Statistics Norway

Entrepreneurs in business enterprise sector

5 Entrepreneurs that are persons in new established private and public limited companies 2010 and 2011, by education, age and gender
  2010 20111
  Gender Gender
  Entrepreneurs total Per cent women Per cent men Entrepreneurs total Per cent women Per cent men
Level of education            
Total 15 476  100.0  100.0 15 583  100.0  100.0
Lower secondary education 2 039 13.3 13.2 2 207 13.7 14.3
Upper secondary education 7 241 40.6 48.1 7 175 39.3 47.6
Tertiary education, short2 4 011 33.2 24.4 3 910 31.9 23.5
Tertiary education, long3 1 816 11.0 11.9 1 834 12.2 11.7
Other4  369 2.0 2.5  457 2.9 2.9
             
Age groups            
Total 15 476  100.0  100.0 15 583  100.0  100.0
16-24 years  469 4.2 2.8  517 4.0 3.2
25-34 years 3 112 21.8 19.7 3 037 22.9 18.7
35-44 years 5 271 35.9 33.7 5 290 35.3 33.6
45-54 years 4 044 24.2 26.5 4 071 24.6 26.5
55-66 years 2 261 12.1 15.2 2 298 11.3 15.5
67 years and older  319 1.8 2.1  370 2.0 2.5
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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