Persons with at most lower secondary educational attainment level by age

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for persons with at most lower secondary educational attainment level by age was 13.4 .

That is a 3.6% fell versus 2024 (13.9).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 8.8% lower.

Across member states, Spain reported the highest value (24.5, 2025) and Lithuania the lowest (3.40, 2025) — a ratio of 7.2× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00197; every value links back to the canonical source.