Tertiary education in Emilia-Romagna

In Emilia-Romagna, 25.3% 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 2005. 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: 2005 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Emilia-Romagna, 2025 25.3% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 24.9%
Italy, 2025 22.3% Country total
Position in 2025 221st of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Emilia-Romagna 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 Emilia-RomagnaItaly
2025 25.3% 22.3%
2024 24.9% 22.3%
2023 23.7% 21.6%
2022 22.8% 20.3%
2021 23.3%b (break in time series) 20.0%b (break in time series)
2020 23.4% 20.0%
2019 22.9% 19.7%
2018 22.1%b (break in time series) 19.4%b (break in time series)
2017 21.2% 18.7%
2016 20.7% 17.7%
2015 20.3% 17.6%
2014 18.7%b (break in time series) 16.9%b (break in time series)
2013 17.8% 16.4%
2012 17.9% 15.8%
2011 17.3% 15.0%
2010 16.1% 14.8%
2009 16.4% 14.5%
2008 15.9% 14.3%
2007 14.8% 13.5%
2006 14.2% 12.9%
2005 13.4% 12.3%
2004 – 11.6%b (break in time series)
2003 – 10.7%
2002 – 10.2%
2001 – 9.8%

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

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 24.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 20.3%, the figure has changed by +5.0 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, Emilia-Romagna has the 221st highest value.
  • The figure for Italy in 2025 was 22.3%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
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
2005 to 2025 for Emilia-Romagna
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat