This section provides the most recent available data on the number of educational institutions from pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education level (ISCED levels 0-4). Statistics on numbers and characteristics of higher education institutions can be found in the European Tertiary Education Register. A general overview of the categories of institutions providing publicly-subsidised adult education and training can be found in the chapter on adult education. The notes below the tables provide methodological explanations necessary for a good interpretation of data.
| Type of educational institution in English (and in national language) | ISCED levels provided | Main orientation of the programmes provided | Number of educational institutions | |||
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| Total | Public | Government dependent private | Private independent | |||
| Preschool (förskola) | 0 | (-) | 9 129 | 6 421 | 2 708 | (-) |
| Preschool class (förskoleklass) | 0 | (-) | 3 533 | 2 934 | 599 | (-) |
| Compulsory school (grundskola) | 1,2 | G | 4 667 | 3 830 | 837 | (-) |
| Upper secondary school (gymnasieskola) | 3 | G,V | 1 296 | 830 | 466 | (-) |
| Post-secondary non-tertiary education (yrkeshögskola) | 4 | V | 232 | 92 | 140 | (-) |
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Source: Statistics from the Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket): database, 2023/24 (last accessed 16/07/2024) Source: Statistics from the Swedish National Agency for Higher Vocational Education (MYH): data on website, 2023 (last accessed 16/07/2024) ISCED= International Standard Classification of Education (last accessed 16/07/2024) |
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| G= General | V= Vocational | |||||
| (:) Data not available | (-) Not applicable | |||||
| Terminology The 2018 version of the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat Manual on concepts, definitions and classification can be consulted for the definitions of regular education (p.10); general and vocational programmes of education (p.19); as well as public institution, government-dependent private institution and private independent institution (pp. 24-26) |
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Notes
The tables above present numbers of legal entities (not local sites).
Some upper secondary schools in Sweden offer both general and vocational educational programmes. Most of them offer either general or vocational educational programmes.
There is no private independent category in Sweden providing regular education. All regular education is publicly regulated and publicly funded.
| Type of educational institution in English and (in national language) | ISCED levels provided | Main orientation of the programmes provided | Number of educational institutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Public | Government-dependent institutions | Private independent | |||
| Compulsory school for pupils with intellectual disabilities (anpassad grundskola) | 1,2 | G | 600 | 563 | 37 | (-) |
| Compulsory special needs school (specialskola) | 1,2 | G | 10 | 10 | (-) | (-) |
| Upper secondary school for pupils with intellectual disabilities (anpassad gymnasieskola) | 3 | V,G | 236 | 202 | 34 | (-) |
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Source: Statistics from the Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket): database, 2023/24 (last accessed 16/07/2024) ISCED= International Standard Classification of Education (last accessed 16/07/2024) |
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| G= General | V= Vocational | |||||
| (:) Data not available | (-) Not applicable | |||||
| Terminology The 2018 version of the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat Manual on concepts, definitions and classification can be consulted for the definitions of regular education (p.10); general and vocational programmes of education (p.19); as well as public institution, government-dependent private institution and private independent institution (pp. 24-26). |
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Notes
The tables above present numbers of legal entities (not local sites).
Some upper secondary schools for pupils with learning disabilities in Sweden offer either general or vocational educational programmes and some offer both.
There is no private independent category in Sweden providing regular education. All regular education is publicly regulated and publicly funded.
There are at the moment no government-dependent compulsory special needs schools in Sweden.