Tertiary education in Languedoc-Roussillon

In Languedoc-Roussillon, 42.6% 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
Languedoc-Roussillon, 2025 42.6% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +1.0percentage points 2024: 41.6%
France, 2025 44.8% Country total
Position in 2025 68th of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Languedoc-Roussillon 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 Languedoc-RoussillonFrance
2025 42.6% 44.8%
2024 41.6%b (break in time series) 43.2%b (break in time series)
2023 38.9% 42.4%
2022 37.6% 41.6%
2021 38.4%b (break in time series) 40.7%b (break in time series)
2020 41.0% 39.7%
2019 34.5% 38.0%
2018 33.3% 36.9%
2017 32.0% 35.3%
2016 31.2% 34.6%
2015 31.3% 34.1%
2014 31.4%b (break in time series) 33.2%b (break in time series)
2013 29.0%b (break in time series) 32.1%b (break in time series)
2012 26.7% 30.7%
2011 26.1% 29.7%
2010 25.2% 28.9%
2009 26.0% 28.4%
2008 26.6% 27.1%
2007 26.2% 26.6%
2006 23.3% 26.1%
2005 23.5% 25.4%
2004 23.8% 24.5%
2003 24.8%b (break in time series) 23.9%b (break in time series)
2002 19.9% 23.5%
2001 19.3% 22.6%

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 41.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 31.3%, the figure has changed by +11.3 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, Languedoc-Roussillon has the 68th highest value.
  • The figure for France in 2025 was 44.8%.

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