Increase in Young People Without Completed Education
Increase in Young People Without Completed Education
The proportion of people between the ages of 16 and 25 who have neither completed nor are currently completing upper secondary education has increased over the last two years.
Around 40,000 young people between the ages of 16 and 25 have neither higher education nor work. Photo: Frederik Ringnes, NTB
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The proportion of young people between the ages of 16 and 25 without higher education increased to 12.3 per cent in 2024.
An description might potentially be Ukrainian refugees who have not yet completed Norwegian or documented foreign education.
Finnmark has the highest proportion without high school. at the same time, the proportion of young people in work in Finnmark is highest.
the summary is made using artificial intelligence (KI) and quality assured by Aftenposten’s journalists.
80,000 people between the ages of 16 and 25 were without and outside high school in 2024, new figures from the Directorate of Education show.
The proportion has risen from 11.2 per cent in 2022.