Tertiary education in Kassel

In Kassel, 30.6% 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
Kassel, 2025 30.6% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +1.9percentage points 2024: 28.7%
Germany, 2025 35.4% Country total
Position in 2025 186th of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Kassel 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 KasselGermany
2025 30.6% 35.4%
2024 28.7% 33.6%
2023 27.4% 33.0%
2022 25.9% 32.1%
2021 26.9%b (break in time series) 32.2%b (break in time series)
2020 28.1%b (break in time series) 31.2%b (break in time series)
2019 25.8% 29.9%
2018 25.4% 29.1%
2017 25.6% 28.6%
2016 24.1% 28.3%
2015 23.1% 27.6%
2014 22.5%b (break in time series) 27.1%b (break in time series)
2013 26.3% 28.6%
2012 24.6%b (break in time series) 28.2%b (break in time series)
2011 24.8% 27.7%
2010 23.4%b (break in time series) 26.7%b (break in time series)
2009 23.0% 26.4%
2008 23.0% 25.4%
2007 22.0% 24.3%
2006 22.3% 23.9%
2005 21.9%b (break in time series) 24.6%b (break in time series)
2004 22.6% 24.9%
2003 21.3% 24.0%
2002 19.3% 22.3%
2001 19.4% 23.5%

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

In short

  • That is a change of +1.9 percentage points from 28.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 23.1%, the figure has changed by +7.5 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, Kassel has the 186th 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 Kassel
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat