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