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Adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64 in Eastern and Midland

Adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64 in Eastern and Midland was 8.1% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 1.2 pts from 2024.

20258.1%
Change on 2024-1.2 pts
Series high23.32012
Series low8.12025
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Adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64 in Eastern and Midland, 2012 to 2025

51015202520122014201620182020202220252012: 23.3 %2013: 20.9 %2014: 17.8 %2015: 16.9 %2016: 16.8 %2017: 16.1 %2018: 15.1 %2019: 14.8 %2020: 13.5 %2021: 11.2 %2022: 11.2 %2023: 10.7 %2024: 9.3 %2025: 8.1 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-10.
All 14 values
Period%
20258.1
20249.3
202310.7
202211.2
202111.2 Series break
202013.5
201914.8
201815.1
201716.1 Series break
201616.8
201516.9
201417.8 Series break
201320.9
201223.3

Compared with Ireland and European Union (27)

Place2025
Eastern and Midland8.1
Ireland9.4
European Union (27)18.8

Rankings

Definition

People aged 25 to 64 whose highest completed level of education is lower secondary at most (ISCED 2011 levels 0 to 2: less than primary, primary and lower secondary), as a percentage of all people aged 25 to 64 living in private households (EU Labour Force Survey).

Upper secondary is the level reached at about 18, such as the Spanish bachillerato or a vocational qualification of the same level.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04) (Adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64, Eastern and Midland, 2012 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table

MLA 9

Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04), Adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64, Eastern and Midland, 2012 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adults-without-upper-secondary-education-25-64/eastern-and-midland-ie06. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04). Adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64, Eastern and Midland, 2012 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/adults-without-upper-secondary-education-25-64/eastern-and-midland-ie06.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04), Adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64, Eastern and Midland, 2012 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/adults-without-upper-secondary-education-25-64/eastern-and-midland-ie06 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64 in Eastern and Midland?

Adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64 in Eastern and Midland was 8.1% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 1.2 pts from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64 in Eastern and Midland?

23.3% in 2012, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

Adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64 elsewhere in Ireland

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