Tertiary education in Leipzig
In Leipzig, 39.7% 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.
Leipzig, 2025
39.7%
Change from 2024
+2.0percentage points
Germany, 2025
35.4%
Position in 2025
97th of 289
Tertiary education in Leipzig 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.
| Period | Leipzig | Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39.7% | 35.4% |
| 2024 | 37.7% | 33.6% |
| 2023 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022 | 35.9% | 32.1% |
| 2021 | 36.9%b (break in time series) | 32.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 37.0%b (break in time series) | 31.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2019 | 34.3% | 29.9% |
| 2018 | 32.9% | 29.1% |
| 2017 | 32.3% | 28.6% |
| 2016 | 31.3% | 28.3% |
| 2015 | 30.7% | 27.6% |
| 2014 | 30.0%b (break in time series) | 27.1%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 35.3% | 28.6% |
| 2012 | 34.6%b (break in time series) | 28.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 33.9% | 27.7% |
| 2010 | 35.3%b (break in time series) | 26.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 34.7% | 26.4% |
| 2008 | 34.0% | 25.4% |
| 2007 | 34.7% | 24.3% |
| 2006 | 33.8% | 23.9% |
| 2005 | 34.8%b (break in time series) | 24.6%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | – | 24.9% |
| 2003 | – | 24.0% |
| 2002 | – | 22.3% |
| 2001 | – | 23.5% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +2.0 percentage points from 37.7% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 30.7%, the figure has changed by +9.0 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, Leipzig has the 97th highest value.
- The figure for Germany in 2025 was 35.4%.