The publication "Nordic Research - Key Data 2012" contains up-to-date gender segregated statistics from the field of research and development in the Nordic countries. It is published by The Nordic Council of Ministers and compiled by the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU).

The Statistical Yearbook of Norway 2011 provides statistical information about the Norwegian society on a range of fields. Many of the statistics are disaggregated by sex.

The proportion of students who do not complete a degree is increasing. The figure is higher for men than women.

In autumn 2010, more than half of all females aged 25-29 had a higher education. Within the last 10 years, this proportion has increased by 10 percentage points. The corresponding proportion of men has increased by only two percentage points in this period, to 32 per cent.

The popular education organisations arranged 40 200 courses with 504 200 participants in 2010. While men were clearly in the majority with 78 per cent taking science, industrial and technical subjects, women made up 70 per cent of the participants attending service courses.

Preliminary figures indicate that 6 100 more students were registered at Norwegian universities and colleges in 2010 compared with the previous year. The number of male students has increased the most, but female students are still in the majority.

The latest statistics on women employed in the higher education sector in Norway from NIFU STEP. NIFU STEP develops and presents statistics from the higher education and research sector.

Since the mid-1980s, women have been in the majority among students, and almost six out of ten students are women today.

More than 45 per cent of women aged 25-29 years have completed a tertiary education. In comparison, less than 18 per cent of women aged 60-66 years have completed an education at this level. The corresponding figures for men reveal significantly smaller differences. In the 16-49 age group, more women than men have completed a tertiary education, whereas men are in the majority among people aged 50 and over.

40 per cent of doctorates in 2005 were awarded to women, compared to 10 per cent in 1980.

Out of 714 doctorates 428 were awarded to men and 286 were awarded to women in 2003.

Females constituted 70 per cent of all teachers in primary and lower secondary schools in 2003. In upper secondary schools, female teachers were just below 46 per cent. At 52 per cent, males are also in the majority in public colleges. The universities are the only educational institutions where male teachers are advancing in number. The portion of female teaching personnel was 30,5 per cent in 2003. Overall, 19 per cent of the male and 40 per cent of female teachers worked part-time in 2003.

There are approximately 60 per cent women and 40 per cent men in tertiary education. 70 per cent of the men were aged between 19 and 24, while 63 per cent of the women were in this age group. About 26 per cent of the women and 18 per cent of the men were over 35 of age.

Many non-western women are not visible in the education race. Among non-immigrants there are more women than men with a high level of educational attainment. And while women from western countries at average have a higher level of education than men, women among immigrants from non-western countries tend to have a lower level of education than men.

The number of immigrants who have completed primary and secondary education (16-24 years) is close to that of non-immigrants: 89 and 91 per cent. Participation in secondary education among 16-18 year olds in this immigrant group is at about the same level as for all 16-18 year olds. Participation in tertiary education is also higher among immigrants' children than among first generation immigrants.