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Population 20-74 years by education level, sex, age, time in Sweden and background variable. Year 2024 - 2025

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Malin Forsberg, Statistics Sweden
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Karin Lundström, Statistics Sweden
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Matilda Wedtström, Statistics Sweden
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2026-06-30
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Note that educational data might be incomplete for a small number of persons. It could concern people with degrees from abroad or with private degrees or with internal company-educations or people with old degrees. A statistical method is used to protect the data of individuals in the statistics presented. For this reason, the presented totals do not always equal the sum of their reported components. The method used for disclosure control is called Cell Key Method (CKM). You can read more about the method here: [Protection methods for disclosure control](https://www.scb.se/en/documentation/statististical-methods/protection-methods-for-disclosure-control/). Time in Sweden refers to the total time a person has been registered as a resident in Sweden and is given for people who have immigrated to Sweden. Level of education refers to the highest education achieved at the end of the spring semester for the respective year. Ground for settlement are grounds for a residence permit. The table reports the last registered basis for residence for the person. Note that a person may have a decision basis that is several years old. EU citizens do not need to register their basis for residence at the Swedish Migration Board. People with a foreign background are defined as persons who were born abroad, or born in Sweden with two parents born abroad. Persons with Swedish background are defined as persons who are born in Sweden with two parents born in Sweden or born in Sweden with one parent born in Sweden and one foreign born parent. Level of education refers to the highest education achieved at the end of the spring semester for the respective year. The source of the variable is Statistics Sweden´s Education Register and is following the Swedish education nomenclature (SUN), Part 1, Systematic version (MIS 1988:4 and 1996:1). In this table, the following grouping is used in each level:
- Compulsory education: primary and lower secondary education, less than 9 years + primary and lower secondary education, 9 years (equivalent)
- Upper secondary education: upper secondary education, maximum of 2 years + upper secondary education, 3 years
- Post-secondary education: post-secondary education, less than 3 years and 3 years or longer + postgraduate education

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The classification by level of educational attainment is according to the Swedish national educational classification (SUN)