Tertiary education in Steiermark

In Steiermark, 34.9% 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
Steiermark, 2025 34.9% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +1.3percentage points 2024: 33.6%
Austria, 2025 37.6% Country total
Position in 2025 142nd of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Steiermark 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 SteiermarkAustria
2025 34.9% 37.6%
2024 33.6% 37.4%
2023 33.1% 36.6%
2022 32.2% 35.6%
2021 30.2%b (break in time series) 34.6%b (break in time series)
2020 31.1% 34.2%
2019 30.1% 33.8%
2018 28.7% 32.7%
2017 27.8% 32.4%
2016 27.4% 31.4%
2015 26.7% 30.6%
2014 25.7%b (break in time series) 29.9%b (break in time series)
2013 17.5% 20.6%
2012 17.9% 19.8%
2011 16.8% 19.2%
2010 15.5% 19.1%
2009 16.6% 18.9%
2008 15.6% 17.9%
2007 15.9% 17.3%
2006 16.3%b (break in time series) 17.5%b (break in time series)
2005 16.6% 17.7%
2004 15.9%b (break in time series) 18.0%b (break in time series)
2003 14.9% 15.7%
2002 14.2% 15.7%
2001 13.1% 14.8%

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

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3 percentage points from 33.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 26.7%, the figure has changed by +8.2 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, Steiermark has the 142nd highest value.
  • The figure for Austria in 2025 was 37.6%.

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