Tertiary education in Cataluña
In Cataluña, 46.9% 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.
Cataluña, 2025
46.9%
Change from 2024
+1.0percentage points
Spain, 2025
42.4%
Position in 2025
39th of 289
Tertiary education in Cataluña 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 | Cataluña | Spain |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.9% | 42.4% |
| 2024 | 45.9% | 42.0% |
| 2023 | 44.8% | 41.4% |
| 2022 | 43.6% | 40.7% |
| 2021 | 42.5%b (break in time series) | 40.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 42.3% | 39.7% |
| 2019 | 42.4% | 38.6% |
| 2018 | 40.8% | 37.3% |
| 2017 | 39.3% | 36.4% |
| 2016 | 38.6% | 35.7% |
| 2015 | 37.5% | 35.1% |
| 2014 | 37.0%b (break in time series) | 34.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 34.8% | 33.7% |
| 2012 | 32.8% | 32.6% |
| 2011 | 32.2% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 31.4% | 31.0% |
| 2009 | 30.6% | 30.0% |
| 2008 | 29.9% | 29.5% |
| 2007 | 29.2% | 29.3% |
| 2006 | 29.8% | 28.8% |
| 2005 | 30.0%b (break in time series) | 28.5%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | 28.4% | 26.7% |
| 2003 | 27.0% | 25.6% |
| 2002 | 26.3% | 24.9% |
| 2001 | 24.6% | 23.7% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 45.9% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 37.5%, the figure has changed by +9.4 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, Cataluña has the 39th highest value.
- The figure for Spain in 2025 was 42.4%.