# EU regions (NUTS 2) by adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64, 2025

All 243 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable. 1 regions have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- 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 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adults-without-upper-secondary-education-25-64/eu-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mayotte | 72.2 |
| 2 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 56.7 |
| 3 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 48.7 |
| 4 | Ceuta | 48.6 |
| 5 | Extremadura | 47 |
| 6 | Guyane | 45.7 |
| 7 | Melilla | 44.7 |
| 8 | Castilla-La Mancha | 44.1 |
| 8 | Region of Murcia | 44.1 |
| 10 | Sicilia | 43.4 |
| 11 | Sardegna | 42.8 |
| 12 | Puglia | 42.6 |
| 13 | Andalusia | 41.7 |
| 14 | Campania | 41.2 |
| 15 | Norte | 41.1 |
| 16 | Valencian Community | 39.9 |
| 17 | Calabria | 39 |
| 18 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 37.4 |
| 19 | Alentejo | 37.3 |
| 20 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 36.4 |
| 21 | Canary Islands | 36.3 |
| 22 | Algarve | 36.1 |
| 22 | Balearic Islands | 36.1 |
| 24 | La Rioja | 35.8 |
| 25 | Aragon | 35.1 |
| 26 | Centro (PT) | 34.3 |
| 27 | La Réunion | 34 |
| 28 | Guadeloupe | 33.4 |
| 29 | Basilicata | 33.3 |
| 30 | Castile and León | 33.2 |
| 31 | Galicia | 32.6 |
| 32 | Catalonia | 31.3 |
| 33 | Piemonte | 31.2 |
| 34 | Toscana | 31 |
| 35 | Veneto | 30.8 |
| 36 | Molise | 30.6 |
| 37 | Lombardia | 30.2 |
| 37 | Península de Setúbal | 30.2 |
| 39 | Dytiki Elláda | 30.1 |
| 39 | Malta | 30.1 |
| 41 | Liguria | 29.9 |
| 42 | Notio Aigaio | 28.9 |
| 43 | Emilia-Romagna | 28.7 |
| 43 | Marche | 28.7 |
| 43 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 28.7 |
| 46 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 28.4 |
| 47 | Abruzzo | 28 |
| 48 | Sud-Est | 27.9 |
| 49 | Cantabria | 26.7 |
| 50 | Martinique | 26.5 |
| 51 | Asturias | 26.1 |
| 52 | Community of Madrid | 26 |
| 53 | Ionia Nisia | 25.5 |
| 53 | Peloponnisos | 25.5 |
| 55 | Lazio | 25.4 |
| 56 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 25.3 |
| 57 | Nord-Est | 24.8 |
| 57 | Sterea Elláda | 24.8 |
| 59 | Grande Lisboa | 24.5 |
| 60 | Navarre | 24.3 |
| 61 | Kriti | 24 |
| 61 | Umbria | 24 |
| 63 | Bremen | 23.3 |
| 64 | Corse | 22.5 |
| 64 | Zeeland | 22.5 |
| 66 | Limburg (NL) | 22.4 |
| 67 | Ipeiros | 22.2 |
| 68 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 22.1 |
| 69 | Prov. Hainaut | 22 |
| 70 | Prov. Liège | 21.4 |
| 71 | Nord-Vest | 21.3 |
| 72 | Noord-Brabant | 20.8 |
| 72 | Sud-Muntenia | 20.8 |
| 74 | Basque Country | 20.3 |
| 75 | Sjælland | 20.2 |
| 76 | Arnsberg | 20 |
| 76 | Düsseldorf | 20 |
| 76 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 20 |
| 76 | Thessalia | 20 |
| 80 | Picardie | 19.8 |
| 81 | Nordjylland | 19.7 |
| 82 | Centru | 19.6 |
| 82 | Flevoland | 19.6 |
| 84 | Drenthe | 19.4 |
| 85 | Észak-Magyarország | 19.3 |
| 86 | Dytiki Makedonia | 19.1 |
| 87 | Detmold | 19 |
| 87 | Zuid-Holland | 19 |
| 89 | Champagne-Ardenne | 18.9 |
| 90 | Észak-Alföld | 18.7 |
| 91 | Yugoiztochen | 18.5 |
| 92 | Bourgogne | 18.3 |
| 92 | Gelderland | 18.3 |
| 92 | Syddanmark | 18.3 |
| 95 | Voreio Aigaio | 18.1 |
| 96 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 18 |
| 97 | Overijssel | 17.9 |
| 98 | Lorraine | 17.8 |
| 99 | Franche-Comté | 17.7 |
| 100 | Friesland (NL) | 17.6 |
| 100 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 17.6 |
| 102 | Darmstadt | 17.5 |
| 103 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 17.4 |
| 103 | Weser-Ems | 17.4 |
| 105 | Saarland | 17.2 |
| 106 | Kentriki Makedonia | 17.1 |
| 107 | Hannover | 16.7 |
| 107 | Luxembourg | 16.7 |
| 109 | Dél-Dunántúl | 16.6 |
| 109 | Noord-Holland | 16.6 |
| 111 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 16.5 |
| 111 | Severoiztochen | 16.5 |
| 111 | Wien | 16.5 |
| 114 | Groningen | 16.4 |
| 115 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 16.1 |
| 116 | Koblenz | 16 |
| 117 | Münster | 15.8 |
| 118 | Stuttgart | 15.7 |
| 119 | Midtjylland | 15.6 |
| 120 | Panonska Hrvatska | 15.5 |
| 121 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 15.4 |
| 122 | Basse-Normandie | 15.1 |
| 122 | Berlin | 15.1 |
| 122 | Köln | 15.1 |
| 125 | Haute-Normandie | 15 |
| 125 | Ile-de-France | 15 |
| 125 | Vorarlberg | 15 |
| 128 | Lüneburg | 14.9 |
| 129 | Hamburg | 14.7 |
| 129 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 14.7 |
| 129 | Severozapaden | 14.7 |
| 132 | Severen tsentralen | 14.6 |
| 133 | Gießen | 14.5 |
| 133 | Kassel | 14.5 |
| 133 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 14.5 |
| 133 | Schleswig-Holstein | 14.5 |
| 133 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 14.5 |
| 138 | Prov. Namur | 14.4 |
| 139 | Pays de la Loire | 14.3 |
| 140 | Karlsruhe | 14.2 |
| 141 | Braunschweig | 14.1 |
| 142 | Prov. Antwerpen | 14 |
| 142 | Vest | 14 |
| 144 | Alsace | 13.8 |
| 145 | Freiburg | 13.4 |
| 146 | Oberösterreich | 13.2 |
| 147 | Centre - Val de Loire | 13.1 |
| 147 | Kýpros | 13.1 |
| 147 | Småland med öarna | 13.1 |
| 147 | Trier | 13.1 |
| 151 | Auvergne | 13 |
| 152 | Aquitaine | 12.9 |
| 152 | Poitou-Charentes | 12.9 |
| 152 | Utrecht | 12.9 |
| 155 | Limousin | 12.8 |
| 155 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 12.8 |
| 155 | Tirol | 12.8 |
| 158 | Niederbayern | 12.7 |
| 158 | Tübingen | 12.7 |
| 160 | Közép-Dunántúl | 12.6 |
| 160 | Norra Mellansverige | 12.6 |
| 162 | Rhône-Alpes | 12.5 |
| 163 | Severozápad | 12.4 |
| 164 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 12.3 |
| 165 | Dél-Alföld | 12.2 |
| 165 | Niederösterreich | 12.2 |
| 167 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 12.1 |
| 168 | Mittelfranken | 12 |
| 169 | Östra Mellansverige | 11.9 |
| 170 | Hovedstaden | 11.8 |
| 170 | Sydsverige | 11.8 |
| 172 | Schwaben | 11.7 |
| 173 | Northern and Western | 11.6 |
| 173 | Steiermark | 11.6 |
| 175 | Etelä-Suomi | 11.4 |
| 176 | Unterfranken | 11.3 |
| 177 | Oberfranken | 11.2 |
| 178 | Burgenland | 11.1 |
| 178 | Salzburg | 11.1 |
| 180 | Västsverige | 10.9 |
| 181 | Midi-Pyrénées | 10.8 |
| 182 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 10.6 |
| 183 | Eesti | 10.4 |
| 184 | Southern | 10.3 |
| 185 | Länsi-Suomi | 10.1 |
| 186 | Brandenburg | 10 |
| 186 | Kärnten | 10 |
| 186 | Oberbayern | 10 |
| 189 | Attiki | 9.7 |
| 190 | Oberpfalz | 9.6 |
| 190 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 9.6 |
| 192 | Stockholm | 9.5 |
| 192 | Východné Slovensko | 9.5 |
| 194 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 9.3 |
| 194 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 9.3 |
| 196 | Mellersta Norrland | 9.2 |
| 197 | Bretagne | 9.1 |
| 197 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 9.1 |
| 197 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 9.1 |
| 197 | Zahodna Slovenija | 9.1 |
| 201 | Latvija | 8.7 |
| 202 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 8.6 |
| 203 | Pest | 8.4 |
| 204 | Eastern and Midland | 8.1 |
| 205 | Leipzig | 7.9 |
| 205 | Övre Norrland | 7.9 |
| 207 | Podlaskie | 7.3 |
| 208 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 7.2 |
| 208 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 7.2 |
| 210 | Thüringen | 7 |
| 211 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 6.7 |
| 211 | Zachodniopomorskie | 6.7 |
| 213 | Świętokrzyskie | 6.5 |
| 214 | Severovýchod | 6.2 |
| 215 | Chemnitz | 6.1 |
| 216 | Lubuskie | 6 |
| 216 | Moravskoslezsko | 6 |
| 218 | Jihozápad | 5.9 |
| 218 | Opolskie | 5.9 |
| 220 | Dresden | 5.8 |
| 221 | Łódzkie | 5.7 |
| 221 | Lubelskie | 5.7 |
| 221 | Střední Čechy | 5.7 |
| 224 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 5.6 |
| 225 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 5.5 |
| 226 | Pomorskie | 5.3 |
| 226 | Stredné Slovensko | 5.3 |
| 226 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 5.3 |
| 229 | Yugozapaden | 5.1 |
| 229 | Západné Slovensko | 5.1 |
| 231 | Wielkopolskie | 5 |
| 232 | Dolnośląskie | 4.9 |
| 232 | Podkarpackie | 4.9 |
| 234 | Jihovýchod | 4.3 |
| 235 | Střední Morava | 4.1 |
| 236 | Małopolskie | 4 |
| 237 | Śląskie | 3.9 |
| 238 | Budapest | 3.4 |
| 239 | Grad Zagreb | 3.2 |
| 240 | Bratislavský kraj | 2.2 |
| 241 | Sostinės regionas | 2 |
| 241 | Warszawski stołeczny | 2 |
| 243 | Praha | 1.8 |