Tertiary education in Utrecht
In Utrecht, 58.2% 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 2019. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Utrecht, 2025
58.2%
Change from 2024
+1.7percentage points
Netherlands, 2025
46.1%
Position in 2025
10th of 289
Tertiary education in Utrecht 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 | Utrecht | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.2% | 46.1% |
| 2024 | 56.5% | 44.6% |
| 2023 | 56.4% | 44.3% |
| 2022 | 56.1% | 44.7% |
| 2021 | 51.5%b (break in time series) | 43.1%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 55.7% | 42.6% |
| 2019 | 52.7%b (break in time series) | 40.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2018 | – | 38.3% |
| 2017 | – | 37.2% |
| 2016 | – | 36.0% |
| 2015 | – | 35.3% |
| 2014 | – | 34.4%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | – | 33.9%b (break in time series) |
| 2012 | – | 33.0% |
| 2011 | – | 32.1% |
| 2010 | – | 32.0% |
| 2009 | – | 30.8% |
| 2008 | – | 30.2% |
| 2007 | – | 29.3% |
| 2006 | – | 28.5% |
| 2005 | – | 28.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | – | 29.5% |
| 2003 | – | 27.5% |
| 2002 | – | 25.0% |
| 2001 | – | 24.1% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.7 percentage points from 56.5% in 2024.
- Since 2019, when it was 52.7%, the figure has changed by +5.5 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, Utrecht has the 10th highest value.
- The figure for Netherlands in 2025 was 46.1%.