Tertiary education in Puglia

In Puglia, 18.5% 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
Puglia, 2025 18.5% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 18.0%
Italy, 2025 22.3% Country total
Position in 2025 276th of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Puglia 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 PugliaItaly
2025 18.5% 22.3%
2024 18.0% 22.3%
2023 17.5% 21.6%
2022 16.2% 20.3%
2021 15.8%b (break in time series) 20.0%b (break in time series)
2020 15.3% 20.0%
2019 15.3% 19.7%
2018 14.8%b (break in time series) 19.4%b (break in time series)
2017 14.0% 18.7%
2016 13.3% 17.7%
2015 13.3% 17.6%
2014 14.0%b (break in time series) 16.9%b (break in time series)
2013 13.2% 16.4%
2012 12.4% 15.8%
2011 11.6% 15.0%
2010 11.6% 14.8%
2009 11.2% 14.5%
2008 11.9% 14.3%
2007 11.2% 13.5%
2006 10.5% 12.9%
2005 9.4% 12.3%
2004 9.2%b (break in time series) 11.6%b (break in time series)
2003 9.1% 10.7%
2002 9.1% 10.2%
2001 8.9% 9.8%

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

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 18.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 13.3%, the figure has changed by +5.2 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, Puglia has the 276th highest value.
  • The figure for Italy in 2025 was 22.3%.

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