Tertiary education in Noord-Brabant

In Noord-Brabant, 43.9% 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
Noord-Brabant, 2025 43.9% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +0.8percentage points 2024: 43.1%
Netherlands, 2025 46.1% Country total
Position in 2025 56th of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Noord-Brabant 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 Noord-BrabantNetherlands
2025 43.9% 46.1%
2024 43.1% 44.6%
2023 42.6% 44.3%
2022 43.0% 44.7%
2021 40.0%b (break in time series) 43.1%b (break in time series)
2020 41.1% 42.6%
2019 38.1%b (break in time series) 40.4%b (break in time series)
2018 36.0% 38.3%
2017 34.4% 37.2%
2016 34.4% 36.0%
2015 33.2% 35.3%
2014 33.2%b (break in time series) 34.4%b (break in time series)
2013 32.2%b (break in time series) 33.9%b (break in time series)
2012 31.6% 33.0%
2011 30.0% 32.1%
2010 29.3% 32.0%
2009 28.5% 30.8%
2008 28.8% 30.2%
2007 28.2% 29.3%
2006 27.4% 28.5%
2005 26.5%b (break in time series) 28.0%b (break in time series)
2004 27.9% 29.5%
2003 25.8% 27.5%
2002 23.0% 25.0%
2001 22.1% 24.1%

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

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 43.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 33.2%, the figure has changed by +10.7 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, Noord-Brabant has the 56th highest value.
  • The figure for Netherlands in 2025 was 46.1%.

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