edat_lfse_03 · 2002–2025
Population in private households by educational attainment level
Eurostat edat_lfse_03 — Population in private households by educational attainment level. Data range: 1992 to 2025.
At a glance
In 2025, the EU-27 figure for population in private households by educational attainment level was 36.9%.
That is a 2.2% rose versus 2024 (36.1%).
Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 12.5% higher.
Across member states, Ireland reported the highest value (58.7%, 2025) and Romania the lowest (19.5%, 2025) — a ratio of 3.0× between the two ends of the range.
The figures below come from Eurostat dataset edat_lfse_03; every value links back to the canonical source.
EU-27 · 2025
36.9%
HIGHEST · 2025
Ireland
58.7%
LOWEST · 2025
Romania
19.5%
Map · 2025
19.5 58.7
Ranking · 2025
Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27
- Ireland 58.7
- Luxembourg 55.5
- Cyprus 52.1
- Sweden 50.8
- Lithuania 49.9
- Belgium 47.5
- Denmark 46.1
- Netherlands 46.1
- France 44.9
- Finland 42.7
- Spain 42.4
- Estonia 42.1
- European Union (27) 36.9
Country × year heatmap · all values
5.4 58.7
Member states · ranked by latest value
- #1 Ireland IE · 2025 58.7%
- #2 Luxembourg LU · 2025 55.5%
- #3 Cyprus CY · 2025 52.1%
- #4 Sweden SE · 2025 50.8%
- #5 Lithuania LT · 2025 49.9%
- #6 Belgium BE · 2025 47.5%
- #7 Denmark DK · 2025 46.1%
- #8 Netherlands NL · 2025 46.1%
- #9 France FR · 2025 44.9%
- #10 Finland FI · 2025 42.7%
- #11 Spain ES · 2025 42.4%
- #12 Estonia EE · 2025 42.1%
- #13 Latvia LV · 2025 40.7%
- #14 Poland PL · 2025 40.0%
- #15 Malta MT · 2025 37.7%
- #16 Austria AT · 2025 37.6%
- #17 Bulgaria BG · 2025 35.7%
- #18 Germany DE · 2025 35.4%
- #19 Slovenia SI · 2025 35.1%
- #20 Greece EL · 2025 34.9%
- #21 Portugal PT · 2025 32.7%
- #22 Hungary HU · 2025 31.6%
- #23 Croatia HR · 2025 31.0%
- #24 Slovakia SK · 2025 29.8%
- #25 Czechia CZ · 2025 28.7%
- #26 Italy IT · 2025 22.3%
- #27 Romania RO · 2025 19.5%
By year
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
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- 1992
Source:
Eurostat · edat_lfse_03