Born in Sweden or abroad, level of education

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Last update: 2024-04-29

Explanation

The statistics on the education of the population are based on the national register of individuals Befolkningens utbildning – commonly referred to as Utbildningsregistret. The classification of levels is in accordance with the Swedish Education Nomenclature (SUN). The register is updated annually.
The Education Register (UREG) as of the version of 2001-01-01 regarding the year 2000, has been subjected to major changes to improve quality, which has led to an interruption in the time series, which means that any comparisons with earlier versions must be undertaken with great caution.

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Population aged 25-65 born in Sweden or abroad, by level of education 2023-01-01

Level of education	Västra Götaland County				Sweden
	Men born in Sweden		Men born abroad		Men born in Sweden		Men born abroad
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Elementary/comprehensive school	33 056	10	21 905	17	193 333	9	126 847	17
Upper secondary school <2 years	65 414	19	24 383	19	404 264	20	141 434	19
Upper secondary school 3 years	103 149	30	18 579	14	608 298	30	103 948	14
Tertiary education <3 years	58 107	17	18 275	14	335 385	16	108 116	14
Tertiary education >3 years	79 228	23	30 246	23	461 476	23	174 630	23
Postgraduate education	4 095	1	3 409	3	24 263	1	18 693	2
Unknown educational level	2 368	1	12 679	10	12 718	1	81 014	11
Population aged 25-64	345 417	100	129 476	100	2 039 737	100	754 682	100

Level of education	Västra Götaland County				Sweden
	Women born in Sweden		Women born abroad		Women born in Sweden		Women born abroad
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Elementary/comprehensive school	17 896	5	20 332	17	104 292	5	117 325	16
Upper secondary school <2 years	45 050	14	19 730	16	279 376	14	119 517	16
Upper secondary school 3 years	79 104	24	17 066	14	470 012	24	98 621	13
Tertiary education <3 years	58 661	18	17 715	14	330 862	17	106 061	14
Tertiary education >3 years	125 042	38	37 628	31	736 317	38	229 027	31
Postgraduate education	3 204	1	2 495	2	19 963	1	14 942	2
Unknown educational level	1 507	0	7 669	6	8 674	0	50 567	7
Population aged 25-64	330 464	100	122 635	100	1 949 496	100	736 060	100
Source: Statistics Sweden