Tertiary education in Prov. Vlaams-Brabant

In Prov. Vlaams-Brabant, 56.7% 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 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
Prov. Vlaams-Brabant, 2025 56.7% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +5.7percentage points 2024: 51.0%
Belgium, 2025 47.5% Country total
Position in 2025 12th of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Prov. Vlaams-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 Prov. Vlaams-BrabantBelgium
2025 56.7% 47.5%
2024 51.0%u (low reliability) 45.0%
2023 50.0%u (low reliability) 44.8%
2022 51.6%u (low reliability) 45.8%
2021 53.2%bu (break in time series, low reliability) 44.9%b (break in time series)
2020 51.4% 42.4%
2019 49.2% 40.7%
2018 48.7% 40.6%
2017 50.7%b (break in time series) 40.3%b (break in time series)
2016 47.3% 37.5%
2015 44.7% 36.9%
2014 45.8%b (break in time series) 36.9%b (break in time series)
2013 44.3% 35.5%
2012 43.6% 35.3%
2011 42.1% 34.6%
2010 44.6% 35.0%
2009 44.2% 33.4%
2008 40.8%b (break in time series) 32.3%b (break in time series)
2007 40.5% 32.1%
2006 40.6% 31.8%
2005 39.7% 31.0%
2004 39.9% 30.4%
2003 36.9% 29.0%
2002 34.7% 28.1%
2001 35.0% 27.6%

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

In short

  • That is a change of +5.7 percentage points from 51.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 44.7%, the figure has changed by +12.0 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, Prov. Vlaams-Brabant has the 12th highest value.
  • The figure for Belgium in 2025 was 47.5%.

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