# EU countries by tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, 2025

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

- Indicator id: `tertiary_attainment_share_25_64`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 25 to 64 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 64. Measured by national labour force surveys.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population by educational attainment level, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 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 64 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-25-64/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ireland | 58.7 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 55.7 |
| 3 | Cyprus | 52.1 |
| 4 | Sweden | 50.8 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 49.9 |
| 6 | Belgium | 47.5 |
| 7 | Denmark | 46.1 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 46.1 |
| 9 | France | 44.8 |
| 10 | Finland | 42.7 |
| 11 | Spain | 42.4 |
| 12 | Estonia | 42.1 |
| 13 | Latvia | 40.7 |
| 14 | Poland | 40 |
| 15 | Malta | 37.7 |
| 16 | Austria | 37.6 |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 35.7 |
| 18 | Germany | 35.4 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 35.1 |
| 20 | Greece | 34.9 |
| 21 | Portugal | 32.7 |
| 22 | Hungary | 31.6 |
| 23 | Croatia | 31 |
| 24 | Slovakia | 29.8 |
| 25 | Czechia | 28.7 |
| 26 | Italy | 22.3 |
| 27 | Romania | 19.5 |