Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34
People aged 25 to 34 who have completed tertiary education (ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8: short-cycle, bachelor, master or doctoral), as a share of all people of that age.
34 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of population aged 25 to 34. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.8% | 40.9% | 55.8% | 52.5% |
| 2024 | 43.9% | 39.1% | 53.1%b (break in time series) | 52.6% |
| 2023 | 43.1% | 37.9% | 51.9% | 52.0% |
| 2022 | 42.0% | 36.8% | 50.4% | 50.2% |
| 2021 | 41.5%b (break in time series) | 36.9%b (break in time series) | 50.3%b (break in time series) | 48.5%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 40.7% | 35.3%b (break in time series) | 49.4% | 47.4% |
| 2019 | 39.6% | 33.3% | 48.2% | 46.5% |
| 2018 | 38.7% | 32.3% | 47.0% | 44.3% |
| 2017 | 37.6% | 31.3% | 44.5% | 42.6% |
| 2016 | 36.8% | 30.5% | 44.2% | 41.0% |
| 2015 | 36.5% | 29.6% | 44.8% | 41.0% |
| 2014 | 35.9%b (break in time series) | 28.4%b (break in time series) | 44.3%b (break in time series) | 41.5%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 35.2% | 29.9% | 43.9%b (break in time series) | 41.1% |
| 2012 | 34.1% | 28.9%b (break in time series) | 42.6% | 40.4% |
| 2011 | 33.1% | 27.6% | 42.8% | 40.3% |
| 2010 | 32.2% | 26.0%b (break in time series) | 42.7% | 40.3% |
| 2009 | 31.2% | 25.7% | 42.9% | 39.5% |
| 2008 | 29.9% | 23.9% | 40.6% | 40.0% |
| 2007 | 28.9% | 22.6% | 41.4% | 40.0% |
| 2006 | 28.1% | 22.0% | 41.5% | 40.3% |
| 2005 | 27.2% | 22.5%b (break in time series) | 39.9% | 40.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | 26.3% | 22.9% | 38.5% | 39.0% |
| 2003 | 24.6% | 21.8% | 38.0%b (break in time series) | 37.9% |
| 2002 | 23.1% | 21.0% | 35.2% | 37.5% |
| 2001 | – | 22.2% | 33.3% | 35.4% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 34 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Ireland (66.8%) and the lowest Romania (23.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 44.5% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 18 countries and fell in 16.
- The figure for the European Union was 44.8% in 2025, against 40.7% 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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Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Ireland 66.8%
- 2 Luxembourg 65.2%
- 3 Lithuania 60.8%
- 4 Cyprus 60.0%
- 5 Norway 56.8%
- 6 Netherlands 56.1%
- 7 France 55.8%
- 8 Sweden 53.6%
- 9 Belgium 52.7%
- 10 Denmark 52.5%
- 11 Spain 52.5%
- 12 Switzerland 50.6%
- 13 Malta 47.7%
- 14 Poland 45.2%
- 15 Iceland 44.8%
- 16 Türkiye 44.8%
- 17 Latvia 44.7%
- 18 Estonia 44.3%
- 19 Austria 43.7%
- 20 Greece 42.8%
- 21 Slovenia 42.8%
- 22 Portugal 42.5%
- 23 Croatia 42.0%
- 24 Bulgaria 41.2%
- 25 Germany 40.9%
- 26 Finland 38.2%
- 27 Serbia 37.1%
- 28 Slovakia 36.3%
- 29 Czechia 36.0%
- 30 North Macedonia 35.9%
- 31 Hungary 32.6%
- 32 Italy 31.1%
- 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.5%
- 34 Romania 23.0%
- European Union 44.8%
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- Early leavers from education and trainingEurostat
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.