Tertiary education in Nord-Norge

In Nord-Norge, 43.7% of people aged 25 to 64 had completed tertiary education in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, by region Unit: % of people aged 25 to 64 Data: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Nord-Norge, 2025 43.7% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +2.1percentage points 2024: 41.6%
Norway, 2025 50.2% Country total
Position in 2025 58th of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Nord-Norge over time

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% of people aged 25 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, by region (% of people aged 25 to 64), 2001 to 2025
Period Nord-NorgeNorway
2025 43.7% 50.2%
2024 41.6% 49.2%
2023 42.3% 48.4%
2022 42.8% 47.5%
2021 39.9%b (break in time series) 47.0%b (break in time series)
2020 40.3% 45.3%
2019 40.5% 44.0%
2018 40.3% 43.7%
2017 39.2% 43.2%
2016 39.5% 43.2%
2015 38.7% 43.2%
2014 38.9%b (break in time series) 42.3%b (break in time series)
2013 35.2% 39.8%
2012 32.1% 38.6%
2011 33.5% 37.6%
2010 33.4% 36.9%
2009 32.6% 35.9%
2008 31.8% 35.5%
2007 30.2% 34.4%
2006 28.3%b (break in time series) 33.1%b (break in time series)
2005 28.5% 32.6%
2004 28.6% 32.3%
2003 26.2% 31.3%
2002 29.7% 33.9%
2001 29.9% 34.1%

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.1 percentage points from 41.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 38.7%, the figure has changed by +5.0 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
  • Among the 289 regions with data for 2025, Nord-Norge has the 58th highest value.
  • The figure for Norway in 2025 was 50.2%.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
edat_lfse_04 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T age=Y25-64 isced11=ED5-8 unit=PC
Observation period
2000 to 2025 for Nord-Norge
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat