Born in Sweden or abroad, level of education

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Last update: 2025-04-28

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 2024

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	31 672	9	21 866	17	185 734	9	126 770	16
Upper secondary school <2 years	62 477	18	25 068	19	385 774	19	144 952	19
Upper secondary school 3 years	104 470	30	19 267	15	615 608	30	107 296	14
Tertiary education <3 years	58 724	17	18 815	14	338 539	17	111 236	14
Tertiary education >3 years	80 480	23	30 858	23	468 827	23	178 599	23
Postgraduate education	4 065	1	3 507	3	24 083	1	18 947	2
Unknown educational level	2 418	1	12 499	9	12 936	1	81 555	11
Population aged 25-64	344 306	100	131 880	100	2 031 501	100	769 355	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	16 961	5	19 843	16	98 903	5	117 078	15
Upper secondary school <2 years	42 398	13	20 032	16	262 912	14	124 178	16
Upper secondary school 3 years	78 897	24	17 164	14	468 438	24	101 663	13
Tertiary education <3 years	58 766	18	18 579	15	330 663	17	113 717	15
Tertiary education >3 years	127 375	39	39 551	32	751 762	39	244 765	32
Postgraduate education	3 253	1	2 605	2	20 135	1	15 922	2
Unknown educational level	1 552	0	7 594	6	8 836	0	52 033	7
Population aged 25-64	329 202	100	125 368	100	1 941 649	100	769 356	100
Source: Statistics Sweden