EU regions (NUTS 2) by adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64
Região Autónoma dos Açores had the highest adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64 of 233 regions in 2014, at 73.3%. Praha had the lowest, at 2.7%. The median was 20.8% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 24.5%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2014
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2014 (%) | Change on 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Região Autónoma dos Açores Series break | 73.3 | -1.6 pts |
| 2 | Região Autónoma da Madeira Series break | 65.5 | -1.9 pts |
| 3 | Norte Series break | 62.9 | -3.8 pts |
| 4 | Extremadura Series break | 57.3 | -2.7 pts |
| 5 | Ceuta Series break | 55.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 6 | Malta Series break | 55.4 | -3.1 pts |
| 7 | Algarve Series break | 54.1 | -2.1 pts |
| 8 | Sardegna Series break | 52.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 9 | Andalusia Series break | 52.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 10 | Guyane Series break | 52.1 | |
| 11 | Castilla-La Mancha Series break | 51.2 | -1.9 pts |
| 11 | Puglia Series break | 51.2 | -1.5 pts |
| 13 | Region of Murcia Series break | 51.1 | -1 pts |
| 14 | Sicilia Series break | 50.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 15 | Canary Islands Series break | 50.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 16 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki Series break | 49.7 | -1.6 pts |
| 17 | Campania Series break | 48.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 18 | Balearic Islands Series break | 47.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 18 | Melilla Series break | 47.1 | -3.4 pts |
| 20 | Galicia Series break | 47 | -1.8 pts |
| 21 | Calabria Series break | 46.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 22 | La Réunion Series break | 46 | |
| 23 | Valencian Community Series break | 44.7 | -2.7 pts |
| 24 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Series break | 44 | -0.9 pts |
| 25 | Guadeloupe Series break | 43.2 | |
| 26 | Catalonia Series break | 42.6 | -1.3 pts |
| 26 | Dytiki Makedonia Series break | 42.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 28 | Castile and León Series break | 42.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 29 | Basilicata Series break | 42 | -1 pts |
| 30 | Molise Series break | 41.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 31 | Sterea Elláda Series break | 41.2 | -2.5 pts |
| 32 | Dytiki Elláda Series break | 40.7 | -2.9 pts |
| 33 | Martinique Series break | 40.5 | |
| 33 | Notio Aigaio Series break | 40.5 | -1.7 pts |
| 35 | Toscana Series break | 40 | -2.1 pts |
| 36 | Peloponnisos Series break | 39.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 37 | Ionia Nisia Series break | 39.6 | -4.6 pts |
| 38 | Piemonte Series break | 39.4 | -1.3 pts |
| 39 | Ipeiros Series break | 39.2 | -0.8 pts |
| 40 | Aragon Series break | 39 | -1.3 pts |
| 40 | Asturias Series break | 39 | -1.1 pts |
| 42 | La Rioja Series break | 38.9 | -2.4 pts |
| 43 | Veneto Series break | 38.7 | -1.6 pts |
| 44 | Kriti Series break | 38.6 | -1 pts |
| 45 | Lombardia Series break | 37.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 46 | Marche Series break | 37.1 | -1.5 pts |
| 46 | Voreio Aigaio Series break | 37.1 | +1.5 pts |
| 48 | Abruzzo Series break | 36.8 | +1.9 pts |
| 49 | Cantabria Series break | 36.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 49 | Liguria Series break | 36.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 51 | Emilia-Romagna Series break | 35.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 51 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia Series break | 35.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 53 | Navarre Series break | 34.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 54 | Thessalia Series break | 34.1 | -2.9 pts |
| 55 | Kentriki Makedonia Series break | 33.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 56 | Picardie Series break | 33 | -3.5 pts |
| 57 | Umbria Series break | 32.9 | -1.1 pts |
| 58 | Sud-Est Series break | 32.8 | +3.3 pts |
| 59 | Nord-Est Series break | 32.7 | +3.8 pts |
| 60 | Prov. Hainaut Series break | 32.5 | -1 pts |
| 61 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Series break | 32.1 | -5.5 pts |
| 62 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Series break | 32 | -0.4 pts |
| 63 | Prov. Liège Series break | 31.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 64 | Basque Country Series break | 31.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 65 | Corse Low reliability | 31.5 | -3.6 pts |
| 66 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento Series break | 31 | -1.7 pts |
| 67 | Champagne-Ardenne Series break | 30.5 | -2.6 pts |
| 67 | Sud-Muntenia Series break | 30.5 | +3.2 pts |
| 69 | Lazio Series break | 29.9 | -1.8 pts |
| 70 | Limburg (NL) Series break | 28.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 71 | Community of Madrid Series break | 27.9 | -1.6 pts |
| 72 | Zeeland Series break | 27.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 73 | Haute-Normandie Series break | 27.5 | -1.9 pts |
| 74 | Nord-Vest Series break | 27.2 | +2 pts |
| 75 | Centre - Val de Loire Series break | 27 | +0.7 pts |
| 76 | Languedoc-Roussillon Series break | 26.8 | -4.9 pts |
| 77 | Centru Series break | 26.7 | +4.7 pts |
| 77 | Friesland (NL) Series break | 26.7 | +1.1 pts |
| 79 | Sud-Vest Oltenia Series break | 26.5 | +1.6 pts |
| 80 | Prov. Namur Series break | 26.4 | -1.7 pts |
| 81 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) Series break | 26.3 | -4.8 pts |
| 82 | Nord-Pas de Calais Series break | 26.2 | -2.5 pts |
| 82 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen Series break | 26.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 84 | Basse-Normandie Series break | 26 | -0.4 pts |
| 85 | Noord-Brabant Series break | 25.9 | 0 pts |
| 86 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Series break | 25.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 87 | Prov. Limburg (BE) Series break | 25.3 | -2.6 pts |
| 88 | Groningen Series break | 25 | 0 pts |
| 89 | Drenthe Series break | 24.7 | -1.4 pts |
| 90 | Bourgogne Series break | 24.5 | -1.5 pts |
| 91 | Severoiztochen Series break | 24.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 92 | Syddanmark Series break | 24.2 | -1 pts |
| 93 | Vest Series break | 24.1 | +1.5 pts |
| 94 | Nordjylland Series break | 23.9 | -1.7 pts |
| 94 | Overijssel Series break | 23.9 | -2.2 pts |
| 94 | Yugoiztochen Series break | 23.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 94 | Yuzhen tsentralen Series break | 23.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 98 | Gelderland Series break | 23.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 99 | Prov. Antwerpen Series break | 23.6 | -2.6 pts |
| 99 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Series break | 23.6 | -3.8 pts |
| 101 | Auvergne Series break | 23.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 102 | Észak-Alföld Series break | 23.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 103 | Northern and Western Series break | 23 | -3.6 pts |
| 104 | Poitou-Charentes Series break | 22.9 | -1.9 pts |
| 105 | Franche-Comté Series break | 22.8 | -2.2 pts |
| 105 | Severen tsentralen Series break | 22.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 105 | Sjælland Series break | 22.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 108 | Kýpros Series break | 22.4 | +0.9 pts |
| 109 | Flevoland Series break | 22.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 110 | Lorraine Series break | 22 | -3.5 pts |
| 111 | Ile-de-France Series break | 21.9 | -2.6 pts |
| 112 | Midtjylland Series break | 21.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 113 | Alsace Series break | 21.3 | -0.9 pts |
| 113 | Dél-Dunántúl Series break | 21.3 | -0.9 pts |
| 113 | Észak-Magyarország Series break | 21.3 | -1.6 pts |
| 116 | Noord-Holland Series break | 21.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 117 | Southern Series break | 20.8 | -3.2 pts |
| 118 | Pays de la Loire Series break | 20.7 | -3 pts |
| 119 | Limousin Series break | 20.5 | -1.7 pts |
| 120 | Attiki Series break | 20 | -0.8 pts |
| 121 | Vorarlberg Series break | 19.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 122 | Rhône-Alpes Series break | 19.8 | -2 pts |
| 123 | Bremen Series break | 19.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 124 | Düsseldorf Series break | 19.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 125 | Åland Low reliability | 18.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 125 | Aquitaine Series break | 18.9 | -3.1 pts |
| 127 | Severozapaden Series break | 18.8 | +1.8 pts |
| 128 | Dél-Alföld Series break | 18.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 129 | Norra Mellansverige Series break | 18.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 129 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Series break | 18.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 131 | Luxembourg Series break | 18 | -1.5 pts |
| 131 | Småland med öarna Series break | 18 | -1.1 pts |
| 133 | Közép-Dunántúl Series break | 17.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 134 | Eastern and Midland Series break | 17.8 | -3.1 pts |
| 135 | Köln Series break | 17.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 135 | Tirol Series break | 17.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 137 | Arnsberg Series break | 17.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 138 | Midi-Pyrénées Series break | 17.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 138 | Oberösterreich Series break | 17.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 138 | Östra Mellansverige Series break | 17.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 141 | Wien Series break | 17.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 142 | Sydsverige Series break | 17.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 143 | Burgenland Series break | 16.8 | -1.7 pts |
| 143 | Hovedstaden Series break | 16.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 143 | Saarland Series break | 16.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 143 | Västsverige Series break | 16.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 147 | Warmińsko-mazurskie Series break | 16.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 148 | Bretagne Series break | 16.3 | -1 pts |
| 148 | Vzhodna Slovenija Series break | 16.3 | -1.2 pts |
| 150 | Detmold Series break | 16.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 151 | Hamburg Series break | 16 | +0.2 pts |
| 152 | Prov. Brabant wallon Series break | 15.9 | -1.5 pts |
| 153 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz Series break | 15.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 154 | Münster Series break | 15.7 | 0 pts |
| 155 | Niederösterreich Series break | 15.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 156 | Mellersta Norrland Series break | 15.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 157 | Darmstadt Series break | 15.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 158 | Koblenz Series break | 15.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 159 | Etelä-Suomi Series break | 14.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 160 | Berlin Series break | 14.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 160 | Nyugat-Dunántúl Series break | 14.7 | -1.2 pts |
| 162 | Salzburg Series break | 14.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 162 | Steiermark Series break | 14.6 | -1.3 pts |
| 164 | Bucureşti-Ilfov Series break | 14.5 | +2.9 pts |
| 164 | Gießen Series break | 14.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 166 | Braunschweig Series break | 14.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 166 | Karlsruhe Series break | 14.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 168 | Stockholm Series break | 14.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 169 | Freiburg Series break | 14.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 170 | Stuttgart Series break | 14 | -0.2 pts |
| 171 | Länsi-Suomi Series break | 13.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 172 | Pest Series break | 13.8 | -1.6 pts |
| 173 | Weser-Ems Series break | 13.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 174 | Zachodniopomorskie Series break | 13.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 175 | Lüneburg Series break | 13.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 175 | Mittelfranken Series break | 13.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 175 | Övre Norrland Series break | 13.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 178 | Hannover Series break | 13.2 | -0.8 pts |
| 179 | Helsinki-Uusimaa Series break | 12.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 179 | Tübingen Series break | 12.9 | 0 pts |
| 181 | Mazowiecki regionalny Series break | 12.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 182 | Jadranska Hrvatska Series break | 12.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 182 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Series break | 12.4 | -1.4 pts |
| 184 | Niederbayern Series break | 12.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 184 | Severozápad Series break | 12.3 | -0.9 pts |
| 186 | Podlaskie Series break | 12.1 | -0.8 pts |
| 186 | Schwaben Series break | 12.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 188 | Kassel Series break | 12 | +0.5 pts |
| 188 | Oberpfalz Series break | 12 | -0.8 pts |
| 188 | Schleswig-Holstein Series break | 12 | -0.1 pts |
| 188 | Trier Series break | 12 | -1.7 pts |
| 192 | Zahodna Slovenija Series break | 11.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 193 | Eesti Series break | 11.8 | +2.4 pts |
| 194 | Kärnten Series break | 11.6 | -1.6 pts |
| 194 | Oberfranken Series break | 11.6 | -1.5 pts |
| 196 | Pomorskie Series break | 11.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 196 | Świętokrzyskie Series break | 11.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 196 | Unterfranken Series break | 11.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 199 | Kujawsko-pomorskie Series break | 10.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 200 | Lubelskie Series break | 10.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 201 | Łódzkie Series break | 10.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 202 | Latvija Series break | 10.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 203 | Stredné Slovensko Series break | 10.3 | +1.9 pts |
| 204 | Lubuskie Series break | 9.9 | -1.3 pts |
| 204 | Východné Slovensko Series break | 9.9 | 0 pts |
| 206 | Oberbayern Series break | 9.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 206 | Podkarpackie Series break | 9.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 208 | Opolskie Series break | 9.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 209 | Yugozapaden Series break | 9.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 210 | Západné Slovensko Series break | 9 | +1.4 pts |
| 211 | Wielkopolskie Series break | 8.8 | 0 pts |
| 212 | Moravskoslezsko Series break | 8.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 213 | Budapest Series break | 8.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 214 | Dolnośląskie Series break | 8.1 | -1.5 pts |
| 215 | Małopolskie Series break | 7.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 216 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas Series break | 7.6 | 0 pts |
| 217 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Series break | 7 | 0 pts |
| 218 | Severovýchod Series break | 6.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 218 | Střední Morava Series break | 6.8 | -1 pts |
| 220 | Jihozápad Series break | 6.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 221 | Brandenburg Series break | 6.2 | 0 pts |
| 221 | Śląskie Series break | 6.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 223 | Střední Čechy Series break | 6 | -0.3 pts |
| 224 | Jihovýchod Series break | 5.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 224 | Sachsen-Anhalt Series break | 5.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 226 | Leipzig Series break | 5 | +0.3 pts |
| 227 | Bratislavský kraj Series break | 4.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 228 | Sostinės regionas Series break | 4.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 229 | Dresden Series break | 4.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 229 | Thüringen Series break | 4.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 231 | Warszawski stołeczny Series break | 3.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 232 | Chemnitz Series break | 3.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 233 | Praha Series break | 2.7 | -0.4 pts |
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About this ranking
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).
Upper secondary is the level reached at about 18, such as the Spanish bachillerato or a vocational qualification of the same level.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 11 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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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.Citation styles
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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). 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) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table
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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), EU regions (NUTS 2) by adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64, 2014. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adults-without-upper-secondary-education-25-64/eu-regions?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
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Which region has the highest adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64?
Região Autónoma dos Açores, with 73.3% in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64?
Praha, with 2.7% in 2014.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 11 regions have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.