tps00186 · 2014–2025

Persons aged 20-24 with at least upper secondary educational attainment level by sex

Eurostat tps00186 — Persons aged 20-24 with at least upper secondary educational attainment level by sex. Data range: 2014 to 2025.

At a glance

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for persons aged 20-24 with at least upper secondary educational attainment level by sex was 85.7 .

That is a 0.7% rose versus 2024 (85.1).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 1.9% higher.

Across member states, Croatia reported the highest value (97.6, 2025) and Germany the lowest (77.5, 2025).

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00186; every value links back to the canonical source.

EU-27 · 2025
85.7
HIGHEST · 2025
Croatia
97.6
LOWEST · 2025
Germany
77.5

Map · 2025

Finland: 82.3 FI 82.3 Sweden: 90.2 SE 90.2 Denmark: 79.4 DK 79.4 Estonia: 83.3 EE 83.3 Ireland: 95.4 IE 95.4 Netherlands: 85.5 NL 85.5 Germany: 77.5 DE 77.5 Poland: 92.1 PL 92.1 Latvia: 85.9 LV 85.9 Belgium: 87.1 BE 87.1 Luxembourg: 79.6 LU 79.6 Czechia: 89.8 CZ 89.8 Slovakia: 90.7 SK 90.7 Lithuania: 94.3 LT 94.3 France: 90.7 FR 90.7 Austria: 84.7 AT 84.7 Hungary: 86.8 HU 86.8 Romania: 82.8 RO 82.8 Portugal: 89.9 PT 89.9 Spain: 80.4 ES 80.4 Italy: 87.4 IT 87.4 Slovenia: 89.1 SI 89.1 Bulgaria: 89.3 BG 89.3 Cyprus: 88.8 CY 88.8 Malta: 89.1 MT 89.1 Croatia: 97.6 HR 97.6 Greece: 96.2 EL 96.2
77.5 97.6

Ranking · 2025

Croatia HR 97.6 Greece EL 96.2 Ireland IE 95.4 Lithuania LT 94.3 Poland PL 92.1 France FR 90.7 Slovakia SK 90.7 Sweden SE 90.2 Portugal PT 89.9 Czechia CZ 89.8 Bulgaria BG 89.3 Malta MT 89.1 Slovenia SI 89.1 Cyprus CY 88.8 Italy IT 87.4 Belgium BE 87.1 Hungary HU 86.8 Latvia LV 85.9 European Union (27) EU 85.7 Netherlands NL 85.5 Austria AT 84.7 Estonia EE 83.3 Romania RO 82.8 Finland FI 82.3 Spain ES 80.4 Luxembourg LU 79.6 Denmark DK 79.4 Germany DE 77.5
2025 ranking · 28 countries

Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27

70.78 77.89 85 92.11 99.22 2014 2016 2017 2019 2020 2022 2023 2025 Croatia Greece Ireland Lithuania Poland France Slovakia Sweden Portugal Czechia Bulgaria Malta European Union (27) Persons aged 20-24 with at least upper secondary educational attainment level by sex (value) HR EL IE LT PL FR SK SE PT CZ BG MT EU27_2020
  • Croatia 97.6
  • Greece 96.2
  • Ireland 95.4
  • Lithuania 94.3
  • Poland 92.1
  • France 90.7
  • Slovakia 90.7
  • Sweden 90.2
  • Portugal 89.9
  • Czechia 89.8
  • Bulgaria 89.3
  • Malta 89.1
  • European Union (27) 85.7

Country × year heatmap · all values

201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 Austria AT Austria · 2014: 89.6 Austria · 2015: 88.7 Austria · 2016: 89.5 Austria · 2017: 87.4 Austria · 2018: 88.0 Austria · 2019: 87.3 Austria · 2020: 86.1 Austria · 2021: 86.2 Austria · 2022: 85.4 Austria · 2023: 85.1 Austria · 2024: 85.6 Austria · 2025: 84.7 Belgium BE Belgium · 2014: 84.4 Belgium · 2015: 84.4 Belgium · 2016: 85.3 Belgium · 2017: 85.7 Belgium · 2018: 84.8 Belgium · 2019: 85.6 Belgium · 2020: 85.7 Belgium · 2021: 88.2 Belgium · 2022: 88.2 Belgium · 2023: 88.4 Belgium · 2024: 88.0 Belgium · 2025: 87.1 Bulgaria BG Bulgaria · 2014: 85.8 Bulgaria · 2015: 85.1 Bulgaria · 2016: 85.0 Bulgaria · 2017: 85.8 Bulgaria · 2018: 86.0 Bulgaria · 2019: 84.4 Bulgaria · 2020: 85.4 Bulgaria · 2021: 86.5 Bulgaria · 2022: 88.3 Bulgaria · 2023: 88.6 Bulgaria · 2024: 90.2 Bulgaria · 2025: 89.3 Croatia HR Croatia · 2014: 96.1 Croatia · 2015: 96.0 Croatia · 2016: 96.2 Croatia · 2017: 96.5 Croatia · 2018: 96.3 Croatia · 2019: 97.3 Croatia · 2020: 97.2 Croatia · 2021: 96.9 Croatia · 2022: 97.3 Croatia · 2023: 97.3 Croatia · 2024: 97.7 Croatia · 2025: 97.6 Cyprus CY Cyprus · 2014: 92.4 Cyprus · 2015: 94.3 Cyprus · 2016: 91.2 Cyprus · 2017: 89.8 Cyprus · 2018: 91.5 Cyprus · 2019: 92.4 Cyprus · 2020: 88.5 Cyprus · 2021: 89.6 Cyprus · 2022: 90.1 Cyprus · 2023: 88.4 Cyprus · 2024: 87.2 Cyprus · 2025: 88.8 Czechia CZ Czechia · 2014: 90.7 Czechia · 2015: 90.4 Czechia · 2016: 89.6 Czechia · 2017: 89.2 Czechia · 2018: 89.5 Czechia · 2019: 88.3 Czechia · 2020: 87.4 Czechia · 2021: 89.3 Czechia · 2022: 90.3 Czechia · 2023: 89.5 Czechia · 2024: 89.8 Czechia · 2025: 89.8 Denmark DK Denmark · 2014: 73.6 Denmark · 2015: 74.2 Denmark · 2016: 75.9 Denmark · 2017: 75.4 Denmark · 2018: 75.0 Denmark · 2019: 75.8 Denmark · 2020: 76.1 Denmark · 2021: 75.4 Denmark · 2022: 75.8 Denmark · 2023: 75.3 Denmark · 2024: 76.2 Denmark · 2025: 79.4 Estonia EE Estonia · 2014: 83.0 Estonia · 2015: 80.0 Estonia · 2016: 82.9 Estonia · 2017: 83.7 Estonia · 2018: 81.5 Estonia · 2019: 82.6 Estonia · 2020: 85.7 Estonia · 2021: 85.9 Estonia · 2022: 83.2 Estonia · 2023: 83.3 Estonia · 2024: 80.9 Estonia · 2025: 83.3 Finland FI Finland · 2014: 86.3 Finland · 2015: 86.8 Finland · 2016: 87.7 Finland · 2017: 87.3 Finland · 2018: 87.4 Finland · 2019: 88.2 Finland · 2020: 89.1 Finland · 2021: 87.6 Finland · 2022: 86.7 Finland · 2023: 85.3 Finland · 2024: 82.5 Finland · 2025: 82.3 France FR France · 2014: 88.1 France · 2015: 87.3 France · 2016: 87.8 France · 2017: 88.1 France · 2018: 88.3 France · 2019: 88.5 France · 2020: 89.7 France · 2021: 89.7 France · 2022: 90.0 France · 2023: 90.5 France · 2024: 90.5 France · 2025: 90.7 Germany DE Germany · 2014: 77.1 Germany · 2015: 77.1 Germany · 2016: 77.7 Germany · 2017: 77.5 Germany · 2018: 77.4 Germany · 2019: 77.5 Germany · 2020: 79.3 Germany · 2021: 76.2 Germany · 2022: 75.6 Germany · 2023: 76.1 Germany · 2024: 76.0 Germany · 2025: 77.5 Greece EL Greece · 2014: 88.4 Greece · 2015: 89.6 Greece · 2016: 91.2 Greece · 2017: 92.4 Greece · 2018: 93.9 Greece · 2019: 94.5 Greece · 2020: 94.9 Greece · 2021: 95.7 Greece · 2022: 94.0 Greece · 2023: 95.4 Greece · 2024: 96.2 Greece · 2025: 96.2 Hungary HU Hungary · 2014: 85.3 Hungary · 2015: 84.2 Hungary · 2016: 83.5 Hungary · 2017: 84.3 Hungary · 2018: 84.9 Hungary · 2019: 86.4 Hungary · 2020: 85.7 Hungary · 2021: 84.3 Hungary · 2022: 83.7 Hungary · 2023: 85.2 Hungary · 2024: 86.6 Hungary · 2025: 86.8 Ireland IE Ireland · 2014: 93.4 Ireland · 2015: 93.5 Ireland · 2016: 94.4 Ireland · 2017: 94.2 Ireland · 2018: 94.4 Ireland · 2019: 94.1 Ireland · 2020: 94.9 Ireland · 2021: 96.1 Ireland · 2022: 95.2 Ireland · 2023: 95.0 Ireland · 2024: 96.5 Ireland · 2025: 95.4 Italy IT Italy · 2014: 79.9 Italy · 2015: 80.1 Italy · 2016: 81.0 Italy · 2017: 81.8 Italy · 2018: 81.4 Italy · 2019: 82.3 Italy · 2020: 81.8 Italy · 2021: 83.5 Italy · 2022: 85.1 Italy · 2023: 85.7 Italy · 2024: 86.5 Italy · 2025: 87.4 Latvia LV Latvia · 2014: 86.7 Latvia · 2015: 86.1 Latvia · 2016: 84.8 Latvia · 2017: 87.3 Latvia · 2018: 88.3 Latvia · 2019: 87.1 Latvia · 2020: 88.0 Latvia · 2021: 87.0 Latvia · 2022: 89.5 Latvia · 2023: 87.4 Latvia · 2024: 87.1 Latvia · 2025: 85.9 Lithuania LT Lithuania · 2014: 91.4 Lithuania · 2015: 90.9 Lithuania · 2016: 91.7 Lithuania · 2017: 91.3 Lithuania · 2018: 92.1 Lithuania · 2019: 92.5 Lithuania · 2020: 90.1 Lithuania · 2021: 91.9 Lithuania · 2022: 93.5 Lithuania · 2023: 92.7 Lithuania · 2024: 92.1 Lithuania · 2025: 94.3 Luxembourg LU Luxembourg · 2014: 73.7 Luxembourg · 2015: 68.5 Luxembourg · 2016: 77.0 Luxembourg · 2017: 75.3 Luxembourg · 2018: 76.8 Luxembourg · 2019: 77.5 Luxembourg · 2020: 75.4 Luxembourg · 2021: 76.6 Luxembourg · 2022: 77.5 Luxembourg · 2023: 82.0 Luxembourg · 2024: 80.5 Luxembourg · 2025: 79.6 Malta MT Malta · 2014: 79.8 Malta · 2015: 81.1 Malta · 2016: 80.9 Malta · 2017: 82.6 Malta · 2018: 81.6 Malta · 2019: 81.8 Malta · 2020: 84.7 Malta · 2021: 88.9 Malta · 2022: 87.2 Malta · 2023: 86.7 Malta · 2024: 87.2 Malta · 2025: 89.1 Netherlands NL Netherlands · 2014: 79.0 Netherlands · 2015: 80.0 Netherlands · 2016: 80.5 Netherlands · 2017: 81.9 Netherlands · 2018: 82.5 Netherlands · 2019: 82.2 Netherlands · 2020: 83.1 Netherlands · 2021: 87.5 Netherlands · 2022: 87.4 Netherlands · 2023: 86.6 Netherlands · 2024: 85.0 Netherlands · 2025: 85.5 Poland PL Poland · 2014: 90.4 Poland · 2015: 90.8 Poland · 2016: 90.8 Poland · 2017: 90.6 Poland · 2018: 91.2 Poland · 2019: 90.9 Poland · 2020: 90.1 Poland · 2021: 90.7 Poland · 2022: 90.7 Poland · 2023: 93.0 Poland · 2024: 92.6 Poland · 2025: 92.1 Portugal PT Portugal · 2014: 72.3 Portugal · 2015: 77.2 Portugal · 2016: 77.5 Portugal · 2017: 78.5 Portugal · 2018: 81.1 Portugal · 2019: 83.1 Portugal · 2020: 84.9 Portugal · 2021: 88.6 Portugal · 2022: 88.6 Portugal · 2023: 87.1 Portugal · 2024: 89.3 Portugal · 2025: 89.9 Romania RO Romania · 2014: 79.7 Romania · 2015: 79.7 Romania · 2016: 79.9 Romania · 2017: 79.8 Romania · 2018: 81.7 Romania · 2019: 83.4 Romania · 2020: 83.0 Romania · 2021: 83.3 Romania · 2022: 82.3 Romania · 2023: 81.3 Romania · 2024: 81.0 Romania · 2025: 82.8 Slovakia SK Slovakia · 2014: 90.9 Slovakia · 2015: 91.3 Slovakia · 2016: 90.4 Slovakia · 2017: 88.9 Slovakia · 2018: 89.4 Slovakia · 2019: 89.9 Slovakia · 2020: 89.7 Slovakia · 2021: 89.3 Slovakia · 2022: 90.7 Slovakia · 2023: 90.6 Slovakia · 2024: 90.5 Slovakia · 2025: 90.7 Slovenia SI Slovenia · 2014: 90.2 Slovenia · 2015: 90.9 Slovenia · 2016: 90.9 Slovenia · 2017: 91.2 Slovenia · 2018: 91.5 Slovenia · 2019: 92.4 Slovenia · 2020: 92.8 Slovenia · 2021: 94.2 Slovenia · 2022: 94.7 Slovenia · 2023: 90.4 Slovenia · 2024: 90.6 Slovenia · 2025: 89.1 Spain ES Spain · 2014: 65.8 Spain · 2015: 68.5 Spain · 2016: 70.9 Spain · 2017: 71.7 Spain · 2018: 72.7 Spain · 2019: 74.0 Spain · 2020: 75.9 Spain · 2021: 78.9 Spain · 2022: 78.6 Spain · 2023: 79.0 Spain · 2024: 79.9 Spain · 2025: 80.4 Sweden SE Sweden · 2014: 86.9 Sweden · 2015: 87.3 Sweden · 2016: 86.9 Sweden · 2017: 85.6 Sweden · 2018: 85.3 Sweden · 2019: 84.6 Sweden · 2020: 83.1 Sweden · 2021: 83.1 Sweden · 2022: 84.2 Sweden · 2023: 87.9 Sweden · 2024: 89.3 Sweden · 2025: 90.2
65.8 97.7

Member states · ranked by latest value

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