Tertiary education in Freiburg

In Freiburg, 37.6% 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
Freiburg, 2025 37.6% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +1.5percentage points 2024: 36.1%
Germany, 2025 35.4% Country total
Position in 2025 117th of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Freiburg 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 FreiburgGermany
2025 37.6% 35.4%
2024 36.1% 33.6%
2023 34.0% 33.0%
2022 33.2% 32.1%
2021 33.6%b (break in time series) 32.2%b (break in time series)
2020 33.6%b (break in time series) 31.2%b (break in time series)
2019 30.9% 29.9%
2018 29.5% 29.1%
2017 28.9% 28.6%
2016 29.0% 28.3%
2015 27.7% 27.6%
2014 27.0%b (break in time series) 27.1%b (break in time series)
2013 29.7% 28.6%
2012 28.8%b (break in time series) 28.2%b (break in time series)
2011 27.9% 27.7%
2010 26.8%b (break in time series) 26.7%b (break in time series)
2009 27.2% 26.4%
2008 25.9% 25.4%
2007 25.3% 24.3%
2006 23.5% 23.9%
2005 24.4%b (break in time series) 24.6%b (break in time series)
2004 26.4% 24.9%
2003 25.1% 24.0%
2002 22.4% 22.3%
2001 22.7% 23.5%

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

In short

  • That is a change of +1.5 percentage points from 36.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 27.7%, the figure has changed by +9.9 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, Freiburg has the 117th highest value.
  • The figure for Germany in 2025 was 35.4%.

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 Freiburg
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat