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Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Southern

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Southern was 54.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.5 pts from 2024.

202554.8%
Change on 2024+1.5 pts
Series high54.82025
Series low37.32012
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Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Southern, 2012 to 2025

354045505520122014201620182020202220252012: 37.3 %2013: 39.1 %2014: 38.9 %2015: 40.3 %2016: 40.9 %2017: 42.6 %2018: 42.5 %2019: 43.2 %2020: 45.6 %2021: 49.4 %2022: 50.5 %2023: 50.4 %2024: 53.3 %2025: 54.8 %
%. 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 14 values
Period%
202554.8
202453.3
202350.4
202250.5
202149.4 Series break
202045.6
201943.2
201842.5
201742.6 Series break
201640.9
201540.3
201438.9 Series break
201339.1
201237.3

Compared with Ireland and European Union (27)

Place2025
Southern54.8
Ireland58.7
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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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04) (Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, Southern, 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, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04), Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, Southern, 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/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/southern-ie05. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04). Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, Southern, 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/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/southern-ie05.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04), Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, Southern, 2012 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/southern-ie05 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat\_lfse\_04): Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, Southern, 2012 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/southern-ie05. Publisher attribution: 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 Southern?

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 in Southern was 54.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 1.5 pts from 2024.

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 Southern?

54.8% in 2025, the highest value since 2012 in this series.

Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 elsewhere in Ireland

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