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Statistics on educational institutions

Sweden

2.Organisation and governance

2.8Statistics on educational institutions

Last update: 16 July 2024

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.

Statistics on educational institutions providing regular education
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 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 (-)

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)

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)

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.

Statistics on separate educational institutions providing special needs education
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 (-)

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)

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).

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.