Tertiary education in Trøndelag

In Trøndelag, 49.6% 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
Trøndelag, 2025 49.6% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 49.4%
Norway, 2025 50.2% Country total
Position in 2025 27th of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Trøndelag 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 TrøndelagNorway
2025 49.6% 50.2%
2024 49.4% 49.2%
2023 48.2% 48.4%
2022 47.1% 47.5%
2021 48.4%b (break in time series) 47.0%b (break in time series)
2020 46.4% 45.3%
2019 44.4% 44.0%
2018 44.4% 43.7%
2017 43.0% 43.2%
2016 43.2% 43.2%
2015 44.0% 43.2%
2014 40.7%b (break in time series) 42.3%b (break in time series)
2013 37.9% 39.8%
2012 37.6% 38.6%
2011 38.3% 37.6%
2010 37.0% 36.9%
2009 35.6% 35.9%
2008 35.3% 35.5%
2007 33.3% 34.4%
2006 32.6%b (break in time series) 33.1%b (break in time series)
2005 32.8% 32.6%
2004 32.5% 32.3%
2003 31.1% 31.3%
2002 32.0% 33.9%
2001 31.9% 34.1%

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

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 49.4% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 44.0%, the figure has changed by +5.6 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, Trøndelag has the 27th highest value.
  • The figure for Norway in 2025 was 50.2%.

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