# Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Belgium

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Belgium was 47.5% in 2025. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_attainment_share_25_64`
- Place id: `be`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 to 64 whose highest completed level of education is tertiary (ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8: short-cycle tertiary, bachelor's or equivalent, master's or equivalent, and doctoral), as a percentage of all people aged 25 to 64. Measured by national labour force surveys.
- Note: Includes short-cycle tertiary programmes such as US associate degrees, so it is higher than the US bachelors_degree_share, which also covers everyone aged 25 and over.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population by educational attainment level, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_03) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_03/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: Eurostat. Population by educational attainment level, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_03). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_03/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/belgium
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=tertiary_attainment_share_25_64&place=be

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 47.5 |
| 2024 | 45 |
| 2023 | 44.8 |
| 2022 | 45.8 |
| 2021 | 44.9 (break) |
| 2020 | 42.4 |
| 2019 | 40.7 |
| 2018 | 40.6 |
| 2017 | 40.3 (break) |
| 2016 | 37.5 |
| 2015 | 36.9 |
| 2014 | 36.9 (break) |
| 2013 | 35.5 |
| 2012 | 35.3 |
| 2011 | 34.6 |
| 2010 | 35 |
| 2009 | 33.4 |
| 2008 | 32.3 (break) |
| 2007 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 31.8 |
| 2005 | 31 |
| 2004 | 30.4 |
| 2003 | 29 |
| 2002 | 28.1 |
| 2001 | 27.6 |
| 2000 | 27.1 |