# EU countries by adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64, 2025

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `below_upper_secondary_share_25_64`
- Unit: %
- 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).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population by educational attainment level, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 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
- Citation: Eurostat. Population by educational attainment level, less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0 to 2), 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/rankings/adults-without-upper-secondary-education-25-64/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Portugal | 35.7 |
| 2 | Spain | 34.6 |
| 3 | Italy | 33 |
| 4 | Malta | 30.1 |
| 5 | Romania | 19.8 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 18.4 |
| 7 | Greece | 18 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 16.7 |
| 9 | Denmark | 15.9 |
| 10 | France | 15.3 |
| 11 | Belgium | 15.1 |
| 12 | Germany | 14.2 |
| 13 | Austria | 13.2 |
| 14 | Cyprus | 13.1 |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 13 |
| 16 | Hungary | 11.9 |
| 17 | Finland | 11 |
| 17 | Sweden | 11 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 10.7 |
| 20 | Estonia | 10.4 |
| 21 | Croatia | 9.4 |
| 21 | Ireland | 9.4 |
| 23 | Latvia | 8.7 |
| 24 | Slovakia | 6 |
| 25 | Czechia | 5.6 |
| 26 | Poland | 5.1 |
| 27 | Lithuania | 4.2 |