Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34 by country, 2025
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 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Ireland (66.8%). Lowest: Romania (23.0%). The median is 44.5%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 34. Romania 23.0%
- 33. Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.5%
- 32. Italy 31.1%
- 31. Hungary 32.6%
- 30. North Macedonia 35.9%
- 29. Czechia 36.0%
- 28. Slovakia 36.3%
- 27. Serbia 37.1%
- 26. Finland 38.2%
- 25. Germany 40.9%
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Source: Eurostat.
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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 66.8% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 65.2% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Lithuania | 60.8% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Cyprus | 60.0% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Norway | 56.8% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Netherlands | 56.1% | 2025 | |
| 7 | France | 55.8% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Sweden | 53.6% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Belgium | 52.7% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Denmark | 52.5% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Spain | 52.5% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Switzerland | 50.6% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Malta | 47.7% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Poland | 45.2% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Iceland | 44.8% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Türkiye | 44.8% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Latvia | 44.7% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Estonia | 44.3% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Austria | 43.7% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Greece | 42.8% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Slovenia | 42.8% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Portugal | 42.5% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Croatia | 42.0% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 41.2% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Germany | 40.9% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Finland | 38.2% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Serbia | 37.1% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Slovakia | 36.3% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Czechia | 36.0% | 2025 | |
| 30 | North Macedonia | 35.9% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Hungary | 32.6% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Italy | 31.1% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27.5% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Romania | 23.0% | 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 country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries 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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Related
- Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34: trend, map and all years
- Ireland and Luxembourg side by side on every measure
- Tertiary education and employment in Europe (scatter plot)
- Rankings within a group: European Union (27 countries) · Euro area (21 countries) · OECD (38 countries) · G20 countries