Tertiary educated, age 25-64 by NUTS 2 region

289 European regions compared for 2025. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

65.6 %

Prov. Brabant wallon · Belgium

Median region

34.5 %

of 289 regions

Last in the ranking

11.5 %

Mayotte · France

How to read it

Across European NUTS 2 regions the values range from 11.5 % (Mayotte) to 65.6 % (Prov. Brabant wallon).

Differences between regions of one country are often larger than differences between countries - which is why regions are compared across Europe, not only at home.

Population in private households by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region
Percentage · Total · Tertiary education (levels 5-8) · From 25 to 64 years

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Ranking

2025


1	Prov. Brabant wallon	Belgium	65.6
2	Sostinės regionas	Lithuania	65.6
3	Warszawski stołeczny	Poland	65.3
4	Eastern and Midland	Ireland	63.0
5	Stockholm	Sweden	60.0
6	Budapest	Hungary	59.3
7	Ile de France	France	58.6
8	País Vasco	Spain	58.2
9	Hovedstaden	Denmark	58.2
10	Utrecht	Netherlands	58.2
11	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	Belgium	56.9
12	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	Belgium	56.7
13	Zürich	Switzerland	56.6
14	Oslo og Viken	Norway	56.5
15	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	55.7
16	Bratislavský kraj	Slovakia	54.8
17	Praha	Czechia	54.8
18	Southern	Ireland	54.8
19	Northern and Western	Ireland	53.2
20	Sydsverige	Sweden	52.2
21	Noord-Holland	Netherlands	52.2
22	Kýpros	Cyprus	52.1
23	Grad Zagreb	Croatia	51.7
24	Comunidad Foral de Navarra	Spain	50.8
25	Västsverige	Sweden	50.5
26	Comunidad de Madrid	Spain	50.0
27	Trøndelag	Norway	49.6
28	Rhône-Alpes	France	49.4
29	Vestlandet	Norway	49.2
30	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	Belgium	48.8
31	Övre Norrland	Sweden	48.3
32	Berlin	Germany	48.1
33	Helsinki-Uusimaa	Finland	48.1
34	Midi-Pyrénées	France	47.9
35	Cantabria	Spain	47.8
36	Oberbayern	Germany	47.4
37	Prov. Antwerpen	Belgium	47.3
38	Zuid-Holland	Netherlands	47.3
39	Cataluña	Spain	46.9
40	Principado de Asturias	Spain	46.6
41	Östra Mellansverige	Sweden	46.6
42	Région lémanique	Switzerland	46.4
43	Zentralschweiz	Switzerland	46.4
44	Wien	Austria	46.3
45	Ísland	Iceland	46.1
46	Beogradski region	Serbia	46.0
47	Nordwestschweiz	Switzerland	45.7
48	Prov. Namur	Belgium	45.2
49	Groningen	Netherlands	45.0
50	Attiki	Greece	44.6
51	Yugozapaden	Bulgaria	44.5
52	Midtjylland	Denmark	44.3
53	Dolnośląskie	Poland	44.2
54	Gelderland	Netherlands	44.1
55	Aquitaine	France	44.0
56	Noord-Brabant	Netherlands	43.9
57	Agder og Sør-Østlandet	Norway	43.8
58	Nord-Norge	Norway	43.7
59	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	Belgium	43.6
60	Pomorskie	Poland	43.6
61	Småland med öarna	Sweden	43.6
62	Galicia	Spain	43.4
63	Grande Lisboa	Portugal	43.3
64	Hamburg	Germany	43.0
65	Bretagne	France	42.9
66	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	Belgium	42.7
67	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	Lithuania	42.7
68	Languedoc-Roussillon	France	42.6
69	Ticino	Switzerland	42.6
70	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	France	42.5
71	Pays de la Loire	France	42.2
72	Castilla y León	Spain	42.1
73	Eesti	Estonia	42.1
74	Overijssel	Netherlands	41.9
75	Flevoland	Netherlands	41.9
76	Prov. Liège	Belgium	41.8
77	Mellersta Norrland	Sweden	41.8
78	Prov. Limburg (BE)	Belgium	41.5
79	Länsi-Suomi	Finland	41.5
80	Centre — Val de Loire	France	41.4
81	La Rioja	Spain	41.4
82	Limousin	France	41.4
83	Norra Mellansverige	Sweden	41.4
84	Espace Mittelland	Switzerland	41.3
85	Małopolskie	Poland	41.2
86	Aragón	Spain	41.0
87	Nord-Pas de Calais	France	41.0
88	Alsace	France	41.0
89	Ostschweiz	Switzerland	40.8
90	Latvija	Latvia	40.7
91	Bucureşti-Ilfov	Romania	40.7
92	Poitou-Charentes	France	40.6
93	Auvergne	France	40.4
94	Tübingen	Germany	40.3
95	Karlsruhe	Germany	40.0
96	Innlandet	Norway	39.7
97	Leipzig	Germany	39.7
98	Zahodna Slovenija	Slovenia	39.7
99	Basse-Normandie	France	39.4
100	Syddanmark	Denmark	39.4
101	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	Finland	39.2
102	Severoiztochen	Bulgaria	39.0
103	Etelä-Suomi	Finland	39.0
104	Köln	Germany	38.8
105	Friesland (NL)	Netherlands	38.6
106	Mittelfranken	Germany	38.6
107	Zachodniopomorskie	Poland	38.5
108	Haute-Normandie	France	38.4
109	Śląskie	Poland	38.4
110	Ankara	Türkiye	38.2
111	Comunitat Valenciana	Spain	38.1
112	Stuttgart	Germany	38.0
113	Darmstadt	Germany	37.9
114	Franche-Comté	France	37.8
115	Malta	Malta	37.7
116	Łódzkie	Poland	37.7
117	Freiburg	Germany	37.6
118	Podlaskie	Poland	37.4
119	Lubelskie	Poland	37.4
120	Limburg (NL)	Netherlands	37.3
121	Prov. Hainaut	Belgium	37.3
122	Świętokrzyskie	Poland	37.0
123	Dresden	Germany	36.9
124	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	Germany	36.8
125	Niederösterreich	Austria	36.7
126	Andalucía	Spain	36.7
127	Nordjylland	Denmark	36.7
128	Kentriki Makedonia	Greece	36.4
129	Drenthe	Netherlands	36.3
130	Canarias	Spain	36.3
131	Bourgogne	France	36.1
132	Kärnten	Austria	36.0
133	Lorraine	France	35.9
134	Salzburg	Austria	35.7
135	Picardie	France	35.5
136	Hannover	Germany	35.5
137	Ipeiros	Greece	35.4
138	Sjælland	Denmark	35.3
139	Región de Murcia	Spain	35.2
140	Illes Balears	Spain	35.2
141	Braunschweig	Germany	34.9
142	Steiermark	Austria	34.9
143	Wielkopolskie	Poland	34.7
144	Oberösterreich	Austria	34.7
145	Extremadura	Spain	34.5
146	Unterfranken	Germany	34.3
147	Península de Setúbal	Portugal	34.3
148	Podkarpackie	Poland	34.2
149	Opolskie	Poland	34.2
150	Burgenland	Austria	34.2
151	Schwaben	Germany	34.1
152	Zeeland	Netherlands	34.1
153	Pest	Hungary	34.1
154	Champagne-Ardenne	France	33.8
155	Ciudad de Ceuta	Spain	33.5
156	Centro (PT)	Portugal	33.4
157	Castilla-La Mancha	Spain	33.3
158	Åland	Finland	32.9
159	Oberpfalz	Germany	32.7
160	Gießen	Germany	32.5
161	Tirol	Austria	32.5
162	Vorarlberg	Austria	32.4
163	Bremen	Germany	32.3
164	Brandenburg	Germany	32.2
165	Trier	Germany	32.2
166	Kujawsko-pomorskie	Poland	31.9
167	Martinique	France	31.9
168	Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	31.8
169	Oberfranken	Germany	31.8
170	Düsseldorf	Germany	31.8
171	İstanbul	Türkiye	31.8
172	İzmir	Türkiye	31.8
173	Mazowiecki regionalny	Poland	31.8
174	Corse	France	31.7
175	Lüneburg	Germany	31.6
176	Lubuskie	Poland	31.6
177	Thessalia	Greece	31.4
178	Warmińsko-mazurskie	Poland	31.4
179	Severen tsentralen	Bulgaria	31.2
180	Jadranska Hrvatska	Croatia	31.1
181	Vzhodna Slovenija	Slovenia	31.0
182	Detmold	Germany	30.9
183	Jihovýchod	Czechia	30.9
184	Yugoiztochen	Bulgaria	30.9
185	Weser-Ems	Germany	30.8
186	Kassel	Germany	30.6
187	Thüringen	Germany	30.4
188	Münster	Germany	30.1
189	Ciudad de Melilla	Spain	30.0
190	Norte	Portugal	29.8
191	Antalya, Isparta, Burdur	Türkiye	29.6
192	Yuzhen tsentralen	Bulgaria	29.3
193	Chemnitz	Germany	29.3
194	Algarve	Portugal	28.8
195	Niederbayern	Germany	28.7
196	Koblenz	Germany	28.7
197	Guadeloupe	France	28.7
198	Lazio	Italy	28.5
199	Kriti	Greece	28.5
200	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	Portugal	28.5
201	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Germany	28.3
202	Dytiki Makedonia	Greece	28.3
203	Saarland	Germany	28.1
204	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	Greece	28.0
205	Severozapaden	Bulgaria	27.7
206	Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova	Türkiye	27.5
207	Arnsberg	Germany	27.3
208	Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik	Türkiye	26.9
209	La Réunion	France	26.8
210	Východné Slovensko	Slovakia	26.7
211	Aydın, Denizli, Muğla	Türkiye	26.5
212	Střední Čechy	Czechia	26.4
213	Alentejo	Portugal	26.2
214	Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt	Türkiye	26.1
215	Balıkesir, Çanakkale	Türkiye	26.1
216	Nyugat-Dunántúl	Hungary	26.0
217	Peloponnisos	Greece	25.8
218	Stredné Slovensko	Slovakia	25.8
219	Sachsen-Anhalt	Germany	25.4
220	Region Vojvodine	Serbia	25.4
221	Moravskoslezsko	Czechia	25.3
222	Emilia-Romagna	Italy	25.3
223	Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat	Türkiye	25.2
224	Severna Makedonija	North Macedonia	25.1
225	Umbria	Italy	25.0
226	Západné Slovensko	Slovakia	25.0
227	Marche	Italy	24.9
228	Dél-Alföld	Hungary	24.8
229	Sterea Elláda	Greece	24.7
230	Střední Morava	Czechia	24.7
231	Konya, Karaman	Türkiye	24.7
232	Abruzzo	Italy	24.6
233	Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane	Türkiye	24.6
234	Adana, Mersin	Türkiye	24.6
235	Região Autónoma da Madeira	Portugal	24.5
236	Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli	Türkiye	24.2
237	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Italy	24.1
238	Jihozápad	Czechia	24.0
239	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	Italy	23.9
240	Toscana	Italy	23.8
241	Lombardia	Italy	23.6
242	Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli	Türkiye	23.6
243	Liguria	Italy	23.5
244	Észak-Alföld	Hungary	23.4
245	Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya	Türkiye	23.4
246	Region Juzne i Istocne Srbije	Serbia	23.3
247	Severovýchod	Czechia	23.2
248	Közép-Dunántúl	Hungary	23.1
249	Notio Aigaio	Greece	22.5
250	Sjeverna Hrvatska	Croatia	22.4
251	Molise	Italy	22.1
252	Veneto	Italy	21.8
253	Dytiki Elláda	Greece	21.7
254	Region Sumadije i Zapadne Srbije	Serbia	21.7
255	Guyane	France	21.7
256	Dél-Dunántúl	Hungary	21.6
257	Ionia Nisia	Greece	21.6
258	Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak	Türkiye	21.4
259	Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis	Türkiye	21.4
260	Voreio Aigaio	Greece	21.3
261	Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartın	Türkiye	21.3
262	Piemonte	Italy	21.2
263	Észak-Magyarország	Hungary	21.1
264	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	Italy	21.0
265	Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir	Türkiye	21.0
266	Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye	Türkiye	20.9
267	Panonska Hrvatska	Croatia	20.5
268	Basilicata	Italy	20.4
269	Kastamonu, Çankırı, Sinop	Türkiye	20.2
270	Centru	Romania	19.7
271	Vest	Romania	19.4
272	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	Italy	18.7
273	Campania	Italy	18.7
274	Calabria	Italy	18.6
275	Nord-Vest	Romania	18.6
276	Puglia	Italy	18.5
277	Sardegna	Italy	18.4
278	Região Autónoma dos Açores	Portugal	18.0
279	Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan	Türkiye	17.0
280	Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt	Türkiye	17.0
281	Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkari	Türkiye	17.0
282	Sicilia	Italy	16.9
283	Sud-Vest Oltenia	Romania	16.8
284	Severozápad	Czechia	16.0
285	Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır	Türkiye	15.8
286	Sud-Est	Romania	14.1
287	Sud-Muntenia	Romania	14.0
288	Nord-Est	Romania	13.4
289	Mayotte	France	11.5

The ranking is for the latest period in which most regions have a value; the most recent year is often published by only some countries.