The results of the All-Ukrainian census of the population ‘2001 testified to the tendency to the rise of the educational standard of the population and the increase in the number of people with higher and complete secondary education:

	The number of persons with:
	higher education		secondary education
	Total	including those with complete higher education	Total	including those complete secondary education
Pemanent population aged 10 and older     thousand person
1989 year	645.7	202.8	1157.7	700.2
2001 year	686.6	257.8	1263.5	881.6
2001 as % to 1989	106.3	127.1	109.1	125.9
Per 1000 persons of permanent population aged 10 and older:
Total population
1989 year	264	83	473	286
2001 year	293	110	540	376
2001 as % to 1989	111.0	132.5	114.2	131.5
Urban population
1989 year	282	90	475	292
2001 year	309	118	534	378
2001 as % to 1989	109.6	131.1	112.4	129.5
Rural population
1989 year	151	36	463	250
2001 year	193	58	575	369
2001 as % to 1989	127.8	161.1	124.2	147.6

   The number of people with higher and complete secondary education accounted for 1568.2 thousand people, that exceeds by 12.7% the corresponding characteristic of the All-Ukrainian census of the population ‘1989.

    The rise of the educational standard of the population is typical of both urban and rural population. The number of persons with complete higher education per 1000 persons of the population in specified age since 1989 has increased by 31.1% in towns and by 61.1% in the village.The number of persons with secondary education per 1000 persons of the population in specified age since 1989 has increased by 29.5% in towns and by 47.6.1% in the villages.