Proportion of highly educated population highest in the Region of Uusimaa

Twenty-seven per cent of the country’s population aged 16 to 74 held a tertiary level educational qualification in 2005. The share of highly educated population had increased by two percentage points since 2000, and was the highest in the Region of Uusimaa at 35 per cent. The Region of Kainuu had the lowest share of 21 per cent. Thirty-five per cent of the highly education population lived in Uusimaa, nine per cent in both Varsinais-Suomi and Pirkanmaa and approximately seven per cent in North Ostrobothnia. The share had increased most since 2000 in the Regions of Pirkanmaa and North Ostrobothnia and diminished most in the Regions of Lapland, Kainuu, Pohjois-Savo and Etelä-Savo.

Share of highly educated population of total population by region in 2005

In 2005, the proportion of highly educated employees of all employed labour force increased slightly from the previous year, when it was 36 per cent. As a proportion of all employed persons, 5.4 per cent of them were unemployed.

The share of highly educated employees was the highest, or 18 per cent, in human health activities. One-third of those with a doctorate level degree were employed by universities and approximately 16 per cent by human health activities. Around 29 per cent of those with a higher level university degree worked in the field of education. The largest shares of holders of other tertiary degrees were employed by human health activities (21%), trade (13%) and business services (11%).

Highly educated employees by economic activity and completed degree in 2005

	Share of employees, %	Doctorate level degree %	Higher-degree level %	Other tertiary degrees %	Total %
Agriculture, forestry and fishery	18.0	0.3	0.8	2.4	1,9
Mining and quarrying	18.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0,1
Food, textiles	18.9	0.3	0.7	1.4	1,2
Wood products, pulp, paper product	27.5	2.3	3.8	4.3	4,1
Metals, machinery and equipmen	28.1	2.5	4.4	6.3	5,7
Computers, telecommunication equipment	59.3	2.5	3.8	2.1	2,6
Other manufacturing	20.7	0.2	0.4	1.0	0,8
Electricity, gas and water supply	42.0	0.2	0.6	0.9	0,8
Construction	16.8	0.2	0.7	3.8	2,9
Trade	25.4	1.7	5.0	13.2	10,7
Transport, communications	17.6	0.4	1.4	3.9	3,1
Telecommunications	51.6	0.2	0.9	1.3	1,2
Financial and insurance intermediatio	61.0	0.9	3.0	3.4	3,2
Computer and related activities	62.2	1.3	3.8	2.8	3,0
Business services	39.5	4.6	10.4	10.6	10,4
Public sector research institutes	71.9	8.0	1.8	0.4	1,0
Other research activities	69.7	1.7	0.4	0.1	0,3
Universities	74.7	32.9	4.9	0.7	2,7
Other higher education	84.2	4.1	1.5	0.3	0,7
Other education	71.4	7.0	22.3	6.4	10,7
Human health activities	44.2	15.8	11.9	20.9	18,3
Public administration	57.9	8.1	10.1	7.8	8,4
Other economic activities	34.6	3.5	5.9	4.5	4,9
Activity unknown/missing	21.9	1.3	1.3	1.2	1,2
Economic activities, total	36.3	100.0	100.0	100.0	100,0

Source: Human resources of science and technology 2006. Statistics Finland

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1. Tertiary degrees by the field of science in 1991-2006 (19.12.2007)
2. Population with tertiary level education in 2000 and 2005 (19.12.2007)
3. Population with tertiary level education by the principal activity in 2005 (19.12.2007)
4. Employed population with tertiary level education by industry in 2005 (19.12.2007)

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