Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Severozapaden

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Severozapaden was 27.7% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.4 pts from 2024. That is the 6th highest of 6 regions in 2025.

202527.7%
Change on 2024+1.4 pts
Series high27.72025
Series low17.12009

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Severozapaden, 2003 to 2025

1517.52022.52527.5302003200720112015201920252003: 18.8 %2004: 18.2 %2005: 17.5 %2006: 18.4 %2007: 17.4 %2008: 17.4 %2009: 17.1 %2010: 18.5 %2011: 18.2 %2012: 18.7 %2013: 19.4 %2014: 20.6 %2015: 21.5 %2016: 19.9 %2017: 19.9 %2018: 20.6 %2019: 19.3 %2020: 20.8 %2021: 19.8 %2022: 18.8 %2023: 21 %2024: 26.3 %2025: 27.7 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-10.
All 23 values
Period%
202527.7
202426.3 Series break
202321
202218.8
202119.8 Series break
202020.8
201919.3 Series break
201820.6
201719.9
201619.9
201521.5
201420.6 Series break
201319.4
201218.7
201118.2 Series break
201018.5 Series break
200917.1
200817.4
200717.4
200618.4 Series break
200517.5
200418.2
200318.8

Compared with Bulgaria and European Union (27)

Place2025
Severozapaden27.7
Bulgaria35.7
European Union (27)36.9

Rankings

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.

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.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 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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What is the tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Severozapaden?

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Severozapaden was 27.7% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.4 pts from 2024. That is the 6th highest of 6 regions in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Severozapaden?

27.7% in 2025, the highest value since 2003 in this series.

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 elsewhere in Bulgaria

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