Born in Sweden or abroad, level of education

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Last update: 2023-04-27

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 25-64 born in Sweden or abroad, by level of education 2022-01-01

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	32 857	10	21 323	17	192 445	10	124 071	17
Upper secondary school <2 years	65 492	19	23 331	19	404 859	20	136 868	19
Upper secondary school 3 years	100 963	30	17 762	14	594 780	30	99 934	14
Tertiary education <3 years	56 397	17	17 721	14	325 717	16	105 097	14
Tertiary education >3 years	76 752	23	28 599	23	447 965	22	168 121	23
Postgraduate education	4 003	1	3 224	3	23 714	1	18 089	2
Unknown educational level	2 318	1	12 251	10	12 384	1	77 628	11
Population aged 25-64	338 782	100	124 211	100	2 001 864	100	729 808	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	17 918	6	20 231	17	104 345	5	117 042	16
Upper secondary school <2 years	45 258	14	19 096	16	280 316	15	116 500	16
Upper secondary school 3 years	78 535	24	16 448	14	466 130	24	95 437	13
Tertiary education <3 years	56 987	18	17 014	14	322 139	17	102 297	14
Tertiary education >3 years	120 888	37	35 470	30	711 810	37	218 394	31
Postgraduate education	3 093	1	2 312	2	19 331	1	14 119	2
Unknown educational level	1 472	0	7 554	6	8 415	0	49 042	7
Population aged 25-64	324 151	100	118 125	100	1 912 486	100	712 831	100
Source: Statistics Sweden