Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, by region
People aged 25 to 64 whose highest completed level of education is tertiary (ISCED levels 5 to 8: short-cycle tertiary, bachelor's, master's or doctoral), as a share of all people of that age in the region.
Highest in 2025
65.6%
Prov. Brabant wallon
Lowest in 2025
11.5%
Mayotte
European Union, 2025
36.9%
Official aggregate published by the source
Regions ranked for 2025
289
Updated by the source on 30 October 2026
289 regions have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of people aged 25 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Prov. Brabant wallon | Extremadura | Mayotte |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36.9% | 65.6% | 34.5% | 11.5% |
| 2024 | 35.9% | 63.6% | 35.1% | 13.5%b (break in time series) |
| 2023 | 35.1% | 62.0% | 34.5% | – |
| 2022 | 34.2% | 60.7% | 31.8% | – |
| 2021 | 33.6%b (break in time series) | 59.7%b (break in time series) | 29.2%b (break in time series) | – |
| 2020 | 32.8% | 59.7% | 26.7% | – |
| 2019 | 31.7% | 55.7% | 26.8% | – |
| 2018 | 30.7% | 58.4% | 26.5% | – |
| 2017 | 29.9% | 57.1%b (break in time series) | 26.5% | – |
| 2016 | 29.1% | 52.2% | 25.1% | – |
| 2015 | 28.5% | 54.1% | 26.5% | – |
| 2014 | 27.8%b (break in time series) | 51.9%b (break in time series) | 26.8%b (break in time series) | – |
| 2013 | 27.1% | 51.2% | 24.5% | – |
| 2012 | 26.2% | 51.2% | 23.7% | – |
| 2011 | 25.4% | 55.7% | 24.3% | – |
| 2010 | 24.6% | 49.5% | 23.3% | – |
| 2009 | 23.9% | 48.6% | 22.5% | – |
| 2008 | 23.1% | 47.0%b (break in time series) | 22.1% | – |
| 2007 | 22.4% | 47.6% | 22.0% | – |
| 2006 | 21.9% | 45.5% | 21.6% | – |
| 2005 | 21.5% | 45.5% | 20.5%b (break in time series) | – |
| 2004 | 20.9% | 43.8% | 18.9% | – |
| 2003 | 19.8% | 43.0% | 19.5% | – |
| 2002 | 18.8% | 41.6% | 18.5% | – |
| 2001 | – | 40.5% | 16.3% | – |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 289 regions with a value for 2025, the highest is Prov. Brabant wallon (65.6%) and the lowest Mayotte (11.5%).
- Half of the regions are above 34.5% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 218 regions and fell in 61.
- The figure for the European Union was 36.9% in 2025, against 32.8% in 2020 (+4.1 percentage points). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
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All regions in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the regions are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Prov. Brabant wallon 65.6%
- 2 Sostinės regionas 65.6%
- 3 Warszawski stołeczny 65.3%
- 4 Eastern and Midland 63.0%
- 5 Stockholm 60.0%
- 6 Budapest 59.3%
- 7 Ile de France 58.6%
- 8 Hovedstaden 58.2%
- 9 País Vasco 58.2%
- 10 Utrecht 58.2%
- 11 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 56.9%
- 12 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant 56.7%
- 13 Zürich 56.6%
- 14 Oslo og Viken 56.5%
- 15 Luxembourg 55.7%
- 16 Bratislavský kraj 54.8%
- 17 Praha 54.8%
- 18 Southern 54.8%
- 19 Northern and Western 53.2%
- 20 Noord-Holland 52.2%
- 21 Sydsverige 52.2%
- 22 Kýpros 52.1%
- 23 Grad Zagreb 51.7%
- 24 Comunidad Foral de Navarra 50.8%
- 25 Västsverige 50.5%
- 26 Comunidad de Madrid 50.0%
- 27 Trøndelag 49.6%
- 28 Rhône-Alpes 49.4%
- 29 Vestlandet 49.2%
- 30 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 48.8%
- 31 Övre Norrland 48.3%
- 32 Berlin 48.1%
- 33 Helsinki-Uusimaa 48.1%
- 34 Midi-Pyrénées 47.9%
- 35 Cantabria 47.8%
- 36 Oberbayern 47.4%
- 37 Prov. Antwerpen 47.3%
- 38 Zuid-Holland 47.3%
- 39 Cataluña 46.9%
- 40 Principado de Asturias 46.6%
- 41 Östra Mellansverige 46.6%
- 42 Région lémanique 46.4%
- 43 Zentralschweiz 46.4%
- 44 Wien 46.3%
- 45 Ísland 46.1%
- 46 Beogradski region 46.0%
- 47 Nordwestschweiz 45.7%
- 48 Prov. Namur 45.2%
- 49 Groningen 45.0%
- 50 Attiki 44.6%
- 51 Yugozapaden 44.5%
- 52 Midtjylland 44.3%
- 53 Dolnośląskie 44.2%
- 54 Gelderland 44.1%
- 55 Aquitaine 44.0%
- 56 Noord-Brabant 43.9%
- 57 Agder og Sør-Østlandet 43.8%
- 58 Nord-Norge 43.7%
- 59 Pomorskie 43.6%
- 60 Prov. Luxembourg 43.6%
- 61 Småland med öarna 43.6%
- 62 Galicia 43.4%
- 63 Grande Lisboa 43.3%
- 64 Hamburg 43.0%
- 65 Bretagne 42.9%
- 66 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 42.7%
- 67 Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas 42.7%
- 68 Languedoc-Roussillon 42.6%
- 69 Ticino 42.6%
- 70 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 42.5%
- 71 Pays de la Loire 42.2%
- 72 Castilla y León 42.1%
- 73 Eesti 42.1%
- 74 Flevoland 41.9%
- 75 Overijssel 41.9%
- 76 Mellersta Norrland 41.8%
- 77 Prov. Liège 41.8%
- 78 Länsi-Suomi 41.5%
- 79 Prov. Limburg 41.5%
- 80 Centre — Val de Loire 41.4%
- 81 La Rioja 41.4%
- 82 Limousin 41.4%
- 83 Norra Mellansverige 41.4%
- 84 Espace Mittelland 41.3%
- 85 Małopolskie 41.2%
- 86 Alsace 41.0%
- 87 Aragón 41.0%
- 88 Nord-Pas de Calais 41.0%
- 89 Ostschweiz 40.8%
- 90 Bucureşti-Ilfov 40.7%
- 91 Latvija 40.7%
- 92 Poitou-Charentes 40.6%
- 93 Auvergne 40.4%
- 94 Tübingen 40.3%
- 95 Karlsruhe 40.0%
- 96 Innlandet 39.7%
- 97 Leipzig 39.7%
- 98 Zahodna Slovenija 39.7%
- 99 Basse-Normandie 39.4%
- 100 Syddanmark 39.4%
- 101 Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi 39.2%
- 102 Etelä-Suomi 39.0%
- 103 Severoiztochen 39.0%
- 104 Köln 38.8%
- 105 Friesland 38.6%
- 106 Mittelfranken 38.6%
- 107 Zachodniopomorskie 38.5%
- 108 Haute-Normandie 38.4%
- 109 Śląskie 38.4%
- 110 Ankara 38.2%
- 111 Comunitat Valenciana 38.1%
- 112 Stuttgart 38.0%
- 113 Darmstadt 37.9%
- 114 Franche-Comté 37.8%
- 115 Malta 37.7%
- 116 Łódzkie 37.7%
- 117 Freiburg 37.6%
- 118 Lubelskie 37.4%
- 119 Podlaskie 37.4%
- 120 Limburg 37.3%
- 121 Prov. Hainaut 37.3%
- 122 Świętokrzyskie 37.0%
- 123 Dresden 36.9%
- 124 Rheinhessen-Pfalz 36.8%
- 125 Andalucía 36.7%
- 126 Niederösterreich 36.7%
- 127 Nordjylland 36.7%
- 128 Kentriki Makedonia 36.4%
- 129 Canarias 36.3%
- 130 Drenthe 36.3%
- 131 Bourgogne 36.1%
- 132 Kärnten 36.0%
- 133 Lorraine 35.9%
- 134 Salzburg 35.7%
- 135 Hannover 35.5%
- 136 Picardie 35.5%
- 137 Ipeiros 35.4%
- 138 Sjælland 35.3%
- 139 Illes Balears 35.2%
- 140 Región de Murcia 35.2%
- 141 Braunschweig 34.9%
- 142 Steiermark 34.9%
- 143 Oberösterreich 34.7%
- 144 Wielkopolskie 34.7%
- 145 Extremadura 34.5%
- 146 Península de Setúbal 34.3%
- 147 Unterfranken 34.3%
- 148 Burgenland 34.2%
- 149 Opolskie 34.2%
- 150 Podkarpackie 34.2%
- 151 Pest 34.1%
- 152 Schwaben 34.1%
- 153 Zeeland 34.1%
- 154 Champagne-Ardenne 33.8%
- 155 Ciudad de Ceuta 33.5%
- 156 Centro 33.4%
- 157 Castilla-La Mancha 33.3%
- 158 Åland 32.9%u (low reliability)
- 159 Oberpfalz 32.7%
- 160 Gießen 32.5%
- 161 Tirol 32.5%
- 162 Vorarlberg 32.4%
- 163 Bremen 32.3%
- 164 Brandenburg 32.2%
- 165 Trier 32.2%
- 166 Kujawsko-pomorskie 31.9%
- 167 Martinique 31.9%
- 168 Düsseldorf 31.8%
- 169 Mazowiecki regionalny 31.8%
- 170 Oberfranken 31.8%
- 171 Schleswig-Holstein 31.8%
- 172 İstanbul 31.8%
- 173 İzmir 31.8%
- 174 Corse 31.7%u (low reliability)
- 175 Lubuskie 31.6%
- 176 Lüneburg 31.6%
- 177 Thessalia 31.4%
- 178 Warmińsko-mazurskie 31.4%
- 179 Severen tsentralen 31.2%
- 180 Jadranska Hrvatska 31.1%
- 181 Vzhodna Slovenija 31.0%
- 182 Detmold 30.9%
- 183 Jihovýchod 30.9%
- 184 Yugoiztochen 30.9%
- 185 Weser-Ems 30.8%
- 186 Kassel 30.6%
- 187 Thüringen 30.4%
- 188 Münster 30.1%
- 189 Ciudad de Melilla 30.0%
- 190 Norte 29.8%
- 191 Antalya, Isparta, Burdur 29.6%
- 192 Chemnitz 29.3%
- 193 Yuzhen tsentralen 29.3%
- 194 Algarve 28.8%
- 195 Guadeloupe 28.7%
- 196 Koblenz 28.7%
- 197 Niederbayern 28.7%
- 198 Kriti 28.5%
- 199 Lazio 28.5%
- 200 Oeste e Vale do Tejo 28.5%
- 201 Dytiki Makedonia 28.3%
- 202 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 28.3%
- 203 Saarland 28.1%
- 204 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 28.0%
- 205 Severozapaden 27.7%
- 206 Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova 27.5%
- 207 Arnsberg 27.3%
- 208 Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik 26.9%
- 209 La Réunion 26.8%
- 210 Východné Slovensko 26.7%
- 211 Aydın, Denizli, Muğla 26.5%
- 212 Střední Čechy 26.4%
- 213 Alentejo 26.2%
- 214 Balıkesir, Çanakkale 26.1%
- 215 Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt 26.1%
- 216 Nyugat-Dunántúl 26.0%
- 217 Peloponnisos 25.8%
- 218 Stredné Slovensko 25.8%
- 219 Region Vojvodine 25.4%
- 220 Sachsen-Anhalt 25.4%
- 221 Emilia-Romagna 25.3%
- 222 Moravskoslezsko 25.3%
- 223 Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat 25.2%
- 224 Severna Makedonija 25.1%
- 225 Umbria 25.0%
- 226 Západné Slovensko 25.0%
- 227 Marche 24.9%
- 228 Dél-Alföld 24.8%
- 229 Konya, Karaman 24.7%
- 230 Sterea Elláda 24.7%
- 231 Střední Morava 24.7%
- 232 Abruzzo 24.6%
- 233 Adana, Mersin 24.6%
- 234 Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane 24.6%
- 235 Região Autónoma da Madeira 24.5%
- 236 Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli 24.2%
- 237 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 24.1%
- 238 Jihozápad 24.0%
- 239 Provincia Autonoma di Trento 23.9%
- 240 Toscana 23.8%
- 241 Lombardia 23.6%
- 242 Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli 23.6%
- 243 Liguria 23.5%
- 244 Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya 23.4%
- 245 Észak-Alföld 23.4%
- 246 Region Juzne i Istocne Srbije 23.3%
- 247 Severovýchod 23.2%
- 248 Közép-Dunántúl 23.1%
- 249 Notio Aigaio 22.5%
- 250 Sjeverna Hrvatska 22.4%
- 251 Molise 22.1%
- 252 Veneto 21.8%
- 253 Dytiki Elláda 21.7%
- 254 Guyane 21.7%
- 255 Region Sumadije i Zapadne Srbije 21.7%
- 256 Dél-Dunántúl 21.6%
- 257 Ionia Nisia 21.6%
- 258 Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis 21.4%
- 259 Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak 21.4%
- 260 Voreio Aigaio 21.3%
- 261 Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartın 21.3%
- 262 Piemonte 21.2%
- 263 Észak-Magyarország 21.1%
- 264 Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir 21.0%
- 265 Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste 21.0%
- 266 Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye 20.9%
- 267 Panonska Hrvatska 20.5%
- 268 Basilicata 20.4%
- 269 Kastamonu, Çankırı, Sinop 20.2%
- 270 Centru 19.7%
- 271 Vest 19.4%
- 272 Campania 18.7%
- 273 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 18.7%
- 274 Calabria 18.6%
- 275 Nord-Vest 18.6%
- 276 Puglia 18.5%
- 277 Sardegna 18.4%
- 278 Região Autónoma dos Açores 18.0%
- 279 Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan 17.0%
- 280 Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt 17.0%
- 281 Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkari 17.0%
- 282 Sicilia 16.9%
- 283 Sud-Vest Oltenia 16.8%
- 284 Severozápad 16.0%
- 285 Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır 15.8%
- 286 Sud-Est 14.1%
- 287 Sud-Muntenia 14.0%
- 288 Nord-Est 13.4%
- 289 Mayotte 11.5%
- Austria 37.6%
- Belgium 47.5%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.4%
- Bulgaria 35.7%
- Croatia 31.0%
- Cyprus 52.1%
- Czechia 28.7%
- Denmark 46.1%
- Estonia 42.1%
- European Union 36.9%
- Finland 42.7%
- France 44.8%
- Germany 35.4%
- Greece 34.9%
- Hungary 31.6%
- Iceland 46.1%
- Ireland 58.7%
- Italy 22.3%
- Latvia 40.7%
- Lithuania 49.9%
- Luxembourg 55.7%
- Malta 37.7%
- Netherlands 46.1%
- North Macedonia 25.1%
- Norway 50.2%
- Poland 40.0%
- Portugal 32.7%
- Romania 19.5%
- Serbia 29.5%
- Slovakia 29.8%
- Slovenia 35.1%
- Spain 42.4%
- Sweden 50.8%
- Switzerland 46.2%
- Türkiye 26.8%
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