Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

5 Entrepreneurs that are persons in new established private and public limited companies, by education, age and gender. 2009 and 2010
  2009 20101
  Gender Gender
  Entrepreneurs, total Per cent women Per cent men Entrepreneurs, total Per cent women Per cent men
Level of education            
Total 14 034  100.0  100.0 14 285  100.0  100.0
Lower secondary education 1 907 13.7 13.6 1 901 13.6 13.2
Upper secondary education 6 469 39.2 47.6 6 618 40.0 47.7
Tertiary education, short2 3 560 31.5 24.0 3 575 31.7 23.6
Tertiary education, long3 1 595 11.0 11.4 1 593 10.1 11.4
Other4  503 4.5 3.4  598 4.7 4.1
             
Age groups            
Total 14 034  100.0  100.0 14 285  100.0  100.0
16-24 years  432 4.3 2.8  428 4.1 2.8
25-34 years 2 965 23.3 20.6 2 862 21.4 19.7
35-44 years 4 839 35.6 34.2 4 890 36.2 33.8
45-54 years 3 510 23.9 25.3 3 729 24.3 26.5
55-66 years 2 006 11.6 14.9 2 082 12.2 15.1
67 years and older  282 1.4 2.1  294 1.8 2.1
1  Preliminary figures.
2  Tertiary education, short, comprises higher education 4 years or shorter.
3  Tertiary education, long, comprises higher education more than 4 years.
4  Other include persons with no completed education and those who haven't registred any information about education.

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