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Appendix table 1. Population aged 15 or over by level of education and gender 2012

Level Gender 
Total  Men Women 
%
Total  4 535 282 100,0 2 211 066 100,0 2 324 216 100,0
Basic education  or less (ISCED 2 or less)  1 428 220 31,5 711 384 32,2 716 836 30,8
Population with educational qualifications 3 107 062 68,5 1 499 682 67,8 1 607 380 69,2
Upper secondary /Post-secondary non tertiary education (ISCED 3/4) 1 807 322 39,9 941 192 42,6 866 130 37,3
ISCED 5 B programmes 462 348 10,2 179 354 8,1 282 994 12,2
ISCED 5 A Medium programmes (Bachelor level) 432 504 9,5 191 071 8,6 241 433 10,4
ISCED 5 A Long/very long programmes (Master level) 366 179 8,1 165 559 7,5 200 620 8,6
Second stage of tertiary Education (ISCED 6) 38 709 0,9 22 506 1,0 16 203 0,7

Source: Education 2013. Statistics Finland

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Director in charge: Riitta Harala


Updated 4.12.2013

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Educational structure of population [e-publication].
ISSN=2242-2919. 2012, Appendix table 1. Population aged 15 or over by level of education and gender 2012 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 19.3.2024].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/vkour/2012/vkour_2012_2013-12-04_tau_001_en.html