Tertiary education in Hamburg

In Hamburg, 43.0% 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
Hamburg, 2025 43.0% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +1.5percentage points 2024: 41.5%
Germany, 2025 35.4% Country total
Position in 2025 64th of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Hamburg 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 HamburgGermany
2025 43.0% 35.4%
2024 41.5% 33.6%
2023 40.0% 33.0%
2022 38.1% 32.1%
2021 41.4%b (break in time series) 32.2%b (break in time series)
2020 36.7%b (break in time series) 31.2%b (break in time series)
2019 37.1% 29.9%
2018 36.9% 29.1%
2017 35.7% 28.6%
2016 36.4% 28.3%
2015 34.9% 27.6%
2014 33.6%b (break in time series) 27.1%b (break in time series)
2013 31.6% 28.6%
2012 31.2%b (break in time series) 28.2%b (break in time series)
2011 32.2% 27.7%
2010 30.4%b (break in time series) 26.7%b (break in time series)
2009 29.5% 26.4%
2008 27.6% 25.4%
2007 26.5% 24.3%
2006 26.5% 23.9%
2005 25.4%b (break in time series) 24.6%b (break in time series)
2004 26.2%u (low reliability) 24.9%
2003 25.8%u (low reliability) 24.0%
2002 23.2% 22.3%
2001 25.8% 23.5%

Flags: b break in time series; u low reliability . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.5 percentage points from 41.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 34.9%, the figure has changed by +8.1 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, Hamburg has the 64th 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 Hamburg
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat