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

Prov. Brabant wallon had the highest tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64 of 233 regions in 2015, at 54.1%. Nord-Est had the lowest, at 11.6%. The median was 26.7% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 28.5%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest54.1Prov. Brabant wallon
Lowest11.6Nord-Est
Median26.7233 regions
European Union (27)28.5History

Top 40 regions, 2015

Prov. Brabant wallon: 54.1 %Prov. Brabant wallon54.1Warszawski stołeczny: 52.1 %Warszawski stołeczny52.1Helsinki-Uusimaa: 51.3 %Helsinki-Uusimaa51.3Sostinės regionas: 50.5 %Sostinės regionas50.5Eastern and Midland: 49.2 %Eastern and Midland49.2Stockholm: 48.7 %Stockholm48.7Basque Country: 47.8 %Basque Country47.8Hovedstaden: 47.8 %Hovedstaden47.8Community of Madrid: 46.9 %Community of Madrid46.9Ile-de-France: 46.3 %Ile-de-France46.3Budapest: 44.7 %Budapest44.7Prov. Vlaams-Brabant: 44.7 %Prov. Vlaams-Brabant44.7Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: 43.4 %Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Bru…43.4Navarre: 42.3 %Navarre42.3Noord-Holland: 41.6 %Noord-Holland41.6Luxembourg: 41.1 %Luxembourg41.1Länsi-Suomi: 40.9 %Länsi-Suomi40.9Sydsverige: 40.9 %Sydsverige40.9Kýpros: 40.5 %Kýpros40.5Praha: 40.5 %Praha40.5Southern: 40.3 %Southern40.3Midi-Pyrénées: 39.9 %Midi-Pyrénées39.9Asturias: 39.6 %Asturias39.6La Rioja: 39.3 %La Rioja39.3Wien: 39.3 %Wien39.3Northern and Western: 39.2 %Northern and Western39.2Västsverige: 39.2 %Västsverige39.2Etelä-Suomi: 38.9 %Etelä-Suomi38.9Yugozapaden: 38.6 %Yugozapaden38.6Cantabria: 38.1 %Cantabria38.1Prov. Antwerpen: 37.6 %Prov. Antwerpen37.6Bratislavský kraj: 37.5 %Bratislavský kraj37.5Catalonia: 37.5 %Catalonia37.5Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen: 37.5 %Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen37.5Rhône-Alpes: 37.5 %Rhône-Alpes37.5Övre Norrland: 37.3 %Övre Norrland37.3Oberbayern: 37.1 %Oberbayern37.1Attiki: 37 %Attiki37Prov. Luxembourg (BE): 36.9 %Prov. Luxembourg (BE)36.9Östra Mellansverige: 36.8 %Östra Mellansverige36.8
%. Source: Eurostat, Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2015 (%)Change on 2014
1Prov. Brabant wallon54.1+2.2 pts
2Warszawski stołeczny52.1+0.4 pts
3Helsinki-Uusimaa51.3+1.1 pts
4Sostinės regionas50.5+3.2 pts
5Eastern and Midland49.2+1.3 pts
6Stockholm48.7+1.1 pts
7Basque Country47.8+0.8 pts
7Hovedstaden47.8+0.3 pts
9Community of Madrid46.9-0.3 pts
10Ile-de-France46.3+2.4 pts
11Budapest44.7+2.2 pts
11Prov. Vlaams-Brabant44.7-1.1 pts
13Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest43.4-0.1 pts
14Navarre42.3-0.4 pts
15Noord-Holland41.6+0.8 pts
16Luxembourg Series break41.1-4.8 pts
17Länsi-Suomi40.9+1.7 pts
17Sydsverige40.9+2 pts
19Kýpros40.5+0.2 pts
19Praha40.5+0.2 pts
21Southern40.3+1.4 pts
22Midi-Pyrénées39.9-1.9 pts
23Asturias39.6+0.9 pts
24La Rioja39.3+2.4 pts
24Wien39.3+0.2 pts
26Northern and Western39.2+0.8 pts
26Västsverige39.2+0.4 pts
28Etelä-Suomi38.9+0.8 pts
29Yugozapaden38.6+1.1 pts
30Cantabria38.1+0.7 pts
31Prov. Antwerpen37.6-0.5 pts
32Bratislavský kraj37.5-1.5 pts
32Catalonia37.5+0.5 pts
32Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen37.5+0.8 pts
32Rhône-Alpes37.5+0.4 pts
36Övre Norrland37.3+0.3 pts
37Oberbayern37.10 pts
38Attiki37+0.7 pts
39Prov. Luxembourg (BE)36.9+1.8 pts
40Östra Mellansverige36.8+0.2 pts
41Eesti36.7-0.9 pts
41Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi36.7-0.1 pts
43Berlin36.6+0.5 pts
44Aragon35.6-0.1 pts
45Prov. Namur35.3-1.4 pts
45Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur35.3+0.3 pts
47Galicia35.2+1.8 pts
48Zahodna Slovenija35+1.9 pts
49Hamburg34.9+1.3 pts
50Castile and León34.7+0.2 pts
51Midtjylland34.2+1.1 pts
52Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas34.1+1.5 pts
53Gelderland340 pts
54Prov. Liège33.9+0.8 pts
55Groningen33.7+2.1 pts
56Bucureşti-Ilfov33.6-1.4 pts
57Aquitaine33.5+0.7 pts
58Noord-Brabant33.20 pts
59Småland med öarna32.9+1.7 pts
60Bretagne32.8-0.8 pts
60Prov. West-Vlaanderen32.8-0.2 pts
62Valencian Community32.5+0.5 pts
63Alsace32.4+1.9 pts
63Pays de la Loire32.4+2 pts
63Stuttgart32.4+1.6 pts
66Darmstadt32.3+0.3 pts
67Prov. Limburg (BE)32.1+1 pts
68Mellersta Norrland32+0.9 pts
69Latvija31.6+1.4 pts
70Overijssel31.4-0.2 pts
71Languedoc-Roussillon31.3-0.1 pts
72Karlsruhe31.2+1.3 pts
73Dresden31.1+0.1 pts
74Leipzig30.7+0.7 pts
75Norra Mellansverige30.6+2.3 pts
75Tübingen30.6+0.1 pts
77Lorraine30.5+2.4 pts
78Niederösterreich30.3+1.2 pts
79Salzburg30.2+0.4 pts
80Limousin30.1+0.7 pts
80Syddanmark30.1+0.8 pts
82Flevoland30+0.8 pts
83Åland29.9-2.1 pts
84Limburg (NL)29.4+2.3 pts
85Sjælland29.3+0.5 pts
86Kentriki Makedonia29.1+1.8 pts
87Centre - Val de Loire29+1.6 pts
88Małopolskie28.9+1.6 pts
88Nordjylland28.9+1.9 pts
90Auvergne28.8+2.9 pts
91Drenthe28.6+0.8 pts
92Burgenland28.5+2.8 pts
92Köln28.5+0.2 pts
94Mittelfranken28.4+0.6 pts
95Andalusia28.3+0.7 pts
95Kärnten28.3-0.5 pts
97Ceuta28.1+5.6 pts
97Podlaskie28.1+0.3 pts
97Pomorskie28.1+1.6 pts
100Melilla28-0.8 pts
101Region of Murcia27.9+0.8 pts
102Nord-Pas de Calais27.8-1.2 pts
102Rheinhessen-Pfalz27.8+1.1 pts
104Brandenburg27.70 pts
104Freiburg27.7+0.7 pts
104Haute-Normandie27.7+2.9 pts
107Castilla-La Mancha27.5+0.3 pts
107Oberösterreich27.5+0.8 pts
109Balearic Islands27.2-0.7 pts
109Dolnośląskie27.20 pts
109Gießen27.2+1.4 pts
109Prov. Hainaut27.2-0.9 pts
113Lubelskie27.1+0.2 pts
114Basse-Normandie26.9+2.5 pts
114Unterfranken26.9+1.2 pts
116Łódzkie26.8+1.4 pts
117Steiermark26.7+1 pts
118Canary Islands26.6-0.4 pts
118Poitou-Charentes26.6+0.5 pts
120Extremadura26.5-0.3 pts
120Vorarlberg26.5+0.9 pts
122Thüringen26.4-0.6 pts
122Tirol26.4-0.6 pts
124Braunschweig26.2+0.9 pts
124Bremen26.2-0.3 pts
124Pest26.2+1.4 pts
127Thessalia26.1-0.2 pts
128Hannover26+0.8 pts
128Martinique26+2.7 pts
128Vzhodna Slovenija26+1.2 pts
131Bourgogne25.9-1.7 pts
132Chemnitz25.8+1 pts
132Ipeiros25.8+1.2 pts
134Franche-Comté25.7-1.6 pts
134Wielkopolskie25.7+1.1 pts
136Schwaben25.6+0.4 pts
137Mecklenburg-Vorpommern25.5+1.4 pts
138Friesland (NL)25.4-0.6 pts
138Severoiztochen25.4-1.6 pts
138Śląskie25.4+0.4 pts
141Podkarpackie25.3+1.5 pts
142Świętokrzyskie25.2-0.6 pts
142Trier25.2-0.5 pts
144Zeeland25.1+0.2 pts
145Oberpfalz25-0.2 pts
146Düsseldorf24.8+1 pts
146Opolskie24.8+1.7 pts
148Jadranska Hrvatska24.7+2 pts
149Zachodniopomorskie24.5+0.4 pts
150Jihovýchod24.3+1 pts
151Kriti24.1+2.1 pts
151Münster24.1+1.4 pts
151Picardie24.1+2.1 pts
154Schleswig-Holstein23.8+0.4 pts
155Champagne-Ardenne23.6+0.3 pts
156Oberfranken23.5-0.9 pts
156Severen tsentralen23.5+0.8 pts
158Sachsen-Anhalt23.4-0.3 pts
159Corse Low reliability23.3-0.8 pts
159Lazio23.30 pts
161Kassel23.1+0.6 pts
162Lüneburg23+1.4 pts
163Dytiki Elláda22.9+0.3 pts
163Voreio Aigaio22.9-2.4 pts
165Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki22.6+2.1 pts
165Warmińsko-mazurskie22.6+0.7 pts
167Lubuskie22.4-0.3 pts
168Koblenz22.2+0.3 pts
169Arnsberg22+1.1 pts
169Detmold22+0.3 pts
171Dytiki Makedonia21.9-0.4 pts
171Yugoiztochen21.9+1 pts
173Guadeloupe21.6+2.9 pts
173Malta21.6+0.4 pts
173Mazowiecki regionalny21.6+0.1 pts
173Střední Čechy21.6-0.1 pts
177Severozapaden21.5+0.9 pts
177Yuzhen tsentralen21.5+0.1 pts
179La Réunion21.4+1.8 pts
180Kujawsko-pomorskie21.2+1 pts
181Niederbayern21.10 pts
182Peloponnisos20.8+1.5 pts
182Weser-Ems20.8+0.2 pts
184Emilia-Romagna20.3+1.6 pts
185Guyane20.1+1.7 pts
185Nyugat-Dunántúl20.1+0.4 pts
185Střední Morava20.1+1.4 pts
188Umbria19.8-0.3 pts
189Liguria19.7+0.4 pts
189Saarland19.7-0.2 pts
189Východné Slovensko19.70 pts
192Algarve19.6+0.2 pts
193Ionia Nisia19.5+1.8 pts
194Közép-Dunántúl19.4+1.8 pts
194Stredné Slovensko19.4+1.6 pts
196Lombardia19.3+1.4 pts
196Toscana19.3+1.9 pts
198Notio Aigaio19.1+1.3 pts
199Sterea Elláda19+1.1 pts
200Dél-Alföld18.8-0.1 pts
200Moravskoslezsko18.8+2.1 pts
202Jihozápad18.7+1.1 pts
202Norte18.7+0.5 pts
202Provincia Autonoma di Trento18.7+0.4 pts
205Dél-Dunántúl18.5+0.6 pts
205Marche18.5-0.1 pts
207Severovýchod18.2+0.3 pts
208Molise18+1 pts
209Észak-Magyarország17.9+0.8 pts
209Západné Slovensko17.9+1.5 pts
211Centru17.8+3.2 pts
212Friuli-Venezia Giulia17.6+0.4 pts
213Nord-Vest17.4+3.2 pts
214Região Autónoma da Madeira17.3+0.7 pts
215Észak-Alföld17.1-0.6 pts
216Abruzzo17+0.5 pts
217Sud-Vest Oltenia16.7+1.6 pts
218Piemonte16.6+0.4 pts
219Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen16.3+0.1 pts
220Vest16.1+2.6 pts
221Veneto15.9+0.5 pts
222Calabria15.7+0.5 pts
223Basilicata15.5+0.4 pts
223Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste15.5+0.3 pts
225Campania14.9+0.6 pts
226Sardegna14.7+1.6 pts
227Região Autónoma dos Açores14.2+1.2 pts
228Severozápad13.4-0.9 pts
229Puglia13.3-0.7 pts
230Sicilia13.2-0.1 pts
231Sud-Est12.9+0.9 pts
232Sud-Muntenia12.8+1.4 pts
233Nord-Est11.6-0.4 pts

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About this ranking

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.

Includes short-cycle tertiary programmes such as US associate degrees, so it is higher than the US bachelors_degree_share, which also covers everyone aged 25 and over.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 11 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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, 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.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Population by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, 2015) [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, tertiary education (levels 5 to 8), 25 to 64 years (edat_lfse_04), EU regions (NUTS 2) by tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64, 2015. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/eu-regions?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Which region has the highest tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64?

Prov. Brabant wallon, with 54.1% in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 64?

Nord-Est, with 11.6% in 2015.

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