Tertiary education in Algarve
In Algarve, 28.8% of people aged 25 to 64 had completed tertiary education in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Algarve, 2025
28.8%
Change from 2024
+2.3percentage points
Portugal, 2025
32.7%
Position in 2025
194th of 289
Tertiary education in Algarve 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 | Algarve | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28.8% | 32.7% |
| 2024 | 26.5% | 31.4% |
| 2023 | 25.3% | 29.8% |
| 2022 | 25.3% | 29.5% |
| 2021 | 24.8%b (break in time series) | 28.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 23.9% | 27.5% |
| 2019 | 22.1% | 26.4% |
| 2018 | 22.2% | 25.0% |
| 2017 | 22.4% | 24.1% |
| 2016 | 21.0% | 23.8% |
| 2015 | 19.6% | 22.9% |
| 2014 | 19.4%b (break in time series) | 21.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 18.6% | 19.3% |
| 2012 | 18.1% | 18.4% |
| 2011 | 16.4%b (break in time series) | 17.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 15.2% | 15.5% |
| 2009 | 14.9% | 14.6% |
| 2008 | 12.5% | 14.2% |
| 2007 | 10.8% | 13.6% |
| 2006 | 12.8% | 13.4% |
| 2005 | 14.0% | 12.8% |
| 2004 | 12.9%b (break in time series) | 12.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2003 | 9.0% | 10.9% |
| 2002 | 6.8% | 9.4% |
| 2001 | 5.2% | 9.2% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +2.3 percentage points from 26.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 19.6%, the figure has changed by +9.2 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.
- Among the 289 regions with data for 2025, Algarve has the 194th highest value.
- The figure for Portugal in 2025 was 32.7%.