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 243 regions in 2020, at 63.7%. Praha had the lowest, at 2.3%. The median was 17.8% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 21%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest63.7Região Autónoma dos Açores

Lowest2.3Praha

Median17.8243 regions

European Union (27)21History

Top 40 regions, 2020

%. 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	2020 (%)	Change on 2019
1	Região Autónoma dos Açores	63.7	-3.4 pts
2	Região Autónoma da Madeira	54.6	-2.5 pts
3	Extremadura	52.3	-1.4 pts
4	Norte	52.1	-1.4 pts
5	Guyane	51.5	+2.6 pts
6	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	50.9	-0.8 pts
7	Alentejo	49.7	-2.7 pts
8	Ceuta	49.2	-4.2 pts
9	Puglia	48.6	0 pts
10	Sicilia	47.9	-0.1 pts
11	Castilla-La Mancha	47.3	-1.2 pts
12	Centro (PT)	47	-2.1 pts
13	Andalusia	46.7	-1.1 pts
14	Campania	46.6	-0.5 pts
15	Algarve	46	-3.4 pts
16	Region of Murcia	45.9	-1.6 pts
16	Sardegna	45.9	+0.1 pts
18	Calabria	45.5	+0.2 pts
19	Melilla	41.9	-5.9 pts
20	Malta	40.5	-1.6 pts
21	La Réunion	39.9	-0.4 pts
22	Canary Islands	39.5	-3.2 pts
23	Península de Setúbal	39.2	-0.1 pts
24	Guadeloupe	39.1	0 pts
25	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	38.8	+0.7 pts
26	La Rioja	38	-0.4 pts
27	Valencian Community	37.7	-2.2 pts
28	Galicia	37.5	-1.9 pts
29	Castile and León	37.4	-1.2 pts
30	Molise	37.2	-0.4 pts
31	Balearic Islands	37.1	-4.3 pts
32	Basilicata	36.7	-0.6 pts
33	Catalonia	36.2	-0.1 pts
33	Piemonte	36.2	-0.3 pts
35	Toscana	35.2	0 pts
36	Lombardia	35	-0.4 pts
37	Marche	34.8	+0.2 pts
38	Veneto	34.3	-1 pts
39	Dytiki Elláda	33.6	-3.7 pts
40	Aragon	32.5	-1.8 pts
40	Martinique	32.5	-1.6 pts
42	Cantabria	32.3	+1 pts
43	Abruzzo	32.1	-0.2 pts
43	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	32.1	-2.7 pts
45	Asturias	31.1	-2 pts
45	Emilia-Romagna	31.1	+0.2 pts
47	Liguria	30.6	-0.5 pts
48	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	29.9	-0.3 pts
49	Ionia Nisia	29.7	-2.6 pts
50	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	29.5	-1.7 pts
51	Grande Lisboa	29.3	-3.8 pts
52	Notio Aigaio	29.2	+0.8 pts
53	Lazio	28.9	-0.6 pts
54	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	28.8	-1.1 pts
54	Navarre	28.8	-0.4 pts
54	Umbria	28.8	+0.1 pts
57	Nord-Est	27.8	-1.5 pts
57	Sterea Elláda	27.8	-3 pts
59	Peloponnisos	27.6	-1.9 pts
60	Prov. Hainaut	27.5	-0.3 pts
61	Champagne-Ardenne	27	+3.1 pts
62	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	26.9	-0.7 pts
63	Dytiki Makedonia	26	0 pts
64	Picardie	25.9	-1.3 pts
65	Sud-Est	25.2	-0.4 pts
66	Ipeiros	25	-3.6 pts
67	Thessalia	24.8	-1.5 pts
68	Basque Country	24.7	-3.2 pts
69	Kriti	24.3	-3.5 pts
69	Limburg (NL)	24.3	-1 pts
71	Community of Madrid	24.1	-1.8 pts
72	Corse Low reliability	23.2	-10.5 pts
73	Nordjylland	22.5	+0.5 pts
73	Yuzhen tsentralen	22.5	+0.3 pts
75	Prov. Liège	22.4	-3.7 pts
76	Voreio Aigaio	22.2	-0.9 pts
77	Zeeland	22.1	-1.8 pts
78	Sud-Muntenia	22	-0.7 pts
79	Sjælland	21.9	-0.9 pts
80	Yugoiztochen	21.6	-1.5 pts
81	Basse-Normandie	21.5	-0.4 pts
81	Luxembourg	21.5	+0.8 pts
83	Severoiztochen	21.4	-2.5 pts
84	Dél-Dunántúl	21.2	+0.4 pts
85	Lorraine	21.1	+0.5 pts
86	Haute-Normandie	20.9	-1 pts
87	Drenthe	20.8	+1.3 pts
87	Észak-Magyarország	20.8	+0.1 pts
89	Friesland (NL)	20.7	-1.2 pts
89	Prov. Antwerpen	20.7	-0.2 pts
89	Syddanmark	20.7	+0.2 pts
92	Arnsberg Series break	20.6	+2.2 pts
92	Centre - Val de Loire	20.6	+0.6 pts
92	Nord-Pas de Calais	20.6	-0.7 pts
95	Észak-Alföld	20.4	-0.3 pts
96	Flevoland	20.3	-0.6 pts
96	Panonska Hrvatska	20.3	-2.2 pts
96	Severozapaden	20.3	0 pts
99	Gelderland	20.1	-1.4 pts
99	Kentriki Makedonia	20.1	-2.1 pts
99	Overijssel	20.1	-1.6 pts
102	Bremen Series break	20	+0.3 pts
103	Centru	19.9	-1 pts
104	Prov. Namur	19.7	-3.6 pts
105	Detmold Series break	19.6	+3.1 pts
105	Prov. Limburg (BE)	19.6	-0.8 pts
107	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	19.5	-0.4 pts
108	Noord-Brabant	19.4	-1.5 pts
108	Sjeverna Hrvatska	19.4	0 pts
108	Sud-Vest Oltenia	19.4	-0.8 pts
111	Auvergne	19.3	+0.8 pts
112	Düsseldorf Series break	19.2	+0.8 pts
112	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	19.2	-1 pts
112	Zuid-Holland	19.2	-1.8 pts
115	Midtjylland	18.8	+0.2 pts
116	Hannover Series break	18.6	+4 pts
117	Groningen	18.5	-1.8 pts
117	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	18.5	+0.2 pts
119	Languedoc-Roussillon	18.4	-4.3 pts
120	Nord-Vest	18.2	-1.8 pts
121	Darmstadt Series break	17.8	+1.8 pts
121	Vorarlberg	17.8	-1.4 pts
123	Köln Series break	17.7	+1.1 pts
124	Aquitaine	17.4	+0.8 pts
125	Koblenz Series break	17	+1.9 pts
125	Kýpros	17	-0.7 pts
127	Poitou-Charentes	16.9	-2.2 pts
128	Franche-Comté	16.8	-4.7 pts
128	Limousin	16.8	-2.4 pts
130	Wien	16.7	-0.2 pts
131	Alsace	16.6	-0.5 pts
131	Gießen Series break	16.6	+1.8 pts
131	Ile-de-France	16.6	-1.5 pts
131	Severen tsentralen	16.6	0 pts
135	Norra Mellansverige	16.5	-0.9 pts
135	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	16.5	-1.2 pts
137	Braunschweig Series break	16.4	+2.5 pts
137	Noord-Holland	16.4	-1.5 pts
139	Bourgogne	16.3	-0.8 pts
140	Saarland Series break	16.1	+0.2 pts
141	Rhône-Alpes	16	-1.1 pts
141	Tübingen Series break	16	+2.3 pts
143	Southern	15.9	-1.5 pts
144	Pays de la Loire	15.8	-1.8 pts
144	Tirol	15.8	-0.4 pts
146	Kassel Series break	15.7	+2.6 pts
147	Hamburg Series break	15.6	-0.3 pts
147	Småland med öarna	15.6	-0.2 pts
147	Weser-Ems Series break	15.6	+0.5 pts
150	Rheinhessen-Pfalz Series break	15.5	-1.1 pts
151	Östra Mellansverige	15.4	+0.5 pts
151	Stuttgart Series break	15.4	+1.1 pts
153	Lüneburg Series break	15.2	+2.4 pts
154	Münster Series break	15.1	-0.6 pts
155	Northern and Western	14.9	-3.9 pts
155	Sydsverige	14.9	-0.4 pts
157	Karlsruhe Series break	14.8	+1.1 pts
158	Dél-Alföld	14.7	-1 pts
159	Freiburg Series break	14.5	0 pts
159	Közép-Dunántúl	14.5	-1.7 pts
161	Bretagne	14.4	+0.7 pts
161	Mittelfranken Series break	14.4	+0.4 pts
163	Hovedstaden	14.2	+0.3 pts
164	Oberösterreich	14.1	+0.5 pts
164	Steiermark	14.1	+1.5 pts
166	Trier Low reliability	14	+3.4 pts
167	Utrecht	13.7	-1.8 pts
168	Eastern and Midland	13.5	-1.3 pts
168	Midi-Pyrénées	13.5	-0.7 pts
168	Warmińsko-mazurskie	13.5	-0.8 pts
171	Attiki	13.3	-1.7 pts
172	Åland Low reliability	13.2	-1 pts
172	Burgenland	13.2	-1.9 pts
174	Severozápad	13	-0.3 pts
175	Berlin Series break	12.9	+0.6 pts
175	Niederösterreich	12.9	-0.2 pts
175	Västsverige	12.9	-0.4 pts
178	Schleswig-Holstein Series break	12.6	+0.3 pts
178	Schwaben Series break	12.6	+0.7 pts
180	Mellersta Norrland	12.5	0 pts
181	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	12.2	-1.6 pts
182	Niederbayern Series break	12	+0.6 pts
182	Salzburg	12	-1.3 pts
182	Vest	12	-4 pts
185	Nyugat-Dunántúl	11.5	-1.4 pts
186	Prov. Brabant wallon	11.4	-1.5 pts
186	Stockholm	11.4	-0.8 pts
188	Oberpfalz Series break	11	-1.4 pts
189	Pest	10.8	-0.8 pts
189	Vzhodna Slovenija	10.8	-1.7 pts
191	Eesti	10.7	-0.3 pts
192	Oberbayern Series break	10.4	+0.4 pts
193	Východné Slovensko	10.3	-1.9 pts
194	Oberfranken Series break	10.1	-1.3 pts
195	Kärnten	10	-1.1 pts
196	Etelä-Suomi	9.6	-1 pts
196	Kujawsko-pomorskie	9.6	-0.3 pts
198	Övre Norrland	9.5	+0.3 pts
199	Helsinki-Uusimaa	9.4	-1 pts
199	Jadranska Hrvatska	9.4	-0.9 pts
201	Unterfranken Series break	9.2	-2.1 pts
202	Mazowiecki regionalny	9.1	0 pts
202	Zachodniopomorskie	9.1	-1.4 pts
204	Bucureşti-Ilfov	9	-1.5 pts
204	Podlaskie	9	-0.1 pts
206	Sachsen-Anhalt Series break	8.6	+0.2 pts
206	Zahodna Slovenija	8.6	-1.1 pts
208	Latvija	8.3	-0.5 pts
208	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	8.3	-0.8 pts
210	Länsi-Suomi	8.2	-1.2 pts
210	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Series break	8.2	+1.7 pts
212	Brandenburg Series break	8	+0.3 pts
213	Łódzkie	7.8	-0.3 pts
214	Yugozapaden	7.6	-0.8 pts
215	Lubelskie	7.4	-1.4 pts
215	Lubuskie	7.4	-2 pts
217	Leipzig Low reliability	7.3	+0.9 pts
218	Stredné Slovensko	6.8	-1.6 pts
219	Budapest	6.6	-0.3 pts
219	Podkarpackie	6.6	0 pts
219	Pomorskie	6.6	-0.2 pts
219	Świętokrzyskie	6.6	-1.2 pts
219	Západné Slovensko	6.6	-0.8 pts
224	Moravskoslezsko	6.3	-1.2 pts
225	Jihozápad	6.2	-0.1 pts
225	Małopolskie	6.2	+0.3 pts
227	Opolskie	6.1	-0.2 pts
228	Thüringen Series break	6	+1.2 pts
229	Střední Morava	5.9	0 pts
229	Wielkopolskie	5.9	-1.1 pts
231	Severovýchod	5.8	-0.4 pts
232	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	5.6	-0.3 pts
233	Chemnitz Low reliability	5.5	+0.1 pts
234	Dolnośląskie	5.4	-1.8 pts
235	Grad Zagreb	5.3	0 pts
236	Dresden Series break	4.9	+0.1 pts
236	Střední Čechy	4.9	+0.2 pts
238	Jihovýchod	4.8	-0.2 pts
239	Śląskie	4.3	-0.6 pts
240	Bratislavský kraj	3.5	-0.5 pts
241	Warszawski stołeczny	3.2	0 pts
242	Sostinės regionas	2.4	-0.7 pts
243	Praha	2.3	-0.5 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. 1 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020}},
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}

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Which region has the highest adults without upper secondary education, ages 25 to 64?

Região Autónoma dos Açores, with 63.7% in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Praha, with 2.3% in 2020.

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