Educational attainment of the population

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The statistics show the level of education and specialisation by sex, age and national background. Also shown are the country of emigration and immigration year for immigrants, and the immigration country and emigration year for emigrants.

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Educational attainment of the population in 2017 - Educational attainment among foreign born persons 2017

2018-12-05

The share of persons with post-secondary education is the equal among persons born in Sweden and foreign born persons aged 25 to 64 years. The share of highly educated persons – those with post-secondary education that is three years or longer – is also equal in size. The difference between the group of foreign born persons and the group of Swedish born persons is a higher percentage of persons with only compulsory education among the foreign born persons – 20 percent compared with 9 percent.

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Name	Type	Date
Population aged 25–64 by level of education, sex and born in Sweden/foreign born (from 2000), 1990–2017	Excel file	2018-04-19
Population by level of education, sex, age and born in Sweden/foreign born 2017	Excel file	2018-04-19
Population aged 25–64 by level of education, country of birth and sex, 2017	Excel file	2018-04-19
Population by level of education, sex, age (age-cohorts) and born in Sweden/foreign born, 2017	Excel file	2018-04-19
Foreign born population aged 25–64 by level of education, country of birth, sex and year for immigration, 2017	Excel file	2018-04-19
Population aged 25-64 by level and field of education, sex and age, 2017	Excel file	2018-04-19
Population by level of education, county and sex, 2017	Excel file	2018-04-19
Population by level of education, county, sex and born in Sweden/foreign born, 2017	Excel file	2018-04-19
Population by level of education, county, country of birth and sex, 2017	Excel file	2018-04-19
Population by level of education, municipality and born in Sweden/foreign born, 2017	Excel file	2018-04-19
Population by level of education, municipality and sex, 2017	Excel file	2018-04-19
Population by level of education, municipality, sex and born in Sweden/foreign born, 2017	Excel file	2018-04-19

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Publications

Title	Language	Type	Date
Educational background among foreign born persons	Swedish with elements of English	Report	2018-12-05
Educational attainment of the population 2016	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2017-06-21
Nonresponse analysis of the Swedish Register of Education 2014	Swedish with elements of English	Report	2017-06-19
Educational attainment and employment of the population 2014	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2016-06-22
Theme: Education: Intergenerational Education Mobility in Sweden	Swedish with elements of English	Report	2016-02-09
Educational attainment of the population 2014	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2015-06-25
Theme: Education 2014:6 Educational background among foreign born persons	Swedish with elements of English	Report	2014-11-13
Theme: Education 2014:2 Mobile students in Sweden	Swedish with elements of English	Report	2014-01-13
Theme: Education 2014:1 Student migration 2000–2012	Swedish with elements of English	Report	2014-01-13
Educational attainment of the population 2012	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2013-06-26
Educational attainment and employment of the population 2010	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2012-06-27
Educational attainment of the population 2010, corrected version 2012-09-07	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2011-06-22
Educational attainment of the population 2008, corrected version 2012-09-07	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2009-06-25
Educational attainment and employment of the population 2006, corrected 2012-09-12	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2008-06-26
Educational attainment of the population 2006, corrected version 2012-09-07	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2007-06-27
Educational attainment of the population 2004	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2005-06-15
Educational attainment of the population 2002	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2003-07-01
Educational attainment of emigrants and immigrants 1987–2001	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2002-12-04
Educational attaniment and employment of the population 2000	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2002-06-28
Educational attainment of the population 2000	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2001-11-09
Educational attainment of immigrants 1999	Swedish with elements of English	SM	2000-06-08

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