Participants in adult education 2025 – Level of education

Number of participants, 16 year or older, in adult education 2025 by type of operations, level of education and gender

Level of education Folkbildning, total Study circles Other folkbildning
  Total Women Men Total Women Men Total Women Men
Number of participants in Folkbildning 527 972 349 637 178 335 310 668 205 043 105 625 308 887 208 688 100 199
Share of (%)                  
Primary and secondary education 12.1 10.7 14.7 12.9 11.7 15.1 11.3 9.8 14.3
Upper secondary education, less than 3 years 15.8 16.1 15.1 16.7 17.5 15.1 14.8 14.8 14.8
Upper secondary education, 3 years 16.6 14.6 20.6 15.9 13.7 20.1 17.0 15.2 20.7
Post-secondary education, less than 3 years 17.9 18.1 17.4 17.9 17.9 17.8 18.2 18.5 17.4
Post-secondary education, 3 years or more (incl. Post-graduate education) 36.1 39.1 30.4 35.2 37.8 30.1 37.4 40.5 31.0
No information about level of education 1.5 1.4 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.8 1.4 1.2 1.8

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Source
SCB

Last updated
2026-04-30

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