# EU regions (NUTS 2) by tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, 2025

All 244 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 and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/eu-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 65.6 |
| 1 | Sostinės regionas | 65.6 |
| 3 | Warszawski stołeczny | 65.3 |
| 4 | Eastern and Midland | 63 |
| 5 | Stockholm | 60 |
| 6 | Budapest | 59.3 |
| 7 | Ile-de-France | 58.6 |
| 8 | Basque Country | 58.2 |
| 8 | Hovedstaden | 58.2 |
| 8 | Utrecht | 58.2 |
| 11 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 56.9 |
| 12 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 56.7 |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 55.7 |
| 14 | Bratislavský kraj | 54.8 |
| 14 | Praha | 54.8 |
| 14 | Southern | 54.8 |
| 17 | Northern and Western | 53.2 |
| 18 | Noord-Holland | 52.2 |
| 18 | Sydsverige | 52.2 |
| 20 | Kýpros | 52.1 |
| 21 | Grad Zagreb | 51.7 |
| 22 | Navarre | 50.8 |
| 23 | Västsverige | 50.5 |
| 24 | Community of Madrid | 50 |
| 25 | Rhône-Alpes | 49.4 |
| 26 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 48.8 |
| 27 | Övre Norrland | 48.3 |
| 28 | Berlin | 48.1 |
| 28 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 48.1 |
| 30 | Midi-Pyrénées | 47.9 |
| 31 | Cantabria | 47.8 |
| 32 | Oberbayern | 47.4 |
| 33 | Prov. Antwerpen | 47.3 |
| 33 | Zuid-Holland | 47.3 |
| 35 | Catalonia | 46.9 |
| 36 | Asturias | 46.6 |
| 36 | Östra Mellansverige | 46.6 |
| 38 | Wien | 46.3 |
| 39 | Prov. Namur | 45.2 |
| 40 | Groningen | 45 |
| 41 | Attiki | 44.6 |
| 42 | Yugozapaden | 44.5 |
| 43 | Midtjylland | 44.3 |
| 44 | Dolnośląskie | 44.2 |
| 45 | Gelderland | 44.1 |
| 46 | Aquitaine | 44 |
| 47 | Noord-Brabant | 43.9 |
| 48 | Pomorskie | 43.6 |
| 48 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 43.6 |
| 48 | Småland med öarna | 43.6 |
| 51 | Galicia | 43.4 |
| 52 | Grande Lisboa | 43.3 |
| 53 | Hamburg | 43 |
| 54 | Bretagne | 42.9 |
| 55 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 42.7 |
| 55 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 42.7 |
| 57 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 42.6 |
| 58 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 42.5 |
| 59 | Pays de la Loire | 42.2 |
| 60 | Castile and León | 42.1 |
| 60 | Eesti | 42.1 |
| 62 | Flevoland | 41.9 |
| 62 | Overijssel | 41.9 |
| 64 | Mellersta Norrland | 41.8 |
| 64 | Prov. Liège | 41.8 |
| 66 | Länsi-Suomi | 41.5 |
| 66 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 41.5 |
| 68 | Centre - Val de Loire | 41.4 |
| 68 | La Rioja | 41.4 |
| 68 | Limousin | 41.4 |
| 68 | Norra Mellansverige | 41.4 |
| 72 | Małopolskie | 41.2 |
| 73 | Alsace | 41 |
| 73 | Aragon | 41 |
| 73 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 41 |
| 76 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 40.7 |
| 76 | Latvija | 40.7 |
| 78 | Poitou-Charentes | 40.6 |
| 79 | Auvergne | 40.4 |
| 80 | Tübingen | 40.3 |
| 81 | Karlsruhe | 40 |
| 82 | Leipzig | 39.7 |
| 82 | Zahodna Slovenija | 39.7 |
| 84 | Basse-Normandie | 39.4 |
| 84 | Syddanmark | 39.4 |
| 86 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 39.2 |
| 87 | Etelä-Suomi | 39 |
| 87 | Severoiztochen | 39 |
| 89 | Köln | 38.8 |
| 90 | Friesland (NL) | 38.6 |
| 90 | Mittelfranken | 38.6 |
| 92 | Zachodniopomorskie | 38.5 |
| 93 | Haute-Normandie | 38.4 |
| 93 | Śląskie | 38.4 |
| 95 | Valencian Community | 38.1 |
| 96 | Stuttgart | 38 |
| 97 | Darmstadt | 37.9 |
| 98 | Franche-Comté | 37.8 |
| 99 | Łódzkie | 37.7 |
| 99 | Malta | 37.7 |
| 101 | Freiburg | 37.6 |
| 102 | Lubelskie | 37.4 |
| 102 | Podlaskie | 37.4 |
| 104 | Limburg (NL) | 37.3 |
| 104 | Prov. Hainaut | 37.3 |
| 106 | Świętokrzyskie | 37 |
| 107 | Dresden | 36.9 |
| 108 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 36.8 |
| 109 | Andalusia | 36.7 |
| 109 | Niederösterreich | 36.7 |
| 109 | Nordjylland | 36.7 |
| 112 | Kentriki Makedonia | 36.4 |
| 113 | Canary Islands | 36.3 |
| 113 | Drenthe | 36.3 |
| 115 | Bourgogne | 36.1 |
| 116 | Kärnten | 36 |
| 117 | Lorraine | 35.9 |
| 118 | Salzburg | 35.7 |
| 119 | Hannover | 35.5 |
| 119 | Picardie | 35.5 |
| 121 | Ipeiros | 35.4 |
| 122 | Sjælland | 35.3 |
| 123 | Balearic Islands | 35.2 |
| 123 | Region of Murcia | 35.2 |
| 125 | Braunschweig | 34.9 |
| 125 | Steiermark | 34.9 |
| 127 | Oberösterreich | 34.7 |
| 127 | Wielkopolskie | 34.7 |
| 129 | Extremadura | 34.5 |
| 130 | Península de Setúbal | 34.3 |
| 130 | Unterfranken | 34.3 |
| 132 | Burgenland | 34.2 |
| 132 | Opolskie | 34.2 |
| 132 | Podkarpackie | 34.2 |
| 135 | Pest | 34.1 |
| 135 | Schwaben | 34.1 |
| 135 | Zeeland | 34.1 |
| 138 | Champagne-Ardenne | 33.8 |
| 139 | Ceuta | 33.5 |
| 140 | Centro (PT) | 33.4 |
| 141 | Castilla-La Mancha | 33.3 |
| 142 | Åland | 32.9 |
| 143 | Oberpfalz | 32.7 |
| 144 | Gießen | 32.5 |
| 144 | Tirol | 32.5 |
| 146 | Vorarlberg | 32.4 |
| 147 | Bremen | 32.3 |
| 148 | Brandenburg | 32.2 |
| 148 | Trier | 32.2 |
| 150 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 31.9 |
| 150 | Martinique | 31.9 |
| 152 | Düsseldorf | 31.8 |
| 152 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 31.8 |
| 152 | Oberfranken | 31.8 |
| 152 | Schleswig-Holstein | 31.8 |
| 156 | Corse | 31.7 |
| 157 | Lubuskie | 31.6 |
| 157 | Lüneburg | 31.6 |
| 159 | Thessalia | 31.4 |
| 159 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 31.4 |
| 161 | Severen tsentralen | 31.2 |
| 162 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 31.1 |
| 163 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 31 |
| 164 | Detmold | 30.9 |
| 164 | Jihovýchod | 30.9 |
| 164 | Yugoiztochen | 30.9 |
| 167 | Weser-Ems | 30.8 |
| 168 | Kassel | 30.6 |
| 169 | Thüringen | 30.4 |
| 170 | Münster | 30.1 |
| 171 | Melilla | 30 |
| 172 | Norte | 29.8 |
| 173 | Chemnitz | 29.3 |
| 173 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 29.3 |
| 175 | Algarve | 28.8 |
| 176 | Guadeloupe | 28.7 |
| 176 | Koblenz | 28.7 |
| 176 | Niederbayern | 28.7 |
| 179 | Kriti | 28.5 |
| 179 | Lazio | 28.5 |
| 179 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 28.5 |
| 182 | Dytiki Makedonia | 28.3 |
| 182 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 28.3 |
| 184 | Saarland | 28.1 |
| 185 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 28 |
| 186 | Severozapaden | 27.7 |
| 187 | Arnsberg | 27.3 |
| 188 | La Réunion | 26.8 |
| 189 | Východné Slovensko | 26.7 |
| 190 | Střední Čechy | 26.4 |
| 191 | Alentejo | 26.2 |
| 192 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 26 |
| 193 | Peloponnisos | 25.8 |
| 193 | Stredné Slovensko | 25.8 |
| 195 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 25.4 |
| 196 | Emilia-Romagna | 25.3 |
| 196 | Moravskoslezsko | 25.3 |
| 198 | Umbria | 25 |
| 198 | Západné Slovensko | 25 |
| 200 | Marche | 24.9 |
| 201 | Dél-Alföld | 24.8 |
| 202 | Sterea Elláda | 24.7 |
| 202 | Střední Morava | 24.7 |
| 204 | Abruzzo | 24.6 |
| 205 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 24.5 |
| 206 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 24.1 |
| 207 | Jihozápad | 24 |
| 208 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 23.9 |
| 209 | Toscana | 23.8 |
| 210 | Lombardia | 23.6 |
| 211 | Liguria | 23.5 |
| 212 | Észak-Alföld | 23.4 |
| 213 | Severovýchod | 23.2 |
| 214 | Közép-Dunántúl | 23.1 |
| 215 | Notio Aigaio | 22.5 |
| 216 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 22.4 |
| 217 | Molise | 22.1 |
| 218 | Veneto | 21.8 |
| 219 | Dytiki Elláda | 21.7 |
| 219 | Guyane | 21.7 |
| 221 | Dél-Dunántúl | 21.6 |
| 221 | Ionia Nisia | 21.6 |
| 223 | Voreio Aigaio | 21.3 |
| 224 | Piemonte | 21.2 |
| 225 | Észak-Magyarország | 21.1 |
| 226 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 21 |
| 227 | Panonska Hrvatska | 20.5 |
| 228 | Basilicata | 20.4 |
| 229 | Centru | 19.7 |
| 230 | Vest | 19.4 |
| 231 | Campania | 18.7 |
| 231 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 18.7 |
| 233 | Calabria | 18.6 |
| 233 | Nord-Vest | 18.6 |
| 235 | Puglia | 18.5 |
| 236 | Sardegna | 18.4 |
| 237 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 18 |
| 238 | Sicilia | 16.9 |
| 239 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 16.8 |
| 240 | Severozápad | 16 |
| 241 | Sud-Est | 14.1 |
| 242 | Sud-Muntenia | 14 |
| 243 | Nord-Est | 13.4 |
| 244 | Mayotte | 11.5 |