# EU countries by tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34, 2025

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_attainment_share_25_34`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 to 34 whose highest completed level of education is tertiary (ISCED 2011 levels 5 to 8: short-cycle tertiary, bachelor's or equivalent, master's or equivalent, and doctoral), as a percentage of all people aged 25 to 34 living in private households (EU Labour Force Survey).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population by educational attainment level, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 34 years (edat_lfse_03) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_03/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Population by educational attainment level, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 34 years (edat_lfse_03). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_03/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/tertiary-education-attainment-25-34/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ireland | 66.8 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 65.2 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 60.8 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 60 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 56.1 |
| 6 | France | 55.8 |
| 7 | Sweden | 53.6 |
| 8 | Belgium | 52.7 |
| 9 | Denmark | 52.5 |
| 9 | Spain | 52.5 |
| 11 | Malta | 47.7 |
| 12 | Poland | 45.2 |
| 13 | Latvia | 44.7 |
| 14 | Estonia | 44.3 |
| 15 | Austria | 43.7 |
| 16 | Greece | 42.8 |
| 16 | Slovenia | 42.8 |
| 18 | Portugal | 42.5 |
| 19 | Croatia | 42 |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 41.2 |
| 21 | Germany | 40.9 |
| 22 | Finland | 38.2 |
| 23 | Slovakia | 36.3 |
| 24 | Czechia | 36 |
| 25 | Hungary | 32.6 |
| 26 | Italy | 31.1 |
| 27 | Romania | 23 |