 13 771 | 14 377 | 11 704 | 1 480 |
Women | 48 134 | 32 028 | 264 | 15 842 | 3 324 | 5 727 | 6 032 | 759 | |
Health and welfare | Total | 509 524 | 232 127 | 3 352 | 274 045 | 94 227 | 123 089 | 46 722 | 10 007 |
Women | 443 628 | 204 497 | 2 961 | 236 170 | 86 957 | 109 506 | 34 086 | 5 621 | |
Services | Total | 413 359 | 336 353 | 10 786 | 66 220 | 24 696 | 30 703 | 10 543 | 278 |
Women | 277 051 | 234 540 | 7 181 | 35 330 | 11 543 | 20 424 | 3 252 | 111 | |
Unknown | Total | 6 049 | 2 821 | - | 3 228 | 524 | 1 118 | 1 405 | 181 |
Women | 3 131 | 1 334 | - | 1 797 | 287 | 633 | 797 | 80 |
Source: Education 2018. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Mika Witting 029 551 3571, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 5.11.2019
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Educational structure of population [e-publication].
ISSN=2242-2919. 2018,
Appendix table 1. Population with educational qualification by level of education, field of education and gender 2018
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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