Tertiary education in Vestlandet

In Vestlandet, 49.2% 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 2016. 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: 2016 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Vestlandet, 2025 49.2% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 48.7%
Norway, 2025 50.2% Country total
Position in 2025 29th of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Vestlandet 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 VestlandetNorway
2025 49.2% 50.2%
2024 48.7% 49.2%
2023 48.8% 48.4%
2022 48.3% 47.5%
2021 47.7%b (break in time series) 47.0%b (break in time series)
2020 45.5% 45.3%
2019 43.1% 44.0%
2018 43.6% 43.7%
2017 42.0% 43.2%
2016 42.4% 43.2%
2015 – 43.2%
2014 – 42.3%b (break in time series)
2013 – 39.8%
2012 – 38.6%
2011 – 37.6%
2010 – 36.9%
2009 – 35.9%
2008 – 35.5%
2007 – 34.4%
2006 – 33.1%b (break in time series)
2005 – 32.6%
2004 – 32.3%
2003 – 31.3%
2002 – 33.9%
2001 – 34.1%

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

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 48.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2016, when it was 42.4%, the figure has changed by +6.8 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, Vestlandet has the 29th 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
2016 to 2025 for Vestlandet
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat