Population in private households by educational attainment level

In 2005, Germany's population in private households by educational attainment level decreased by 1.2% compared to 2004, reaching 24.6%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 21.5%.

Germany ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.4% (from 23.8% in 2000).

Source: Eurostat dataset edat_lfse_03, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.