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 242 regions in 2023, at 60.1%. Warszawski stołeczny had the lowest, at 1.8%. The median was 17.5% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 20.2%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest60.1Região Autónoma dos Açores

Lowest1.8Warszawski stołeczny

Median17.5242 regions

European Union (27)20.2History

Top 40 regions, 2023

%. 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	2023 (%)	Change on 2022
1	Região Autónoma dos Açores	60.1	-0.7 pts
2	Ceuta	58.8	+2.2 pts
3	Região Autónoma da Madeira	53.9	-0.4 pts
4	Alentejo	47.8	+2 pts
5	Guyane	47.3	-1.2 pts
6	Extremadura	46.4	-2.5 pts
7	Norte	46	-1.2 pts
8	Region of Murcia	45.5	-2.1 pts
9	Castilla-La Mancha	45.2	-1.1 pts
10	Sicilia	45.1	-2.5 pts
11	Sardegna	45	-0.4 pts
12	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	44.8	-2.3 pts
13	Puglia	44.3	-3.2 pts
14	Centro (PT)	43.6	+1.1 pts
15	Algarve	43.5	-0.6 pts
16	Melilla	43.3	-2.2 pts
17	Campania	43.2	-3 pts
18	Andalusia	42.7	-1.2 pts
19	Valencian Community	39.9	-1.2 pts
20	Calabria	38.9	-4.5 pts
21	Canary Islands	38.6	+1.4 pts
22	Balearic Islands	38.3	-0.4 pts
23	La Rioja	38	+4.1 pts
24	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	37	-0.9 pts
25	La Réunion	36	-2.2 pts
26	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	35.6	+4 pts
27	Galicia	35.4	-0.6 pts
28	Castile and León	35	-0.5 pts
29	Basilicata	34.7	-2.3 pts
30	Molise	34.1	-2.8 pts
31	Guadeloupe	33.7	-0.7 pts
32	Aragon	33.6	0 pts
32	Toscana	33.6	-0.9 pts
34	Piemonte	33.4	-2.6 pts
35	Catalonia	33.2	-0.9 pts
36	Marche	32.8	-1.3 pts
37	Península de Setúbal	32.4	-0.1 pts
38	Veneto	31.9	-2.5 pts
39	Lombardia	31.4	-3.2 pts
39	Malta	31.4	-3.1 pts
39	Notio Aigaio	31.4	+4.3 pts
42	Asturias	30.6	-1.5 pts
43	Emilia-Romagna	30.1	-1.8 pts
44	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	29.4	-1.1 pts
45	Abruzzo	28.8	-2.8 pts
46	Navarre	28.6	+0.3 pts
47	Liguria	28.5	-1.9 pts
48	Martinique	28.1	-1 pts
49	Corse Low reliability	27.9	+0.3 pts
50	Bremen	27.7	+0.3 pts
51	Peloponnisos	27.5	+1.3 pts
52	Sud-Est	27.4	+1.7 pts
53	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	27.3	-1.5 pts
54	Grande Lisboa	26.8	-0.7 pts
55	Cantabria	26.4	-3.4 pts
56	Umbria	26.3	-2.2 pts
57	Community of Madrid	26	+1.6 pts
57	Lazio	26	-1.9 pts
59	Ionia Nisia	25.7	-0.3 pts
59	Kriti	25.7	-1.3 pts
61	Prov. Hainaut	25	-1.8 pts
62	Sterea Elláda	24.9	-2.1 pts
63	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	24.7	-3.3 pts
64	Nord-Est	24.6	+0.7 pts
65	Limburg (NL)	24.5	+2.7 pts
66	Zeeland	24.4	+2 pts
67	Picardie	23.4	+2.1 pts
67	Voreio Aigaio	23.4	+3.5 pts
69	Dytiki Elláda	23.3	-8.1 pts
70	Syddanmark	22.4	-0.5 pts
71	Basque Country	22.1	-1.3 pts
72	Düsseldorf	22	+0.4 pts
73	Thessalia	21.8	+2.4 pts
74	Nordjylland	21.6	+2.3 pts
75	Arnsberg	21.4	+0.6 pts
75	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	21.4	+1 pts
77	Sud-Muntenia	21.3	+1.3 pts
78	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	21.2	-0.9 pts
79	Noord-Brabant	21	+1.2 pts
80	Champagne-Ardenne	20.9	+1.2 pts
81	Drenthe	20.8	+1.6 pts
82	Nord-Vest	20.7	+3.5 pts
82	Prov. Liège	20.7	-0.4 pts
84	Centru	20.5	+1.6 pts
85	Detmold	20.4	-0.3 pts
85	Flevoland	20.4	-1.5 pts
85	Severoiztochen	20.4	-0.4 pts
88	Sjælland	20.3	-1.9 pts
89	Dytiki Makedonia	20.2	-1.5 pts
89	Ipeiros	20.2	-5 pts
91	Weser-Ems	20	-0.2 pts
92	Hannover	19.9	+0.1 pts
92	Münster	19.9	-0.6 pts
94	Yugoiztochen	19.8	-2 pts
95	Zuid-Holland	19.7	+0.5 pts
96	Lorraine	19.4	-0.6 pts
97	Észak-Magyarország	19.3	-1 pts
98	Prov. Namur	19.2	+1.1 pts
98	Schleswig-Holstein	19.2	+2.4 pts
100	Nord-Pas de Calais	19	-0.8 pts
100	Sud-Vest Oltenia	19	+2.3 pts
102	Kassel	18.9	+0.5 pts
103	Koblenz	18.8	-1.5 pts
103	Luxembourg	18.8	+0.4 pts
105	Darmstadt	18.7	-1.6 pts
105	Gelderland	18.7	-0.4 pts
105	Köln	18.7	-1.3 pts
105	Saarland	18.7	0 pts
109	Lüneburg	18.5	0 pts
109	Overijssel	18.5	-1.3 pts
111	Friesland (NL)	18.4	-1.3 pts
112	Languedoc-Roussillon	18.3	-0.8 pts
112	Trier	18.3	+1.5 pts
114	Kentriki Makedonia	18.2	-1.3 pts
114	Stuttgart	18.2	+0.7 pts
116	Dél-Dunántúl	18.1	+0.7 pts
116	Észak-Alföld	18.1	-0.9 pts
118	Yuzhen tsentralen	17.8	-1.8 pts
119	Noord-Holland	17.7	+1.1 pts
120	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	17.6	+0.3 pts
121	Braunschweig	17.5	+0.2 pts
121	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	17.5	0 pts
123	Groningen	17.4	-0.9 pts
123	Midtjylland	17.4	-0.1 pts
125	Gießen	17.3	+0.8 pts
125	Panonska Hrvatska	17.3	-0.5 pts
125	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Low reliability	17.3	+2.2 pts
128	Bourgogne	17	-0.9 pts
128	Haute-Normandie	17	-0.4 pts
130	Hamburg	16.9	+0.1 pts
131	Freiburg	16.8	+0.1 pts
131	Karlsruhe	16.8	-0.7 pts
133	Basse-Normandie	16.7	-1.3 pts
133	Wien	16.7	+0.4 pts
135	Mittelfranken	16.6	0 pts
136	Berlin	16.5	+3.4 pts
136	Niederbayern	16.5	+0.5 pts
136	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	16.5	-1.3 pts
139	Vorarlberg	16.2	-0.1 pts
140	Poitou-Charentes	16	+0.1 pts
141	Severen tsentralen	15.9	+0.5 pts
142	Ile-de-France	15.7	-0.9 pts
143	Severozapaden	15.6	-2.2 pts
144	Prov. Antwerpen	15.5	+1.3 pts
144	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	15.5	+1.9 pts
146	Oberfranken	15.4	-0.2 pts
147	Tübingen	15.3	-1.1 pts
147	Unterfranken	15.3	-2.1 pts
149	Auvergne	15.2	-0.5 pts
149	Franche-Comté	15.2	0 pts
149	Utrecht	15.2	+1.2 pts
152	Oberösterreich	15	+0.3 pts
153	Centre - Val de Loire	14.8	-1.5 pts
154	Tirol	14.7	+0.2 pts
155	Sjeverna Hrvatska	14.5	-1.4 pts
156	Vest	14.4	-0.2 pts
157	Rhône-Alpes	13.9	+1.3 pts
158	Kýpros	13.8	-1 pts
158	Oberbayern	13.8	+0.4 pts
160	Limousin	13.7	-1.6 pts
160	Norra Mellansverige	13.7	-0.2 pts
160	Östra Mellansverige	13.7	+0.2 pts
160	Schwaben	13.7	+0.7 pts
164	Dél-Alföld	13.6	-0.5 pts
164	Pays de la Loire	13.6	+0.3 pts
166	Aquitaine	13.3	+0.2 pts
166	Northern and Western	13.3	-0.5 pts
168	Alsace	13.2	-3.1 pts
168	Hovedstaden	13.2	-0.6 pts
170	Småland med öarna	13	-0.3 pts
171	Steiermark	12.9	-0.4 pts
172	Burgenland	12.8	-0.6 pts
172	Közép-Dunántúl	12.8	-0.4 pts
172	Oberpfalz	12.8	-0.6 pts
175	Vzhodna Slovenija Series break	12.7	+2.3 pts
176	Southern	12.6	-0.2 pts
177	Helsinki-Uusimaa	12.4	+1.1 pts
177	Prov. Limburg (BE)	12.4	-0.6 pts
179	Sydsverige	12.1	-1.4 pts
180	Bretagne	12	-0.3 pts
181	Mellersta Norrland	11.9	-0.1 pts
181	Midi-Pyrénées	11.9	-0.9 pts
181	Niederösterreich	11.9	-1.2 pts
184	Etelä-Suomi	11.8	-0.5 pts
185	Severozápad	11.5	+0.4 pts
186	Brandenburg	11.2	+2.1 pts
186	Kärnten	11.2	+0.9 pts
186	Västsverige	11.2	+0.4 pts
189	Salzburg	11	+0.2 pts
190	Nyugat-Dunántúl	10.8	+0.4 pts
191	Eastern and Midland	10.7	-0.5 pts
191	Východné Slovensko	10.7	+1.1 pts
193	Attiki	10.6	+0.5 pts
193	Eesti	10.6	+0.4 pts
195	Warmińsko-mazurskie	10.4	-2 pts
196	Stockholm	10.2	+0.4 pts
197	Zahodna Slovenija Series break	10.1	+2.8 pts
198	Länsi-Suomi	10	-0.2 pts
199	Pest	9.8	-0.6 pts
200	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	9.7	-0.1 pts
201	Latvija	8.9	+0.7 pts
201	Prov. Brabant wallon	8.9	-1.9 pts
203	Leipzig	8.5	+1.1 pts
204	Podlaskie	8.3	0 pts
205	Sachsen-Anhalt	8	-0.4 pts
206	Kujawsko-pomorskie	7.8	+0.3 pts
207	Jadranska Hrvatska	7.7	-1.3 pts
207	Yugozapaden	7.7	0 pts
209	Zachodniopomorskie	7.6	-0.4 pts
210	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	7.5	-1 pts
211	Łódzkie	7.3	-1.6 pts
211	Moravskoslezsko	7.3	-0.1 pts
213	Thüringen	7.2	+0.6 pts
214	Övre Norrland	7.1	-0.7 pts
215	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	7	+0.2 pts
216	Lubelskie	6.7	-1.2 pts
217	Severovýchod	6.6	+1 pts
218	Mazowiecki regionalny	6.5	-0.7 pts
219	Dresden	6.3	+1.4 pts
219	Jihozápad	6.3	+0.6 pts
219	Střední Čechy	6.3	+0.9 pts
222	Chemnitz	6.2	+0.6 pts
222	Dolnośląskie	6.2	-0.8 pts
222	Opolskie	6.2	+0.2 pts
222	Świętokrzyskie	6.2	-0.4 pts
226	Bucureşti-Ilfov	6.1	-0.1 pts
227	Lubuskie	5.6	-0.5 pts
228	Pomorskie	5.5	-0.4 pts
229	Podkarpackie	5.4	-0.9 pts
230	Západné Slovensko	5.1	-0.8 pts
231	Stredné Slovensko	4.9	-0.5 pts
231	Wielkopolskie	4.9	-0.2 pts
233	Střední Morava	4.7	-0.6 pts
234	Małopolskie	4.6	-1.9 pts
235	Śląskie	4.2	-0.5 pts
236	Grad Zagreb	4.1	-0.8 pts
237	Jihovýchod	4	0 pts
238	Budapest	3.8	0 pts
239	Sostinės regionas	2.5	+0.4 pts
240	Bratislavský kraj	2.2	0 pts
241	Praha	2.1	+0.6 pts
242	Warszawski stołeczny	1.8	-1.1 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. 2 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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

Região Autónoma dos Açores, with 60.1% in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Warszawski stołeczny, with 1.8% in 2023.

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