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 2021

2022-04-28

Three in ten people in the population aged 25–64 years are highly educated. These people often live in metropolitan municipalities and county seats. The majority of municipalities with the highest level of education are located in Stockholm County. Other municipalities with high levels of education are Lund, Lomma, Uppsala, Umeå, Mölndal and Linköping.

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Name	Type	Date
Population aged 25–64 by level of education, sex and born in Sweden/foreign born (from 2000), 1990–2021	Excel file	2022-04-28
Population by level of education, sex, age and born in Sweden/foreign born 2021	Excel file	2022-04-28
Population aged 25–64 by level of education, country of birth and sex, 2021	Excel file	2022-04-28
Population by level of education, sex, age (age-cohorts) and born in Sweden/foreign born, 2021	Excel file	2022-04-28
Foreign born population aged 25–64 by level of education, country of birth, sex and year for immigration, 2021	Excel file	2022-04-28
Population aged 25-64 by level and field of education, sex and age, 2021	Excel file	2022-04-28
Population by level of education, county and sex, 2021	Excel file	2022-04-28
Population by level of education, county, sex and born in Sweden/foreign born, 2021	Excel file	2022-04-28
Population by level of education, county, country of birth and sex, 2021	Excel file	2022-04-28
Population by level of education, municipality and born in Sweden/foreign born, 2021	Excel file	2022-04-28
Population by level of education, municipality and sex, 2021	Excel file	2022-04-28
Population by level of education, municipality, sex and born in Sweden/foreign born, 2021	Excel file	2022-04-28

Tables in the Statistical Database

Educational attainment of the population

Name	Date
Population 16-74 years of age by sex, age, national background, level of educational attainment and field of education (ISCED97 first digit). Year 2000 - 2018	2019-04-23
Immigrants and emigrants 16-74 years of age by sex, age, national background, level of educational attainment and field of education (ISCED97, first digit). Year 1990 - 2021	2022-04-28
Immigrants 16-74 years of age by sex, national background, level of educational attainment, field of education and country of emigration. Year of immigration 1987 - 2021	2022-04-28
Immigrants 16-74 years of age by sex, age, national background, type of migration, level of educational attainment and field of education. Year of immigration 1990 - 2021	2022-04-28
Emigrants 16-74 years of age by sex, national background, level of educational attainment, field of education and new country of residence. Year of emigration 1990 - 2021	2022-04-28
Emigrants 16-74 years of age by sex, age, national background, type of migration, level of educational attainment and field of education. Year of emigration 1990 - 2021	2022-04-28

Publications

Title	Language	Type	Date
Educational attainment of the population 2020	English	SM	2021-06-22
Educational attainment and employment of the population 2018	English	SM	2020-06-16
Educational attainment of the population 2018	English	SM	2019-06-18
Educational background among foreign born persons	English	Report	2018-12-05
Educational attainment of the population 2016	English	SM	2017-06-14
Nonresponse analysis of the Swedish Register of Education 2014	English	Report	2017-06-14
Educational attainment and employment of the population 2014	English	SM	2016-06-22
Theme: Education: Intergenerational Education Mobility in Sweden	English	SM	2016-02-09
Educational attainment of the population 2014	English	SM	2015-06-25
Theme: Education 2014:6 Educational background among foreign born persons	English	Rapport	2014-11-13
Theme: Education 2014:1 Student migration 2000–2012	English	Rapport	2014-01-13
Theme: Education 2014:2 Mobile students in Sweden	English	Rapport	2014-01-13

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