Tertiary education in Stockholm

In Stockholm, 60.0% 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
Stockholm, 2025 60.0% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +0.4percentage points 2024: 59.6%
Sweden, 2025 50.8% Country total
Position in 2025 5th of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Stockholm 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 StockholmSweden
2025 60.0% 50.8%
2024 59.6% 50.5%
2023 58.8% 49.4%
2022 57.4% 48.5%
2021 56.1%b (break in time series) 46.6%b (break in time series)
2020 53.7% 44.6%
2019 53.0% 44.0%
2018 52.3%b (break in time series) 43.2%b (break in time series)
2017 51.0% 41.9%
2016 50.4% 41.1%
2015 48.7% 39.8%
2014 47.6%b (break in time series) 38.7%b (break in time series)
2013 45.7% 37.0%
2012 44.4% 35.7%
2011 43.7% 34.8%
2010 42.3% 33.9%
2009 41.9% 33.1%
2008 40.4% 32.0%
2007 38.9% 31.3%
2006 38.4%b (break in time series) 30.5%b (break in time series)
2005 38.0%b (break in time series) 29.6%b (break in time series)
2004 36.7% 28.1%
2003 36.2% 27.2%
2002 34.8% 26.4%
2001 33.4%b (break in time series) 25.5%b (break in time series)

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

In short

  • That is a change of +0.4 percentage points from 59.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 48.7%, the figure has changed by +11.3 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, Stockholm has the 5th highest value.
  • The figure for Sweden in 2025 was 50.8%.

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