Tertiary education in Yugozapaden

In Yugozapaden, 44.5% 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
Yugozapaden, 2025 44.5% % of people aged 25 to 64
Change from 2024 +1.6percentage points 2024: 42.9%
Bulgaria, 2025 35.7% Country total
Position in 2025 51st of 289 See the full ranking

Tertiary education in Yugozapaden 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 YugozapadenBulgaria
2025 44.5% 35.7%
2024 42.9%b (break in time series) 33.8%b (break in time series)
2023 41.8% 30.5%
2022 43.2% 29.9%
2021 43.1%b (break in time series) 29.7%b (break in time series)
2020 42.7% 29.2%
2019 39.5%b (break in time series) 27.9%b (break in time series)
2018 39.8% 28.2%
2017 39.2% 27.8%
2016 39.4% 27.7%
2015 38.6% 27.5%
2014 37.5%b (break in time series) 27.0%b (break in time series)
2013 35.1% 25.6%
2012 33.0% 24.0%
2011 32.8%b (break in time series) 23.6%b (break in time series)
2010 33.6%b (break in time series) 23.3%b (break in time series)
2009 33.7% 23.0%
2008 33.6% 22.8%
2007 33.2% 22.4%
2006 31.9%b (break in time series) 21.9%b (break in time series)
2005 31.5% 21.6%
2004 31.1% 21.7%
2003 30.1% 21.3%
2002 29.5% 21.2%
2001 29.3%b (break in time series) 21.3%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 +1.6 percentage points from 42.9% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 38.6%, the figure has changed by +5.9 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, Yugozapaden has the 51st highest value.
  • The figure for Bulgaria in 2025 was 35.7%.

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