Tertiary education in Aquitaine

In Aquitaine, 44.0% 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.

Measure: Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, by region Unit: % of people aged 25 to 64 Data: 2000 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Aquitaine, 2025 44.0% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +2.0percentage points 2024: 42.0%
France, 2025 44.8% Country total
Position in 2025 55th of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Aquitaine 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.

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, by region (% of people aged 25 to 64), 2001 to 2025
Period AquitaineFrance
2025 44.0% 44.8%
2024 42.0%b (break in time series) 43.2%b (break in time series)
2023 40.5% 42.4%
2022 41.2% 41.6%
2021 39.9%b (break in time series) 40.7%b (break in time series)
2020 36.0% 39.7%
2019 35.7% 38.0%
2018 35.4% 36.9%
2017 34.4% 35.3%
2016 32.4% 34.6%
2015 33.5% 34.1%
2014 32.8%b (break in time series) 33.2%b (break in time series)
2013 29.0%b (break in time series) 32.1%b (break in time series)
2012 27.4% 30.7%
2011 26.8% 29.7%
2010 29.0% 28.9%
2009 27.0% 28.4%
2008 24.3% 27.1%
2007 23.7% 26.6%
2006 22.7% 26.1%
2005 21.8% 25.4%
2004 21.5% 24.5%
2003 21.5%b (break in time series) 23.9%b (break in time series)
2002 20.4% 23.5%
2001 20.3% 22.6%

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.0 percentage points from 42.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 33.5%, the figure has changed by +10.5 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, Aquitaine has the 55th highest value.
  • The figure for France in 2025 was 44.8%.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
edat_lfse_04 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T age=Y25-64 isced11=ED5-8 unit=PC
Observation period
2000 to 2025 for Aquitaine
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat