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SOCIETYEducationinNorwayCHAPTER

01OverviewHighesteducationcompletedamongthepopulationinNorwayin2022EducationalattainmentofthepopulationinNorway2022Belowuppersecondaryeducation23.7%Highereducation36.9%Tertiaryvocationaleducation3.2%Uppersecondaryeducation36.3%3Description:Asof2022,36.9percentofNorwegianshadachievedahighereducation,representingthemostcommoneducationallevelattainedinthecountry.TheNorwegianeducationsystemisdividedintothreelevels:primaryschool,uppersecondaryschoolandhighereducation.Whileprimaryschooliscompulsoryforeveryonebetweensixand16years,uppersecondaryschoolisanoptionalthree-yearlongeducation,leadingeithertovocational-orhighereducation.

ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2022;16yearsandolderSource(s):StatisticsNorwayDistributionofhighesteducationcompletedamongthepopulationinNorwayin2022,bygenderEducationalattainmentofthepopulationinNorway2022,bygenderMenWomen45%39.6%40%35%30%25%20%15%10%5%33%30.3%24.6%22.8%20.3%11.5%11.6%3.9%2.4%0%BelowuppersecondaryeducationUppersecondaryeducation

TertiaryvocationaleducationHighereducation(3years)Highereducation(5yearsormore)*4Description:ThemostcommoneducationcompletedamongNorwegianmenasof2022wasuppersecondaryeducation,withnearly40percent.Amongwomen,highereducationwasthemostcommon,withover40percenthavingcompletedone,ofwhich30percentheldadegreeofthreeyears.ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2022;16yearsandolderSource(s):StatisticsNorwayNumberofpupilsinprimaryschoolinNorwayfrom2010to2023NumberofpupilsinprimaryschoolinNorway2010-2023700,000633,029

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618,996600,000500,000400,000300,000200,000100,0000201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220235Description:PrimaryschoolsarecompulsoryinNorwayforeveryonebetweensixand16years,andeducationisfreeinpublicschools.Duringthepastdecade,thenumberofpupilsinprimaryschoolsincreasedfrom2011.In2023,therewere637,000pupilsonprimaryschoolinNorway.ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2010to2023;Incl.bothprimaryschoolandmunicipalschoolSource(s):StatisticsNorwayNumberofstudentsinhighereducationinNorwayfrom2010to2023NumberofstudentsinhighereducationinNorway2010-2023350,000300,000250,000200,000150,000100,00050,0000201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220236Description:Overthepastdecade,thenumberofstudentsinhighereducationincreasedinNorway.In2010,therewereapproximately240,000studentsenrolledinhighereducationalinstitutions,butin2023,thenumberhadreachedover310,000.DuringtheCOVID-19pandemic,whichcausedrisingunemployment,morepeoplechosetopursueastudy,explainingthehighernumberofstudentsin2021.Overthelast10years,therewereconsistentlymorefemalethanmalestudents,andthegender[...]

ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2010to2023;IncludesstudentswhoareregisteredinhighereducationinNorwayandabroad.Source(s):StatisticsNorwayLeadinguniversitiesinNorwayin2023,bynumberofregisteredstudentsLeadinguniversitiesinNorway2023,bynumberofstudentsNumberofstudents05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,00050,000NorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechnologyUniversityofOslo43,19425,792OsloMetropolitanUniversityBINorwegianBusinessSchoolUniversityofBergen22,43820,45619,54917,10616,19316,12614,64814,48613,75312,59210,892UniversityofSouth-EasternNorwayUiT-TheArcticUniversityofNorwayWesternNorwayUniversityofAppliedSciencesKristianiaUniversityCollegeInlandNorwayUniversityofAppliedSciencesUniversityofAgderUniversityofStavangerNorduniversity7Description:Withover43,000students,theNorwegianUniversityofScienceandTechnologywasbyfarthelargestuniversityinNorwayin2023.HavingheadquartersinthecityofTrondheim,andcampusesinGj?vikand?lesund,theuniversityhasdepartmentsindifferentpartsofthecountry.TheUniversityofOsloandOsloMetropolitanUniversitywerethesecondandthirdlargestuniversitiesinthecountryintermsofnumberofstudents.ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2023;AsofOctober1Source(s):StatisticsNorwayCHAPTER

02Elementary&uppersecondaryschoolNumberofprivateprimaryschoolsinNorwayfrom2013to2023NumberofprivateprimaryschoolsinNorway2013-2023300278278270267261252244250200150100502382242081950201320142015201620172018201920202021202220239Description:Duringthepast10years,thenumberofprivateprimaryschoolsinNorwayincreased.Whiletherewere195schoolsin2013,thenumberhadincreasedto278schoolsin2023.Overthesameperiod,thenumberofpupilsinprivateprimaryschoolsalsoincreased.ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2012to2022;Incl.lowersecondaryschoolsSource(s):StatisticsNorwayNumberofpupilsinprivateprimaryschoolsinNorwayfrom2013to2023NumberofpupilsinprivateprimaryschoolsinNorway2013-202335,00030,98630,04529,03730,00025,00020,00015,00010,0005,000028,10027,02725,37023,81722,72121,64820,43619,1052013201420152016201720182019202020212022202310Description:Duringthepastdecade,thenumberofpupilsinprivateprimaryschoolsinNorwayincreasedsignificantly.Since2013,thenumberofpupilsinprivateprimaryschoolsincreasedannually,andamountedtoover30,000in2023.Simultaneously,thenumberofprivateprimaryschoolsinthecountryalsoincreased.ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2013to2023;Incl.lowersecondarypupilsSource(s):StatisticsNorwayNumberofteachersinuppersecondaryschoolinNorwayfrom2015to2022NumberofteachersinuppersecondaryschoolinNorway2015-202230,00027,28327,41826,75526,79726,52426,54426,56826,52125,00020,00015,00010,0005,00002015201620172018201920202021202211Description:ThenumberofteachersinuppersecondaryschoolsinNorwayremainedstablebetween2015and2022.Alltheseyears,therewerejustaround27,000teachersinuppersecondaryschoolinthecountry.In2020,therewere8.6studentsperteacherinuppersecondaryschoolsinNorway.ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2015to2022Source(s):StatisticsNorwayCHAPTER

03HighereducationNumberofstudentsinhighereducationinNorwayfrom2013to2023,bygenderNumberofstudentsinhighereducationinNorway2013-2023,bygenderMenWomen250,000200,000191,321188,938187,104183,875176,996174,195174,478172,461169,282162,736159,363150,000100,00050,0000126,784122,578123,830122,827118,928118,809119,186116,528113,833109,700109,7682013201420152016201720182019202020212022202313Description:InNorway,itismorecommonforwomentobeenrolledinhighereducationinstitutionsthantheirmalecounterparts.Since2013,thenumberofbothmaleandfemalestudentsincreased,butmorewomenenteredacademicstudiesduringthisperiod.Asof2023,therewere189,000femaleand123,000malestudentsinhighereducationinNorway.ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2013to2023;Incl.studentsinNorwayandabroad;AsofOctober1ofeachyearSource(s):StatisticsNorwayNumberofstudentsinhighereducationinNorwayin2023,byfieldofstudyNumberofstudentsinhighereducationinNorway2023,byfieldofstudyNumberofstudents10,000020,00030,00040,00050,00045,92760,00070,00064,41260,909Health,welfareandsportBusinessandadministrationNaturalsciences,vocationalandtechnicalsubjectsEducation55,384Socialsciencesandlaw40,671Humanitiesandarts28,640Transportandcommunications,safetyandsecurityandotherservicesUnspecifiedfieldofstudy8,8874,383Primaryindustries1,921Generalprogrammes63114Description:ThemostcommonfieldofstudiesinhighereducationinNorwayin2023wassubjectsrelatedtohealth,welfare,andsports.64,000studentswereregisteredinthisfieldofstudy.Thesecondmostpopularfieldofstudywasbusinessandadministration,reachingnearly61,000students.Naturalsciences,vocationalandtechnicalsubjectswasthethirdmostpopulartypeofstudyinNorwayin2023.ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2023;*Includespreparationalcoursesforuniversityandcollegeeducation.ReadmoreSource(s):StatisticsNorwayShareofhighereducationstudentsfromNorwaystudyingabroadfrom2013to2023,bygenderShareofhighereducationstudentsfromNorwaystudyingabroad2013-2023,bygenderMen5%Women7%6%5%4%3%2%1%0%6.5%6.2%6.1%6.1%5.8%5.7%5.7%5.5%5.5%5.4%5.3%5.1%5.1%4.9%4.6%4.5%4.3%4.3%4.3%4.1%4.1%4%4%20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202315Description:TheshareofNorwegianhighereducationstudentsstudyingabroaddecreasedsince2014.Moreover,therewereconstantlymorewomenthanmenstudyingabroadbetween2013and2023.Thatyear,onlyfourpercentofmalestudentsand4.1percentoffemalestudentsinhighereducationwerestudyingabroad.In2023,theUnitedKingdomwasthemostpopulardestinationforstudentsstudyingabroad.ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2013to2023Source(s):StatisticsNorwayNumberofhighereducationstudentsfromNorwaystudyingabroadin2023,bydestinationHighereducationstudentsfromNorwaystudyingabroad2023,bydestinationNumberofstudents1,50005001,0002,0002,5003,000UnitedKingdomDenmarkPoland2,4761,8801,519USA1,416RestofEuropeHungaryNetherlandsSpain820662659490Sweden478472AustraliaSlovakiaAsia400301286Germany16Description:TheUnitedKingdomwasthemostpopularcountrytostudyabroadforNorwegiansin2023.Duringthisyear,2,500studentsinhighereducationchosetostudyintheUnitedKingdom.Theneighboringcountry,Denmark,wasthesecondmostpopulardestinationthatyear,attractingnearly1,900students.PolandwasthethirdmostvisitedcountrybyNorwegianstudents,amountingto1,500students.Overthepastdecade,theshareofNorwegianstudentsstudyingabroaddeclined.

ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2023Source(s):StatisticsNorwayNumberofpeoplewithadoctorate(PhD)degreeinNorwayfrom2014to2022,bygenderNumberofpeoplewithadoctoratedegreeinNorway2014-2022,bygenderMenWomen30,00027,39226,97626,55925,98025,82325,67025,65124,90925,00020,00015,00010,0005,000022,44221,39620,51319,74818,99418,76618,30818,10717,11714,65420142015201620172018201920202021202217Description:InNorway,morementhanwomenheldadoctoratedegreebetween2014and2022.Asof2022,morethan27,000Norwegianmenand21,00Norwegianwomenhadundertakenadoctoratedegree.Thenumbersmaycomeasasurpriseasthenumberoffemalestudentsinhighereducationinthecountrybyfaroutnumbersthenumberofmalestudents.ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2014to2022Source(s):StatisticsNorwayNumberofdoctoratedegreesinNorwayin2022,byfieldofstudyNumberofdoctoratedegreesinNorway2022,byfieldofstudy50045040035030025020015010050475369281258136430MedicalandHealthsciencesSocialsciencesEngineeringandtechnologyNaturalsciencesHumanitiesandtheartsAgriculturalsciences18Description:In2022,475doctoralgraduatesinNorwayhadmedicineandhealthasstudysubjects.Thesecondmostpopularfieldofstudywassocialsciences,with369ofalldoctoratedegrees,whileanother281peoplegraduatinginengineeringandtechnology.Inthesameyear,nearly1,600doctoralstudentsgraduatedinNorway.ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2022Source(s):StatisticsNorwayCHAPTER

04Well-beingShareofuppersecondarystudentswhohavebeenbulliedatleasttwoorthreetimesamonthinNorwayfrom2016to2024ShareofuppersecondarystudentswhohavebeenbulliedinNorway2016-20247%6%6.1%5.1%5.1%5%4%3%2%1%0%4.6%4.3%4.2%3.3%3.3%2016/172017/182018/192019/202020/212021/222022/232023/2420/statistics/1123600/share-of-upper-secondary-students-who-have-been-bullied-in-norwayIntheschoolyear2023/24,6.1percentofuppersecondarystudentsinNorwaystatedtohavebeenbulliedatleasttwotothreetimesamonth,thehighestduringtheperiodunderconsideration.ThesharewasatitslowestduringtheCOVID-19pandemic.ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;2016to2024;Shareofstudentswhohavebeenbulliedbyotherstudentsand/orteachersattheschooland/oronline(atschool);BothpublicandprivateschoolsSource(s):UtdanningsdirektoratetAcademicenvironmentsatisfactionamonghighereducationstudentsinNorwayfrom2013to2023AcademicenvironmentsatisfactionamonghighereducationstudentsinNorway2013-20234.53.93.94.03.53.02.52.01.51.00.50.03.83.83.83.83.83.73.73.73.62013201420152016201720182019202020212022202321Description:ThesatisfactionwiththeacademicenvironmentamongstudentsinNorwaydecreasedslightlyin2020and2021followingtheimpactofCOVID-19.Withthepandemic,muchoftheeducationwasmovedtoonlineseminars,whichobviouslyhadanegativeimpactonthestudents'satisfactionwiththeirlearningoutput.However,averagesatisfactionwiththeacademicenvironmentamongstudentscontinuedtobeatpandemic-levelsin2022and2023.Accordingtothesamesurvey,asimilar[...]

ReadmoreNote(s):Norway;Autumn2023;29,000respondents;scalefrom1to5where5equalsthemostsatisfactionSource(s):Norgesforskningsr?dSocialenvironmentsatisfactionamonghighereducationstudentsinNorwayfrom2013to2023SocialenvironmentsatisfactionamonghighereducationstudentsinNorway2013-20234.5443.93.93.93.93.94.03.53.02.52.01.51.00.50.03.73.73.63.62013201420152016201720182019202020212022202322Description:InNorway,highereducationstudents'satisfactionwiththesocialenvironmentdecreasedin