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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 236 regions in 2017, at 57.1%. Nord-Est had the lowest, at 12.1%. The median was 28.2% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 29.9%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest57.1Prov. Brabant wallon
Lowest12.1Nord-Est
Median28.2236 regions
European Union (27)29.9History

Top 40 regions, 2017

Prov. Brabant wallon: 57.1 %Prov. Brabant wallon57.1Warszawski stołeczny: 56.7 %Warszawski stołeczny56.7Sostinės regionas: 53.3 %Sostinės regionas53.3Helsinki-Uusimaa: 51.4 %Helsinki-Uusimaa51.4Stockholm: 51 %Stockholm51Eastern and Midland: 50.7 %Eastern and Midland50.7Prov. Vlaams-Brabant: 50.7 %Prov. Vlaams-Brabant50.7Hovedstaden: 49.9 %Hovedstaden49.9Basque Country: 49.7 %Basque Country49.7Ile-de-France: 47.9 %Ile-de-France47.9Community of Madrid: 47 %Community of Madrid47Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: 46.6 %Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Bru…46.6Praha: 45.6 %Praha45.6Navarre: 45.5 %Navarre45.5Noord-Holland: 44.4 %Noord-Holland44.4Sydsverige: 44.4 %Sydsverige44.4Bratislavský kraj: 42.7 %Bratislavský kraj42.7Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen: 42.6 %Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen42.6Southern: 42.6 %Southern42.6Kýpros: 42.5 %Kýpros42.5Wien: 42.1 %Wien42.1Budapest: 41.7 %Budapest41.7Asturias: 41.6 %Asturias41.6Northern and Western: 41.5 %Northern and Western41.5Grad Zagreb: 41.4 %Grad Zagreb41.4Länsi-Suomi: 41.4 %Länsi-Suomi41.4Västsverige: 40.6 %Västsverige40.6Berlin: 40.5 %Berlin40.5Cantabria: 40.4 %Cantabria40.4Prov. Namur: 40.2 %Prov. Namur40.2Luxembourg: 39.9 %Luxembourg39.9Etelä-Suomi: 39.8 %Etelä-Suomi39.8Oberbayern: 39.5 %Oberbayern39.5Catalonia: 39.3 %Catalonia39.3Östra Mellansverige: 39.2 %Östra Mellansverige39.2Rhône-Alpes: 39.2 %Rhône-Alpes39.2Yugozapaden: 39.2 %Yugozapaden39.2Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi: 39.1 %Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi39.1Midi-Pyrénées: 38.6 %Midi-Pyrénées38.6Attiki: 38.4 %Attiki38.4Prov. Brabant wallon: 57.1 %Prov. Brabant wallon57.1Warszawski stołeczny: 56.7 %Warszawski stołeczny56.7Sostinės regionas: 53.3 %Sostinės regionas53.3Helsinki-Uusimaa: 51.4 %Helsinki-Uusimaa51.4Stockholm: 51 %Stockholm51Eastern and Midland: 50.7 %Eastern and Midland50.7Prov. Vlaams-Brabant: 50.7 %Prov. Vlaams-Brabant50.7Hovedstaden: 49.9 %Hovedstaden49.9Basque Country: 49.7 %Basque Country49.7Ile-de-France: 47.9 %Ile-de-France47.9Community of Madrid: 47 %Community of Madrid47Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest: 46.6 %Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdst…46.6Praha: 45.6 %Praha45.6Navarre: 45.5 %Navarre45.5Noord-Holland: 44.4 %Noord-Holland44.4Sydsverige: 44.4 %Sydsverige44.4Bratislavský kraj: 42.7 %Bratislavský kraj42.7Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen: 42.6 %Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen42.6Southern: 42.6 %Southern42.6Kýpros: 42.5 %Kýpros42.5Wien: 42.1 %Wien42.1Budapest: 41.7 %Budapest41.7Asturias: 41.6 %Asturias41.6Northern and Western: 41.5 %Northern and Western41.5Grad Zagreb: 41.4 %Grad Zagreb41.4Länsi-Suomi: 41.4 %Länsi-Suomi41.4Västsverige: 40.6 %Västsverige40.6Berlin: 40.5 %Berlin40.5Cantabria: 40.4 %Cantabria40.4Prov. Namur: 40.2 %Prov. Namur40.2Luxembourg: 39.9 %Luxembourg39.9Etelä-Suomi: 39.8 %Etelä-Suomi39.8Oberbayern: 39.5 %Oberbayern39.5Catalonia: 39.3 %Catalonia39.3Östra Mellansverige: 39.2 %Östra Mellansverige39.2Rhône-Alpes: 39.2 %Rhône-Alpes39.2Yugozapaden: 39.2 %Yugozapaden39.2Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi: 39.1 %Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi39.1Midi-Pyrénées: 38.6 %Midi-Pyrénées38.6Attiki: 38.4 %Attiki38.4
%. 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

RankRegions2017 (%)Change on 2016
1Prov. Brabant wallon Series break57.1+4.9 pts
2Warszawski stołeczny56.7+3.4 pts
3Sostinės regionas53.3+0.9 pts
4Helsinki-Uusimaa51.4-0.2 pts
5Stockholm51+0.6 pts
6Eastern and Midland Series break50.7+1.1 pts
6Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Series break50.7+3.4 pts
8Hovedstaden Series break49.9+0.5 pts
9Basque Country49.7+1.1 pts
10Ile-de-France47.9+0.6 pts
11Community of Madrid47+0.4 pts
12Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Series break46.6+2.5 pts
13Praha45.6+2.3 pts
14Navarre45.5+1 pts
15Noord-Holland44.4+1.5 pts
15Sydsverige44.4+1.6 pts
17Bratislavský kraj42.7+3.7 pts
18Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Series break42.6+3 pts
18Southern Series break42.6+1.7 pts
20Kýpros42.5+0.6 pts
21Wien42.1+2.2 pts
22Budapest41.7-0.2 pts
23Asturias41.6+0.9 pts
24Northern and Western Series break41.5+1.6 pts
25Grad Zagreb41.4+2.5 pts
25Länsi-Suomi41.4+0.2 pts
27Västsverige40.6+0.6 pts
28Berlin40.5+1.4 pts
29Cantabria40.4+1.3 pts
30Prov. Namur Series break40.2+5.3 pts
31Luxembourg Low reliability39.9-2.7 pts
32Etelä-Suomi39.8+1 pts
33Oberbayern39.5+1.1 pts
34Catalonia39.3+0.7 pts
35Östra Mellansverige39.2+1.2 pts
35Rhône-Alpes39.2+0.9 pts
35Yugozapaden39.2-0.2 pts
38Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi39.1+1.6 pts
39Midi-Pyrénées38.6-0.2 pts
40Attiki38.4+0.4 pts
40Eesti38.4+0.7 pts
42Övre Norrland38.2+0.6 pts
42Prov. Antwerpen Series break38.2+3.3 pts
44La Rioja37.9+0.5 pts
45Zahodna Slovenija37.5+2.2 pts
46Prov. West-Vlaanderen Series break37.4+2.2 pts
47Prov. Luxembourg (BE) Series break37.1+2 pts
48Midtjylland Series break37+0.8 pts
49Aragon36.6+0.3 pts
50Galicia36.5+0.8 pts
51Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur36.2+0.4 pts
52Bucureşti-Ilfov36.1+1 pts
53Groningen36-0.3 pts
54Hamburg35.7-0.7 pts
55Prov. Liège Series break35.6+2.2 pts
56Corse Low reliability35.5-0.5 pts
57Prov. Limburg (BE) Series break35.4+2.5 pts
58Castile and León35.3+1 pts
59Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas34.7+0.1 pts
60Aquitaine34.4+2 pts
60Darmstadt34.4+1.1 pts
60Noord-Brabant34.40 pts
63Gelderland34.3+0.9 pts
64Overijssel34.2+2.2 pts
65Bretagne34+0.2 pts
66Latvija33.9+0.5 pts
67Småland med öarna33.8-0.2 pts
68Mellersta Norrland33.7+0.7 pts
69Małopolskie33.6+2.9 pts
70Norra Mellansverige33.3+0.7 pts
70Pays de la Loire33.3+1.1 pts
70Valencian Community33.3+0.4 pts
73Flevoland33+2.9 pts
74Pomorskie32.8+2.2 pts
75Stuttgart32.6-0.5 pts
76Franche-Comté32.5+2.1 pts
76Syddanmark Series break32.5+2.2 pts
78Leipzig32.3+1 pts
79Alsace32-1.7 pts
79Languedoc-Roussillon32+0.8 pts
79Niederösterreich32+1.8 pts
82Dresden31.5+0.1 pts
82Nordjylland Series break31.5+0.7 pts
84Karlsruhe31.4-0.8 pts
85Balearic Islands31.2+2 pts
85Salzburg31.2-0.3 pts
87Kentriki Makedonia31.1-0.2 pts
87Prov. Hainaut Series break31.1+1.1 pts
87Sjælland Series break31.1+2 pts
90Limburg (NL)30.9+1.6 pts
90Tübingen30.9+0.1 pts
92Limousin30.7-1.5 pts
93Lorraine30.5+0.3 pts
93Podlaskie30.5+1.3 pts
95Åland30.4+1.2 pts
96Bourgogne30.3+2.6 pts
96Centre - Val de Loire30.3+0.9 pts
96Köln30.30 pts
99Mittelfranken30.1+0.7 pts
100Ipeiros30+1.8 pts
100Poitou-Charentes30+2.6 pts
102Region of Murcia29.9+1.5 pts
103Dolnośląskie29.8+1 pts
104Kärnten29.7+0.3 pts
104Nord-Pas de Calais29.7+1.1 pts
106Andalusia29.6+0.5 pts
106Canary Islands29.6+0.2 pts
108Oberösterreich29.2+0.1 pts
109Friesland (NL)29+1.8 pts
109Tirol29+0.8 pts
111Freiburg28.9-0.1 pts
112Drenthe28.6-0.3 pts
112Gießen28.6+0.5 pts
112Melilla28.6+1.7 pts
112Thessalia28.6+3 pts
116Bremen28.4+0.8 pts
117Podkarpackie28.3+0.8 pts
118Śląskie28.2+1 pts
118Vzhodna Slovenija28.2+1.4 pts
120Łódzkie28.1+0.8 pts
120Vorarlberg28.1+0.4 pts
122Burgenland28+0.1 pts
123Kriti27.9+1.1 pts
123Świętokrzyskie27.9+0.5 pts
125Auvergne27.8-3.3 pts
125Steiermark27.8+0.4 pts
125Zeeland27.8+1.7 pts
128Unterfranken27.7+0.5 pts
129Castilla-La Mancha27.6+0.2 pts
130Trier27.5+1.4 pts
131Haute-Normandie27.4+0.3 pts
132Braunschweig27.2+2.1 pts
133Rheinhessen-Pfalz27.1-0.6 pts
134Brandenburg26.9-0.3 pts
134Lubelskie26.9+0.3 pts
134Pest26.9+0.7 pts
134Severoiztochen26.9+1.4 pts
138Thüringen26.8-0.1 pts
139Zachodniopomorskie26.7+0.7 pts
140Extremadura26.5+1.4 pts
140Mecklenburg-Vorpommern26.5+0.7 pts
142Düsseldorf26.1-0.4 pts
143Opolskie25.9+1.2 pts
143Schwaben25.9+1.5 pts
145Hannover25.7+0.3 pts
146Kassel25.6+1.5 pts
147Jihovýchod25.5-0.1 pts
148Ceuta25.2-3 pts
148Wielkopolskie25.2-0.4 pts
150Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki25+0.4 pts
151Champagne-Ardenne24.9+2 pts
151Lazio24.9+1.8 pts
153Oberfranken24.8+1.6 pts
154Kujawsko-pomorskie24.7+1.5 pts
155Dytiki Makedonia24.5+2.7 pts
156Oberpfalz24.4-0.4 pts
157Koblenz24.3+1.1 pts
158Chemnitz24.2+0.3 pts
158Martinique24.2+0.1 pts
158Schleswig-Holstein24.2+0.1 pts
158Voreio Aigaio24.2-1.4 pts
162Picardie24.1+1.4 pts
163Malta23.9+1.8 pts
164Basse-Normandie23.8-1.5 pts
164Dytiki Elláda23.8+1.1 pts
164Münster23.8-0.7 pts
167Jadranska Hrvatska23.7+0.9 pts
167Lubuskie23.7+1.2 pts
169Warmińsko-mazurskie23.4+0.3 pts
170Sterea Elláda23.3+2.2 pts
171Lüneburg23.1+0.6 pts
172Peloponnisos23+1.6 pts
172Saarland230 pts
172Severen tsentralen23-1.4 pts
175Detmold22.8-0.2 pts
176Mazowiecki regionalny22.6+0.8 pts
177Algarve22.4+1.4 pts
177Arnsberg22.4-0.3 pts
179Sachsen-Anhalt22.2-0.7 pts
179Yuzhen tsentralen22.2+0.7 pts
181Niederbayern22.1+0.2 pts
182Guadeloupe22+0.5 pts
183Střední Čechy21.9+0.5 pts
184Yugoiztochen21.7-0.1 pts
185Moravskoslezsko21.6+1.8 pts
186Emilia-Romagna21.2+0.5 pts
186La Réunion21.2+0.3 pts
186Umbria21.2+0.5 pts
189Nyugat-Dunántúl20.8+1.8 pts
189Provincia Autonoma di Trento20.8+2.1 pts
191Marche20.7+1.5 pts
191Toscana20.7+0.4 pts
191Západné Slovensko20.7+1 pts
194Weser-Ems20.6+0.6 pts
195Norte20.5+0.3 pts
196Lombardia20.4+1.1 pts
196Notio Aigaio20.4+3 pts
196Região Autónoma da Madeira20.4+1.6 pts
199Severovýchod20.3+1.4 pts
199Stredné Slovensko20.3+0.3 pts
201Ionia Nisia20.1-0.7 pts
201Közép-Dunántúl20.1+1 pts
201Východné Slovensko20.1+0.8 pts
204Jihozápad20+0.9 pts
205Friuli-Venezia Giulia19.9+2.5 pts
205Severozapaden19.90 pts
207Molise19.7+1.3 pts
207Střední Morava19.7+0.6 pts
209Dél-Alföld19.6-0.4 pts
209Guyane19.6+1.2 pts
209Liguria19.60 pts
212Dél-Dunántúl18.4-0.5 pts
213Abruzzo18.3+1.3 pts
214Piemonte18.1+1.1 pts
215Sjeverna Hrvatska18+0.8 pts
215Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste18+2.2 pts
217Centru17.9+0.4 pts
217Veneto17.9+1.7 pts
219Észak-Magyarország17.5+0.3 pts
220Észak-Alföld17.4+0.3 pts
221Nord-Vest17.1-0.3 pts
222Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen16.8+0.3 pts
223Basilicata16.5+0.6 pts
224Sardegna16.2+1.2 pts
225Sud-Vest Oltenia16.1-0.7 pts
226Vest16+0.5 pts
227Campania15.5+0.3 pts
227Região Autónoma dos Açores15.5+0.7 pts
229Calabria15.10 pts
230Panonska Hrvatska15-1.4 pts
231Severozápad14.3+0.1 pts
232Puglia14+0.7 pts
233Sicilia13.6+0.5 pts
234Sud-Muntenia13.1-0.2 pts
235Sud-Est12.7-0.2 pts
236Nord-Est12.1+0.6 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. 8 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/eu-regions?period=2017.

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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, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_04/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/tertiary-education-attainment-25-64/eu-regions?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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