Tertiary education in Southern
In Southern, 54.8% 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 2012. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Southern, 2025
54.8%
Change from 2024
+1.5percentage points
Ireland, 2025
58.7%
Position in 2025
18th of 289
Tertiary education in Southern 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 | Southern | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.8% | 58.7% |
| 2024 | 53.3% | 56.6% |
| 2023 | 50.4% | 54.5% |
| 2022 | 50.5% | 53.7% |
| 2021 | 49.4%b (break in time series) | 52.9%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 45.6% | 49.9% |
| 2019 | 43.2% | 47.3% |
| 2018 | 42.5% | 46.9% |
| 2017 | 42.6%b (break in time series) | 46.5%b (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 40.9% | 45.1% |
| 2015 | 40.3% | 44.5% |
| 2014 | 38.9%b (break in time series) | 43.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 39.1% | 42.6% |
| 2012 | 37.3% | 40.8% |
| 2011 | – | 39.2% |
| 2010 | – | 38.7% |
| 2009 | – | 37.1% |
| 2008 | – | 35.9% |
| 2007 | – | 34.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2006 | – | 31.8% |
| 2005 | – | 29.6% |
| 2004 | – | 28.2% |
| 2003 | – | 26.7% |
| 2002 | – | 25.2% |
| 2001 | – | 23.9% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.5 percentage points from 53.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 40.3%, the figure has changed by +14.5 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, Southern has the 18th highest value.
- The figure for Ireland in 2025 was 58.7%.