tesem240 · 2005–2025

Percentage of population (age group 25-64) in private households with at least upper secondary educational attainment

Eurostat tesem240 — Percentage of population (age group 25-64) in private households with at least upper secondary educational attainment. Data range: 2005 to 2025.

At a glance

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for percentage of population (age group 25-64) in private households with at least upper secondary educational attainment was 81.2 .

That is a 0.9% rose versus 2024 (80.5).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 2.8% higher.

Across member states, Lithuania reported the highest value (95.8, 2025) and Portugal the lowest (64.3, 2025).

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tesem240; every value links back to the canonical source.

EU-27 · 2025
81.2
HIGHEST · 2025
Lithuania
95.8
LOWEST · 2025
Portugal
64.3

Map · 2025

Finland: 89.0 FI 89.0 Sweden: 89.0 SE 89.0 Denmark: 84.1 DK 84.1 Estonia: 89.6 EE 89.6 Ireland: 90.6 IE 90.6 Netherlands: 81.6 NL 81.6 Germany: 85.8 DE 85.8 Poland: 94.9 PL 94.9 Latvia: 91.3 LV 91.3 Belgium: 84.9 BE 84.9 Luxembourg: 83.3 LU 83.3 Czechia: 94.4 CZ 94.4 Slovakia: 94.0 SK 94.0 Lithuania: 95.8 LT 95.8 France: 84.9 FR 84.9 Austria: 86.8 AT 86.8 Hungary: 88.1 HU 88.1 Romania: 80.2 RO 80.2 Portugal: 64.3 PT 64.3 Spain: 65.4 ES 65.4 Italy: 67.0 IT 67.0 Slovenia: 89.3 SI 89.3 Bulgaria: 87.0 BG 87.0 Cyprus: 86.9 CY 86.9 Malta: 69.9 MT 69.9 Croatia: 90.6 HR 90.6 Greece: 82.0 EL 82.0
64.3 95.8

Ranking · 2025

Lithuania LT 95.8 Poland PL 94.9 Czechia CZ 94.4 Slovakia SK 94 Latvia LV 91.3 Croatia HR 90.6 Ireland IE 90.6 Estonia EE 89.6 Slovenia SI 89.3 Finland FI 89 Sweden SE 89 Hungary HU 88.1 Bulgaria BG 87 Cyprus CY 86.9 Austria AT 86.8 Germany DE 85.8 Belgium BE 84.9 France FR 84.9 Denmark DK 84.1 Luxembourg LU 83.3 Greece EL 82 Netherlands NL 81.6 European Union (27) EU 81.2 Romania RO 80.2 Malta MT 69.9 Italy IT 67 Spain ES 65.4 Portugal PT 64.3
2025 ranking · 28 countries

Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27

63.36 71.93 80.5 89.07 97.64 2005 2008 2011 2014 2016 2019 2022 2025 Lithuania Poland Czechia Slovakia Latvia Croatia Ireland Estonia Slovenia Finland Sweden Hungary European Union (27) Percentage of population (age group 25-64) in private households with at least upper secondary educational attainment (value) LT PL CZ SK LV HR IE EE SI FI SE HU EU27_2020
  • Lithuania 95.8
  • Poland 94.9
  • Czechia 94.4
  • Slovakia 94
  • Latvia 91.3
  • Croatia 90.6
  • Ireland 90.6
  • Estonia 89.6
  • Slovenia 89.3
  • Finland 89
  • Sweden 89
  • Hungary 88.1
  • European Union (27) 81.2

Country × year heatmap · all values

20052007200920112013201520172019202120232025 Austria AT Austria · 2005: 80.4 Austria · 2006: 80.1 Austria · 2007: 79.9 Austria · 2008: 80.9 Austria · 2009: 81.6 Austria · 2010: 82.4 Austria · 2011: 82.4 Austria · 2012: 82.9 Austria · 2013: 83.0 Austria · 2014: 83.9 Austria · 2015: 84.6 Austria · 2016: 84.5 Austria · 2017: 85.0 Austria · 2018: 85.3 Austria · 2019: 85.6 Austria · 2020: 85.7 Austria · 2021: 85.9 Austria · 2022: 85.9 Austria · 2023: 86.0 Austria · 2024: 86.2 Austria · 2025: 86.8 Belgium BE Belgium · 2005: 66.1 Belgium · 2006: 66.9 Belgium · 2007: 68.0 Belgium · 2008: 69.6 Belgium · 2009: 70.6 Belgium · 2010: 70.5 Belgium · 2011: 71.3 Belgium · 2012: 71.6 Belgium · 2013: 72.8 Belgium · 2014: 73.6 Belgium · 2015: 74.7 Belgium · 2016: 75.1 Belgium · 2017: 76.8 Belgium · 2018: 78.2 Belgium · 2019: 78.7 Belgium · 2020: 79.8 Belgium · 2021: 81.5 Belgium · 2022: 82.4 Belgium · 2023: 82.2 Belgium · 2024: 82.8 Belgium · 2025: 84.9 Bulgaria BG Bulgaria · 2005: 72.5 Bulgaria · 2006: 75.5 Bulgaria · 2007: 77.4 Bulgaria · 2008: 77.5 Bulgaria · 2009: 77.9 Bulgaria · 2010: 79.1 Bulgaria · 2011: 80.0 Bulgaria · 2012: 81.0 Bulgaria · 2013: 81.8 Bulgaria · 2014: 81.1 Bulgaria · 2015: 81.9 Bulgaria · 2016: 82.3 Bulgaria · 2017: 82.8 Bulgaria · 2018: 82.6 Bulgaria · 2019: 82.6 Bulgaria · 2020: 83.4 Bulgaria · 2021: 83.7 Bulgaria · 2022: 84.4 Bulgaria · 2023: 85.2 Bulgaria · 2024: 86.9 Bulgaria · 2025: 87.0 Croatia HR Croatia · 2005: 72.8 Croatia · 2006: 74.1 Croatia · 2007: 76.5 Croatia · 2008: 77.4 Croatia · 2009: 78.1 Croatia · 2010: 78.0 Croatia · 2011: 78.6 Croatia · 2012: 81.0 Croatia · 2013: 81.8 Croatia · 2014: 82.8 Croatia · 2015: 83.0 Croatia · 2016: 82.5 Croatia · 2017: 83.6 Croatia · 2018: 84.9 Croatia · 2019: 85.6 Croatia · 2020: 86.5 Croatia · 2021: 87.4 Croatia · 2022: 88.2 Croatia · 2023: 89.2 Croatia · 2024: 90.3 Croatia · 2025: 90.6 Cyprus CY Cyprus · 2005: 66.6 Cyprus · 2006: 69.5 Cyprus · 2007: 72.1 Cyprus · 2008: 73.1 Cyprus · 2009: 72.3 Cyprus · 2010: 74.0 Cyprus · 2011: 75.2 Cyprus · 2012: 77.4 Cyprus · 2013: 78.5 Cyprus · 2014: 77.6 Cyprus · 2015: 77.9 Cyprus · 2016: 79.5 Cyprus · 2017: 81.1 Cyprus · 2018: 82.2 Cyprus · 2019: 82.3 Cyprus · 2020: 83.0 Cyprus · 2021: 84.5 Cyprus · 2022: 85.2 Cyprus · 2023: 86.2 Cyprus · 2024: 86.1 Cyprus · 2025: 86.9 Czechia CZ Czechia · 2005: 89.9 Czechia · 2006: 90.3 Czechia · 2007: 90.5 Czechia · 2008: 90.9 Czechia · 2009: 91.4 Czechia · 2010: 91.9 Czechia · 2011: 92.3 Czechia · 2012: 92.5 Czechia · 2013: 92.8 Czechia · 2014: 93.2 Czechia · 2015: 93.2 Czechia · 2016: 93.4 Czechia · 2017: 93.8 Czechia · 2018: 93.9 Czechia · 2019: 93.8 Czechia · 2020: 94.1 Czechia · 2021: 94.4 Czechia · 2022: 94.4 Czechia · 2023: 94.1 Czechia · 2024: 94.3 Czechia · 2025: 94.4 Denmark DK Denmark · 2005: 81.0 Denmark · 2006: 81.6 Denmark · 2007: 74.3 Denmark · 2008: 73.5 Denmark · 2009: 74.5 Denmark · 2010: 75.3 Denmark · 2011: 76.7 Denmark · 2012: 77.6 Denmark · 2013: 77.9 Denmark · 2014: 78.9 Denmark · 2015: 79.7 Denmark · 2016: 80.3 Denmark · 2017: 81.0 Denmark · 2018: 81.1 Denmark · 2019: 81.6 Denmark · 2020: 81.5 Denmark · 2021: 82.1 Denmark · 2022: 81.8 Denmark · 2023: 82.2 Denmark · 2024: 83.6 Denmark · 2025: 84.1 Estonia EE Estonia · 2005: 89.0 Estonia · 2006: 88.5 Estonia · 2007: 89.1 Estonia · 2008: 88.4 Estonia · 2009: 88.8 Estonia · 2010: 89.3 Estonia · 2011: 89.1 Estonia · 2012: 90.0 Estonia · 2013: 90.6 Estonia · 2014: 88.2 Estonia · 2015: 87.7 Estonia · 2016: 88.6 Estonia · 2017: 88.1 Estonia · 2018: 88.0 Estonia · 2019: 89.0 Estonia · 2020: 89.3 Estonia · 2021: 89.5 Estonia · 2022: 89.8 Estonia · 2023: 89.4 Estonia · 2024: 88.8 Estonia · 2025: 89.6 Finland FI Finland · 2005: 78.8 Finland · 2006: 79.6 Finland · 2007: 80.5 Finland · 2008: 81.1 Finland · 2009: 82.0 Finland · 2010: 83.0 Finland · 2011: 83.7 Finland · 2012: 84.8 Finland · 2013: 85.9 Finland · 2014: 86.5 Finland · 2015: 87.7 Finland · 2016: 88.1 Finland · 2017: 88.3 Finland · 2018: 89.2 Finland · 2019: 90.1 Finland · 2020: 91.1 Finland · 2021: 88.9 Finland · 2022: 89.1 Finland · 2023: 88.8 Finland · 2024: 88.9 Finland · 2025: 89.0 France FR France · 2005: 66.7 France · 2006: 67.3 France · 2007: 68.5 France · 2008: 69.5 France · 2009: 70.1 France · 2010: 70.7 France · 2011: 71.5 France · 2012: 72.4 France · 2013: 75.0 France · 2014: 76.7 France · 2015: 77.6 France · 2016: 78.1 France · 2017: 78.4 France · 2018: 79.4 France · 2019: 80.5 France · 2020: 81.5 France · 2021: 82.2 France · 2022: 83.3 France · 2023: 83.7 France · 2024: 83.9 France · 2025: 84.9 Germany DE Germany · 2005: 83.1 Germany · 2006: 83.2 Germany · 2007: 84.4 Germany · 2008: 85.3 Germany · 2009: 85.5 Germany · 2010: 86.1 Germany · 2011: 86.6 Germany · 2012: 86.6 Germany · 2013: 86.7 Germany · 2014: 86.9 Germany · 2015: 86.8 Germany · 2016: 86.5 Germany · 2017: 86.5 Germany · 2018: 86.6 Germany · 2019: 86.6 Germany · 2020: 85.7 Germany · 2021: 84.0 Germany · 2022: 83.5 Germany · 2023: 83.2 Germany · 2024: 84.1 Germany · 2025: 85.8 Greece EL Greece · 2005: 60.2 Greece · 2006: 59.2 Greece · 2007: 60.1 Greece · 2008: 61.3 Greece · 2009: 61.5 Greece · 2010: 62.7 Greece · 2011: 64.6 Greece · 2012: 65.8 Greece · 2013: 67.2 Greece · 2014: 68.4 Greece · 2015: 70.4 Greece · 2016: 71.8 Greece · 2017: 72.9 Greece · 2018: 73.6 Greece · 2019: 76.8 Greece · 2020: 78.8 Greece · 2021: 79.8 Greece · 2022: 80.8 Greece · 2023: 81.1 Greece · 2024: 82.1 Greece · 2025: 82.0 Hungary HU Hungary · 2005: 76.4 Hungary · 2006: 78.0 Hungary · 2007: 79.0 Hungary · 2008: 79.6 Hungary · 2009: 80.5 Hungary · 2010: 81.2 Hungary · 2011: 81.5 Hungary · 2012: 82.0 Hungary · 2013: 82.5 Hungary · 2014: 83.1 Hungary · 2015: 83.2 Hungary · 2016: 83.4 Hungary · 2017: 84.0 Hungary · 2018: 84.9 Hungary · 2019: 84.9 Hungary · 2020: 85.6 Hungary · 2021: 86.4 Hungary · 2022: 87.1 Hungary · 2023: 87.4 Hungary · 2024: 88.1 Hungary · 2025: 88.1 Ireland IE Ireland · 2005: 65.2 Ireland · 2006: 66.8 Ireland · 2007: 68.4 Ireland · 2008: 70.4 Ireland · 2009: 71.5 Ireland · 2010: 73.1 Ireland · 2011: 73.9 Ireland · 2012: 74.9 Ireland · 2013: 77.1 Ireland · 2014: 80.3 Ireland · 2015: 81.1 Ireland · 2016: 81.4 Ireland · 2017: 82.5 Ireland · 2018: 83.2 Ireland · 2019: 83.7 Ireland · 2020: 85.5 Ireland · 2021: 87.5 Ireland · 2022: 87.8 Ireland · 2023: 88.3 Ireland · 2024: 89.4 Ireland · 2025: 90.6 Italy IT Italy · 2005: 50.1 Italy · 2006: 51.3 Italy · 2007: 52.2 Italy · 2008: 53.3 Italy · 2009: 54.2 Italy · 2010: 55.1 Italy · 2011: 56.0 Italy · 2012: 57.2 Italy · 2013: 58.2 Italy · 2014: 59.3 Italy · 2015: 59.9 Italy · 2016: 60.1 Italy · 2017: 60.9 Italy · 2018: 61.8 Italy · 2019: 62.3 Italy · 2020: 62.6 Italy · 2021: 62.7 Italy · 2022: 63.0 Italy · 2023: 65.5 Italy · 2024: 66.7 Italy · 2025: 67.0 Latvia LV Latvia · 2005: 84.4 Latvia · 2006: 84.1 Latvia · 2007: 84.6 Latvia · 2008: 85.9 Latvia · 2009: 86.8 Latvia · 2010: 88.6 Latvia · 2011: 87.9 Latvia · 2012: 89.1 Latvia · 2013: 89.4 Latvia · 2014: 89.5 Latvia · 2015: 90.1 Latvia · 2016: 90.7 Latvia · 2017: 90.4 Latvia · 2018: 90.7 Latvia · 2019: 91.2 Latvia · 2020: 91.7 Latvia · 2021: 92.2 Latvia · 2022: 91.8 Latvia · 2023: 91.1 Latvia · 2024: 90.9 Latvia · 2025: 91.3 Lithuania LT Lithuania · 2005: 87.5 Lithuania · 2006: 87.8 Lithuania · 2007: 88.5 Lithuania · 2008: 90.4 Lithuania · 2009: 91.2 Lithuania · 2010: 91.9 Lithuania · 2011: 92.9 Lithuania · 2012: 93.3 Lithuania · 2013: 93.4 Lithuania · 2014: 93.3 Lithuania · 2015: 93.5 Lithuania · 2016: 94.6 Lithuania · 2017: 94.8 Lithuania · 2018: 94.8 Lithuania · 2019: 95.0 Lithuania · 2020: 95.4 Lithuania · 2021: 94.9 Lithuania · 2022: 94.6 Lithuania · 2023: 94.4 Lithuania · 2024: 94.4 Lithuania · 2025: 95.8 Luxembourg LU Luxembourg · 2005: 65.9 Luxembourg · 2006: 65.5 Luxembourg · 2007: 65.7 Luxembourg · 2008: 67.9 Luxembourg · 2009: 77.3 Luxembourg · 2010: 77.7 Luxembourg · 2011: 77.3 Luxembourg · 2012: 78.3 Luxembourg · 2013: 80.5 Luxembourg · 2014: 82.0 Luxembourg · 2015: 76.0 Luxembourg · 2016: 78.4 Luxembourg · 2017: 76.4 Luxembourg · 2018: 78.6 Luxembourg · 2019: 79.3 Luxembourg · 2020: 78.5 Luxembourg · 2021: 80.3 Luxembourg · 2022: 81.6 Luxembourg · 2023: 81.2 Luxembourg · 2024: 82.4 Luxembourg · 2025: 83.3 Malta MT Malta · 2005: 25.2 Malta · 2006: 26.5 Malta · 2007: 26.6 Malta · 2008: 27.8 Malta · 2009: 30.8 Malta · 2010: 32.8 Malta · 2011: 35.8 Malta · 2012: 38.5 Malta · 2013: 41.5 Malta · 2014: 44.6 Malta · 2015: 46.8 Malta · 2016: 49.4 Malta · 2017: 52.0 Malta · 2018: 55.0 Malta · 2019: 57.9 Malta · 2020: 59.5 Malta · 2021: 62.9 Malta · 2022: 65.5 Malta · 2023: 68.6 Malta · 2024: 70.0 Malta · 2025: 69.9 Netherlands NL Netherlands · 2005: 69.5 Netherlands · 2006: 70.6 Netherlands · 2007: 71.4 Netherlands · 2008: 71.4 Netherlands · 2009: 71.6 Netherlands · 2010: 72.4 Netherlands · 2011: 72.5 Netherlands · 2012: 73.4 Netherlands · 2013: 75.8 Netherlands · 2014: 75.9 Netherlands · 2015: 76.4 Netherlands · 2016: 77.1 Netherlands · 2017: 78.4 Netherlands · 2018: 79.0 Netherlands · 2019: 79.6 Netherlands · 2020: 81.0 Netherlands · 2021: 80.6 Netherlands · 2022: 81.2 Netherlands · 2023: 80.7 Netherlands · 2024: 80.8 Netherlands · 2025: 81.6 Poland PL Poland · 2005: 84.8 Poland · 2006: 85.8 Poland · 2007: 86.3 Poland · 2008: 87.1 Poland · 2009: 88.0 Poland · 2010: 88.5 Poland · 2011: 88.9 Poland · 2012: 89.6 Poland · 2013: 90.1 Poland · 2014: 90.5 Poland · 2015: 90.8 Poland · 2016: 91.3 Poland · 2017: 92.1 Poland · 2018: 92.4 Poland · 2019: 92.7 Poland · 2020: 93.3 Poland · 2021: 93.3 Poland · 2022: 93.5 Poland · 2023: 94.3 Poland · 2024: 94.8 Poland · 2025: 94.9 Portugal PT Portugal · 2005: 26.3 Portugal · 2006: 27.5 Portugal · 2007: 27.3 Portugal · 2008: 28.1 Portugal · 2009: 29.7 Portugal · 2010: 31.7 Portugal · 2011: 34.6 Portugal · 2012: 37.3 Portugal · 2013: 39.8 Portugal · 2014: 43.2 Portugal · 2015: 45.1 Portugal · 2016: 46.9 Portugal · 2017: 48.0 Portugal · 2018: 49.8 Portugal · 2019: 52.3 Portugal · 2020: 54.4 Portugal · 2021: 56.9 Portugal · 2022: 58.3 Portugal · 2023: 58.9 Portugal · 2024: 61.5 Portugal · 2025: 64.3 Romania RO Romania · 2005: 73.1 Romania · 2006: 74.2 Romania · 2007: 75.0 Romania · 2008: 75.3 Romania · 2009: 74.7 Romania · 2010: 73.9 Romania · 2011: 74.5 Romania · 2012: 75.4 Romania · 2013: 75.7 Romania · 2014: 72.8 Romania · 2015: 75.0 Romania · 2016: 76.7 Romania · 2017: 77.9 Romania · 2018: 78.5 Romania · 2019: 79.0 Romania · 2020: 80.4 Romania · 2021: 81.0 Romania · 2022: 81.9 Romania · 2023: 80.4 Romania · 2024: 80.2 Romania · 2025: 80.2 Slovakia SK Slovakia · 2005: 87.9 Slovakia · 2006: 88.8 Slovakia · 2007: 89.1 Slovakia · 2008: 89.9 Slovakia · 2009: 90.9 Slovakia · 2010: 91.0 Slovakia · 2011: 91.3 Slovakia · 2012: 91.7 Slovakia · 2013: 91.9 Slovakia · 2014: 91.0 Slovakia · 2015: 91.4 Slovakia · 2016: 91.9 Slovakia · 2017: 91.4 Slovakia · 2018: 91.7 Slovakia · 2019: 91.4 Slovakia · 2020: 92.7 Slovakia · 2021: 93.3 Slovakia · 2022: 93.7 Slovakia · 2023: 93.8 Slovakia · 2024: 93.9 Slovakia · 2025: 94.0 Slovenia SI Slovenia · 2005: 80.3 Slovenia · 2006: 81.6 Slovenia · 2007: 81.8 Slovenia · 2008: 82.0 Slovenia · 2009: 83.3 Slovenia · 2010: 83.3 Slovenia · 2011: 84.5 Slovenia · 2012: 85.0 Slovenia · 2013: 85.5 Slovenia · 2014: 85.7 Slovenia · 2015: 86.8 Slovenia · 2016: 87.3 Slovenia · 2017: 87.9 Slovenia · 2018: 88.1 Slovenia · 2019: 88.8 Slovenia · 2020: 90.2 Slovenia · 2021: 91.3 Slovenia · 2022: 91.0 Slovenia · 2023: 88.5 Slovenia · 2024: 89.0 Slovenia · 2025: 89.3 Spain ES Spain · 2005: 48.8 Spain · 2006: 49.7 Spain · 2007: 50.6 Spain · 2008: 51.1 Spain · 2009: 51.6 Spain · 2010: 52.9 Spain · 2011: 54.0 Spain · 2012: 54.7 Spain · 2013: 55.5 Spain · 2014: 56.6 Spain · 2015: 57.4 Spain · 2016: 58.3 Spain · 2017: 59.1 Spain · 2018: 60.1 Spain · 2019: 61.3 Spain · 2020: 62.9 Spain · 2021: 63.4 Spain · 2022: 63.7 Spain · 2023: 64.2 Spain · 2024: 64.9 Spain · 2025: 65.4 Sweden SE Sweden · 2005: 83.6 Sweden · 2006: 78.9 Sweden · 2007: 79.4 Sweden · 2008: 80.0 Sweden · 2009: 80.7 Sweden · 2010: 81.2 Sweden · 2011: 81.6 Sweden · 2012: 82.4 Sweden · 2013: 83.2 Sweden · 2014: 83.7 Sweden · 2015: 84.3 Sweden · 2016: 85.0 Sweden · 2017: 85.3 Sweden · 2018: 85.6 Sweden · 2019: 86.1 Sweden · 2020: 86.5 Sweden · 2021: 87.5 Sweden · 2022: 88.3 Sweden · 2023: 88.4 Sweden · 2024: 88.7 Sweden · 2025: 89.0
25.2 95.8

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