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 2022, at 60.8%. Praha had the lowest, at 1.5%. The median was 17.5% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 20.6%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest60.8Região Autónoma dos Açores

Lowest1.5Praha

Median17.5243 regions

European Union (27)20.6History

Top 40 regions, 2022

%. 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	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Região Autónoma dos Açores	60.8	-1.5 pts
2	Ceuta	56.6	+8.6 pts
3	Região Autónoma da Madeira	54.3	+2.5 pts
4	Extremadura	48.9	-1.4 pts
5	Guyane	48.5	-3.8 pts
6	Region of Murcia	47.6	+2.6 pts
6	Sicilia	47.6	0 pts
8	Puglia	47.5	-0.8 pts
9	Norte	47.2	-2.3 pts
10	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	47.1	-2 pts
11	Castilla-La Mancha	46.3	+0.4 pts
12	Campania	46.2	-0.4 pts
13	Alentejo	45.8	-1.8 pts
14	Melilla	45.5	-0.6 pts
15	Sardegna	45.4	-0.4 pts
16	Algarve	44.1	-1.1 pts
17	Andalusia	43.9	-1.1 pts
18	Calabria	43.4	-0.9 pts
19	Centro (PT)	42.5	-2.2 pts
20	Valencian Community	41.1	+2.9 pts
21	Balearic Islands	38.7	+2.9 pts
22	La Réunion	38.2	-1 pts
23	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	37.9	-0.1 pts
24	Canary Islands	37.2	-1.9 pts
25	Basilicata	37	+0.3 pts
26	Molise	36.9	0 pts
27	Galicia	36	-0.7 pts
27	Piemonte	36	+0.2 pts
29	Castile and León	35.5	-1 pts
30	Lombardia	34.6	-0.5 pts
31	Malta	34.5	-2.6 pts
31	Toscana	34.5	-0.2 pts
33	Guadeloupe	34.4	-2.8 pts
33	Veneto	34.4	-0.1 pts
35	Catalonia	34.1	-1 pts
35	Marche	34.1	+0.1 pts
37	La Rioja	33.9	-2.3 pts
38	Aragon	33.6	+2.7 pts
39	Península de Setúbal	32.5	-0.8 pts
40	Asturias	32.1	+1.2 pts
41	Emilia-Romagna	31.9	+0.6 pts
42	Abruzzo	31.6	-0.1 pts
42	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	31.6	-1.3 pts
44	Dytiki Elláda	31.4	-1.3 pts
45	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	30.5	+0.2 pts
46	Liguria	30.4	-0.6 pts
47	Cantabria	29.8	-1.9 pts
48	Martinique	29.1	-0.1 pts
49	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	28.8	-0.6 pts
50	Umbria	28.5	-0.2 pts
51	Navarre	28.3	-0.1 pts
52	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	28	-1.6 pts
53	Lazio	27.9	-0.8 pts
54	Corse Low reliability	27.6	+0.1 pts
55	Grande Lisboa	27.5	+0.4 pts
56	Bremen	27.4	+3.9 pts
57	Notio Aigaio	27.1	+1.5 pts
58	Kriti	27	-0.1 pts
58	Sterea Elláda	27	-2 pts
60	Prov. Hainaut	26.8	-0.1 pts
61	Peloponnisos	26.2	-0.7 pts
62	Ionia Nisia	26	-4.8 pts
63	Sud-Est	25.7	-0.7 pts
64	Ipeiros	25.2	-0.5 pts
65	Community of Madrid	24.4	-1.2 pts
66	Nord-Est	23.9	-1.4 pts
67	Basque Country	23.4	-0.5 pts
68	Syddanmark	22.9	+1.9 pts
69	Zeeland	22.4	+1.1 pts
70	Sjælland	22.2	-0.3 pts
71	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	22.1	-2 pts
72	Flevoland	21.9	-0.2 pts
73	Limburg (NL)	21.8	+1.3 pts
73	Yugoiztochen	21.8	+0.1 pts
75	Dytiki Makedonia	21.7	-2.2 pts
76	Düsseldorf	21.6	+0.2 pts
77	Picardie	21.3	-1.7 pts
78	Prov. Liège	21.1	+0.3 pts
79	Arnsberg	20.8	-0.3 pts
79	Severoiztochen	20.8	-0.5 pts
81	Detmold	20.7	0 pts
82	Münster	20.5	+1 pts
83	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	20.4	+2 pts
84	Darmstadt	20.3	+0.5 pts
84	Észak-Magyarország	20.3	-1.3 pts
84	Koblenz	20.3	+1.3 pts
87	Weser-Ems	20.2	-1.3 pts
88	Köln	20	+0.8 pts
88	Lorraine	20	-0.7 pts
88	Sud-Muntenia	20	-1.4 pts
91	Voreio Aigaio	19.9	-4.2 pts
92	Hannover	19.8	0 pts
92	Noord-Brabant	19.8	+0.1 pts
92	Nord-Pas de Calais	19.8	+0.2 pts
92	Overijssel	19.8	-0.5 pts
96	Champagne-Ardenne	19.7	-2.7 pts
96	Friesland (NL)	19.7	-2.1 pts
98	Yuzhen tsentralen	19.6	-1.4 pts
99	Kentriki Makedonia	19.5	-0.1 pts
100	Thessalia	19.4	-2.5 pts
101	Nordjylland	19.3	-1.3 pts
102	Drenthe	19.2	-0.3 pts
102	Zuid-Holland	19.2	-1.2 pts
104	Gelderland	19.1	+0.1 pts
104	Languedoc-Roussillon	19.1	-0.8 pts
106	Észak-Alföld	19	-1.7 pts
107	Centru	18.9	-1.7 pts
108	Saarland	18.7	+0.2 pts
109	Lüneburg	18.5	+0.4 pts
110	Kassel	18.4	+1.3 pts
110	Luxembourg	18.4	-1.3 pts
112	Groningen	18.3	-1.3 pts
113	Prov. Namur	18.1	+0.9 pts
114	Basse-Normandie	18	-1.3 pts
115	Bourgogne	17.9	-1.3 pts
116	Panonska Hrvatska	17.8	-0.5 pts
116	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	17.8	+0.1 pts
116	Severozapaden	17.8	-2.4 pts
119	Karlsruhe	17.5	+0.6 pts
119	Midtjylland	17.5	0 pts
119	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	17.5	-1.7 pts
119	Stuttgart	17.5	+0.4 pts
123	Dél-Dunántúl	17.4	-0.6 pts
123	Haute-Normandie	17.4	-0.9 pts
123	Unterfranken	17.4	+3.7 pts
126	Braunschweig	17.3	0 pts
126	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	17.3	-1.4 pts
128	Nord-Vest	17.2	+0.7 pts
129	Hamburg	16.8	+2.8 pts
129	Schleswig-Holstein	16.8	+2.6 pts
129	Trier	16.8	-0.6 pts
132	Freiburg	16.7	+0.4 pts
132	Sud-Vest Oltenia	16.7	-1.7 pts
134	Ile-de-France	16.6	-0.5 pts
134	Mittelfranken	16.6	+1.8 pts
134	Noord-Holland	16.6	-1.6 pts
137	Åland Low reliability	16.5	+1.8 pts
137	Gießen	16.5	-2.4 pts
139	Tübingen	16.4	-0.7 pts
140	Alsace	16.3	-0.1 pts
140	Centre - Val de Loire	16.3	-2.8 pts
140	Vorarlberg	16.3	-1 pts
140	Wien	16.3	-0.3 pts
144	Niederbayern	16	+2.8 pts
145	Poitou-Charentes	15.9	-1.8 pts
145	Sjeverna Hrvatska	15.9	-2 pts
147	Auvergne	15.7	-2.1 pts
148	Oberfranken	15.6	+3.1 pts
149	Severen tsentralen	15.4	-0.4 pts
150	Limousin	15.3	-0.4 pts
151	Franche-Comté	15.2	-1.7 pts
152	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Low reliability	15.1	+2.6 pts
153	Kýpros	14.8	-0.7 pts
154	Oberösterreich	14.7	+0.5 pts
155	Vest	14.6	+0.9 pts
156	Tirol	14.5	+0.2 pts
157	Prov. Antwerpen	14.2	-3.6 pts
158	Dél-Alföld	14.1	+0.2 pts
159	Utrecht	14	-1.6 pts
160	Norra Mellansverige	13.9	-1.6 pts
161	Hovedstaden	13.8	+0.3 pts
161	Northern and Western	13.8	-0.5 pts
163	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	13.6	+0.4 pts
164	Östra Mellansverige	13.5	-0.3 pts
164	Sydsverige	13.5	-1.3 pts
166	Burgenland	13.4	+0.4 pts
166	Oberbayern	13.4	+1.5 pts
166	Oberpfalz	13.4	+1.8 pts
169	Pays de la Loire	13.3	-0.8 pts
169	Småland med öarna	13.3	-1.1 pts
169	Steiermark	13.3	+0.2 pts
172	Közép-Dunántúl	13.2	-0.3 pts
173	Aquitaine	13.1	-0.6 pts
173	Berlin	13.1	-1.5 pts
173	Niederösterreich	13.1	+0.3 pts
176	Prov. Limburg (BE)	13	-4.2 pts
176	Schwaben	13	-0.9 pts
178	Midi-Pyrénées	12.8	-0.4 pts
178	Southern	12.8	-0.9 pts
180	Rhône-Alpes	12.6	-1.9 pts
181	Warmińsko-mazurskie	12.4	-1.2 pts
182	Bretagne	12.3	-0.6 pts
182	Etelä-Suomi	12.3	+0.5 pts
184	Mellersta Norrland	12	+2.7 pts
185	Helsinki-Uusimaa	11.3	-1.1 pts
186	Eastern and Midland	11.2	0 pts
187	Severozápad	11.1	-0.9 pts
188	Prov. Brabant wallon	10.8	+0.1 pts
188	Salzburg	10.8	-1.2 pts
188	Västsverige	10.8	-1.5 pts
191	Nyugat-Dunántúl	10.4	-1.6 pts
191	Pest	10.4	+0.4 pts
191	Vzhodna Slovenija	10.4	+0.2 pts
194	Kärnten	10.3	-0.1 pts
195	Eesti	10.2	-0.3 pts
195	Länsi-Suomi	10.2	+0.7 pts
197	Attiki	10.1	-1.1 pts
198	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	9.8	-0.3 pts
198	Stockholm	9.8	-0.3 pts
200	Východné Slovensko	9.6	-0.6 pts
201	Brandenburg	9.1	-0.1 pts
202	Jadranska Hrvatska	9	-1.3 pts
203	Łódzkie	8.9	-0.7 pts
204	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	8.5	-1.1 pts
205	Sachsen-Anhalt	8.4	+1.1 pts
206	Podlaskie	8.3	-0.3 pts
207	Latvija	8.2	+0.4 pts
208	Zachodniopomorskie	8	-0.3 pts
209	Lubelskie	7.9	-0.1 pts
210	Övre Norrland	7.8	-0.6 pts
211	Yugozapaden	7.7	-0.2 pts
212	Kujawsko-pomorskie	7.5	-0.5 pts
213	Leipzig	7.4	+0.3 pts
213	Moravskoslezsko	7.4	+1.2 pts
215	Zahodna Slovenija	7.3	+0.3 pts
216	Mazowiecki regionalny	7.2	-0.6 pts
217	Dolnośląskie	7	+0.8 pts
218	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	6.8	+0.5 pts
219	Świętokrzyskie	6.6	+0.2 pts
219	Thüringen	6.6	-0.6 pts
221	Małopolskie	6.5	-0.2 pts
222	Podkarpackie	6.3	-0.2 pts
223	Bucureşti-Ilfov	6.2	-1.5 pts
224	Lubuskie	6.1	-0.5 pts
225	Opolskie	6	+0.5 pts
226	Pomorskie	5.9	-0.5 pts
226	Západné Slovensko	5.9	+0.7 pts
228	Jihozápad	5.7	-1 pts
229	Chemnitz	5.6	+0.3 pts
229	Severovýchod	5.6	+0.2 pts
231	Stredné Slovensko	5.4	-1.1 pts
231	Střední Čechy	5.4	+0.5 pts
233	Střední Morava	5.3	+0.1 pts
234	Wielkopolskie	5.1	-0.2 pts
235	Dresden	4.9	-0.1 pts
235	Grad Zagreb	4.9	+1 pts
237	Śląskie	4.7	-0.1 pts
238	Jihovýchod	4	-0.1 pts
239	Budapest	3.8	-0.7 pts
240	Warszawski stołeczny	2.9	-0.6 pts
241	Bratislavský kraj	2.2	-0.6 pts
242	Sostinės regionas	2.1	-0.3 pts
243	Praha	1.5	-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 2022 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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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, 2022. 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=2022. 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, 2022}},
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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 60.8% in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Praha, with 1.5% in 2022.

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