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 2015, at 69.9%. Praha had the lowest, at 3.3%. The median was 20.2% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 23.9%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest69.9Região Autónoma dos Açores

Lowest3.3Praha

Median20.2233 regions

European Union (27)23.9History

Top 40 regions, 2015

%. Source: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2015 (%)	Change on 2014
1	Região Autónoma dos Açores	69.9	-3.4 pts
2	Região Autónoma da Madeira	65.2	-0.3 pts
3	Norte	61.6	-1.3 pts
4	Extremadura	56.5	-0.8 pts
5	Algarve	55.2	+1.1 pts
6	Malta	53.2	-2.2 pts
7	Melilla	51.9	+4.8 pts
8	Puglia	51.6	+0.4 pts
9	Andalusia	51.4	-1 pts
10	Ceuta	51.2	-4.5 pts
11	Guyane	51.1	-1 pts
12	Region of Murcia	50.6	-0.5 pts
13	Castilla-La Mancha	50.5	-0.7 pts
14	Sardegna	50.4	-2.4 pts
15	Sicilia	50.2	-0.6 pts
16	Canary Islands	49.3	-1.3 pts
17	Campania	48.7	-0.1 pts
18	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	45.6	-4.1 pts
19	Calabria	45.5	-0.9 pts
20	Balearic Islands	45.4	-1.7 pts
21	Galicia	44.7	-2.3 pts
22	Valencian Community	43.7	-1 pts
23	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	43.3	-0.7 pts
24	Castile and León	42.5	+0.2 pts
25	La Réunion	41.6	-4.4 pts
26	Catalonia	41.2	-1.4 pts
27	Dytiki Makedonia	41.1	-1.5 pts
28	Guadeloupe	40.9	-2.3 pts
29	Basilicata	40.8	-1.2 pts
30	Molise	40.6	-1 pts
31	Sterea Elláda	40.5	-0.7 pts
32	Dytiki Elláda	39.6	-1.1 pts
33	Aragon	39	0 pts
34	Piemonte	38.6	-0.8 pts
35	Veneto	38.5	-0.2 pts
36	Peloponnisos	37.9	-1.9 pts
37	Voreio Aigaio	37.8	+0.7 pts
38	Cantabria	37.6	+1.5 pts
38	Toscana	37.6	-2.4 pts
40	Martinique	37.3	-3.2 pts
41	La Rioja	37	-1.9 pts
42	Lombardia	36.9	-1 pts
43	Asturias	36.7	-2.3 pts
44	Abruzzo	36.6	-0.2 pts
44	Ipeiros	36.6	-2.6 pts
46	Kriti	36.5	-2.1 pts
47	Liguria	36	-0.1 pts
48	Marche	35.9	-1.2 pts
49	Notio Aigaio	35.8	-4.7 pts
50	Ionia Nisia	35.7	-3.9 pts
51	Navarre	34.8	+0.1 pts
52	Emilia-Romagna	34.6	-0.8 pts
53	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	34.5	-0.9 pts
54	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	33.6	+1.5 pts
55	Thessalia	33.1	-1 pts
56	Prov. Hainaut	32.4	-0.1 pts
57	Umbria	32	-0.9 pts
58	Kentriki Makedonia	31.8	-1.9 pts
58	Nord-Est	31.8	-0.9 pts
60	Prov. Liège	30.5	-1.3 pts
61	Lazio	30.4	+0.5 pts
61	Sud-Est	30.4	-2.4 pts
63	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	30.3	-0.7 pts
64	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	30.2	-1.8 pts
65	Basque Country	30.1	-1.5 pts
66	Picardie	29.7	-3.3 pts
67	Champagne-Ardenne	28.6	-1.9 pts
68	Community of Madrid	28.5	+0.6 pts
69	Zeeland	27.6	0 pts
70	Languedoc-Roussillon	27.5	+0.7 pts
71	Corse Low reliability	27.2	-4.3 pts
71	Limburg (NL)	27.2	-1.6 pts
73	Haute-Normandie	26.7	-0.8 pts
74	Basse-Normandie	26.6	+0.6 pts
75	Sud-Muntenia	26.5	-4 pts
76	Nord-Pas de Calais	26.4	+0.2 pts
77	Centru	25.4	-1.3 pts
78	Centre - Val de Loire	25.3	-1.7 pts
79	Noord-Brabant	25.2	-0.7 pts
80	Friesland (NL)	25.1	-1.6 pts
81	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	25	-1.3 pts
82	Flevoland	24.8	+2.6 pts
82	Prov. Limburg (BE)	24.8	-0.5 pts
84	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	24.7	-1.5 pts
85	Groningen	24.4	-0.6 pts
85	Nord-Vest	24.4	-2.8 pts
85	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	24.4	-1.4 pts
88	Bourgogne	24.3	-0.2 pts
88	Drenthe	24.3	-0.4 pts
90	Luxembourg Series break	24	+6 pts
91	Észak-Alföld	23.9	+0.7 pts
91	Sud-Vest Oltenia	23.9	-2.6 pts
91	Syddanmark	23.9	-0.3 pts
94	Yugoiztochen	23.7	-0.2 pts
95	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	23.6	0 pts
96	Prov. Namur	23.5	-2.9 pts
97	Franche-Comté	23.4	+0.6 pts
98	Gelderland	23.3	-0.5 pts
98	Yuzhen tsentralen	23.3	-0.6 pts
100	Overijssel	23.1	-0.8 pts
101	Prov. Antwerpen	22.7	-0.9 pts
102	Poitou-Charentes	22.4	-0.5 pts
103	Nordjylland	22.2	-1.7 pts
103	Severoiztochen	22.2	-2.2 pts
105	Dél-Dunántúl	22.1	+0.8 pts
105	Kýpros	22.1	-0.3 pts
107	Lorraine	22	0 pts
108	Sjælland	21.9	-0.9 pts
109	Northern and Western	21.8	-1.2 pts
110	Észak-Magyarország	21.5	+0.2 pts
111	Bremen	21.4	+1.9 pts
112	Severen tsentralen	20.9	-1.9 pts
113	Ile-de-France	20.7	-1.2 pts
114	Southern	20.5	-0.3 pts
115	Auvergne	20.4	-3 pts
116	Midtjylland	20.3	-1.5 pts
117	Noord-Holland	20.2	-1 pts
118	Vest	20	-4.1 pts
119	Limousin	19.7	-0.8 pts
119	Vorarlberg	19.7	-0.2 pts
121	Alsace	19.5	-1.8 pts
122	Pays de la Loire	19.2	-1.5 pts
123	Rhône-Alpes	18.7	-1.1 pts
124	Düsseldorf	18.6	-0.5 pts
124	Severozapaden	18.6	-0.2 pts
126	Aquitaine	18.2	-0.7 pts
127	Dél-Alföld	18.1	-0.4 pts
127	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	18.1	-0.2 pts
127	Småland med öarna	18.1	+0.1 pts
130	Arnsberg	18	+0.4 pts
130	Attiki	18	-2 pts
132	Köln	17.7	0 pts
132	Norra Mellansverige	17.7	-0.6 pts
134	Tirol	17.6	-0.1 pts
135	Detmold	17.1	+0.9 pts
135	Östra Mellansverige	17.1	-0.2 pts
135	Wien	17.1	-0.1 pts
138	Közép-Dunántúl	17	-0.9 pts
139	Eastern and Midland	16.9	-0.9 pts
140	Midi-Pyrénées	16.8	-0.5 pts
141	Hovedstaden	16.7	-0.1 pts
142	Åland Low reliability	16.6	-2.3 pts
143	Münster	16.5	+0.8 pts
143	Oberösterreich	16.5	-0.8 pts
145	Västsverige	16.4	-0.4 pts
146	Saarland	15.9	-0.9 pts
147	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	15.8	0 pts
147	Warmińsko-mazurskie	15.8	-0.6 pts
149	Bretagne	15.6	-0.7 pts
149	Mellersta Norrland	15.6	+0.3 pts
151	Sydsverige	15.5	-1.6 pts
152	Koblenz	15.4	+0.3 pts
153	Burgenland	15.3	-1.5 pts
153	Darmstadt	15.3	+0.1 pts
155	Berlin	15.1	+0.4 pts
156	Vzhodna Slovenija	15	-1.3 pts
157	Hamburg	14.7	-1.3 pts
157	Nyugat-Dunántúl	14.7	0 pts
159	Karlsruhe	14.6	+0.3 pts
159	Weser-Ems	14.6	+0.9 pts
161	Bucureşti-Ilfov	14.5	0 pts
161	Gießen	14.5	0 pts
163	Freiburg	14.2	+0.1 pts
164	Hannover	14.1	+0.9 pts
165	Niederösterreich	13.9	-1.6 pts
166	Stuttgart	13.8	-0.2 pts
167	Salzburg	13.6	-1 pts
168	Stockholm	13.5	-0.7 pts
169	Prov. Brabant wallon	13.4	-2.5 pts
170	Braunschweig	13.2	-1.1 pts
170	Etelä-Suomi	13.2	-1.6 pts
170	Pest	13.2	-0.6 pts
170	Tübingen	13.2	+0.3 pts
170	Zachodniopomorskie	13.2	-0.3 pts
175	Steiermark	13.1	-1.5 pts
176	Severozápad	13	+0.7 pts
176	Trier	13	+1 pts
178	Lüneburg	12.9	-0.4 pts
178	Mittelfranken	12.9	-0.4 pts
180	Övre Norrland	12.7	-0.6 pts
181	Oberpfalz	12.6	+0.6 pts
182	Länsi-Suomi	12.5	-1.4 pts
182	Mazowiecki regionalny	12.5	-0.3 pts
184	Schwaben	12.4	+0.3 pts
185	Eesti	12.3	+0.5 pts
186	Helsinki-Uusimaa	12	-0.9 pts
186	Kassel	12	0 pts
186	Niederbayern	12	-0.3 pts
186	Podlaskie	12	-0.1 pts
190	Oberfranken	11.9	+0.3 pts
191	Jadranska Hrvatska	11.8	-0.6 pts
192	Kärnten	11.7	+0.1 pts
192	Schleswig-Holstein	11.7	-0.3 pts
194	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	11.5	-0.9 pts
194	Unterfranken	11.5	+0.3 pts
196	Świętokrzyskie	11.4	+0.2 pts
197	Východné Slovensko	11.2	+1.3 pts
198	Zahodna Slovenija	11.1	-0.8 pts
199	Kujawsko-pomorskie	10.7	-0.2 pts
200	Lubelskie	10.1	-0.7 pts
200	Pomorskie	10.1	-1.1 pts
202	Lubuskie	10	+0.1 pts
203	Latvija	9.9	-0.6 pts
203	Łódzkie	9.9	-0.7 pts
205	Oberbayern	9.4	-0.2 pts
206	Yugozapaden	9.1	-0.2 pts
207	Opolskie	9	-0.4 pts
208	Podkarpackie	8.9	-0.7 pts
209	Dolnośląskie	8.7	+0.6 pts
210	Moravskoslezsko	8.5	0 pts
210	Stredné Slovensko	8.5	-1.8 pts
212	Wielkopolskie	8.4	-0.4 pts
213	Budapest	7.9	-0.4 pts
213	Západné Slovensko	7.9	-1.1 pts
215	Małopolskie	7.6	-0.2 pts
215	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	7.6	0 pts
217	Severovýchod	7.3	+0.5 pts
218	Jihozápad	7.2	+0.7 pts
218	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	7.2	+0.2 pts
220	Sachsen-Anhalt	6.9	+1 pts
221	Brandenburg	6.6	+0.4 pts
222	Śląskie	6.2	0 pts
223	Střední Morava	6	-0.8 pts
224	Jihovýchod	5.4	-0.5 pts
224	Střední Čechy	5.4	-0.6 pts
226	Leipzig	5	0 pts
227	Bratislavský kraj	4.9	+0.3 pts
228	Thüringen	4.5	+0.4 pts
229	Chemnitz	4	+0.6 pts
229	Warszawski stołeczny	4	+0.1 pts
231	Dresden	3.6	-0.5 pts
231	Sostinės regionas	3.6	-0.8 pts
233	Praha	3.3	+0.6 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 2015 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.

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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, 2015) [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, 2015. 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=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  title = {{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, 2015}},
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Which region has the highest adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64?

Região Autónoma dos Açores, with 69.9% in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Praha, with 3.3% in 2015.

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