Students enrolled in tertiary education by education level, programme orientation, sex and field of education

The indicator is defined as the percentage of people aged 25-64 who have successfully completed at least upper secondary education. This educational attainment refers to ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) 2011 level 3-8 for data from 2014 onwards and to ISCED 1997 level 3-6 for data up to 2013. The indicator is based on the EU Labour Force Survey. The indicator aims to measure the share of the population that is likely to have the minimum necessary qualifications to actively participate in social and economic life. It should be noted that completion of upper secondary education can be achieved in European countries after varying lengths of study, according to different national educational systems.

European Union - At least upper secondary educational attainment, age group 20-24 was 84.10% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - At least upper secondary educational attainment, age group 20-24 - last updated from the EUROSTAT on March of 2025. Historically, European Union - At least upper secondary educational attainment, age group 20-24 reached a record high of 84.40% in December of 2021 and a record low of 79.10% in December of 2010.

Expenditure, Enrolments, Entrants, Graduations, Personnel, Labour Market Status by Educational Attainment, Class Sizes, Demography.

The data is owned by the joint international organisations: UNESCO-UIS, OECD and Eurostat.

Euro Area - Unemployment rate: Tertiary education (levels 5-8) was 5.30% in December of 2020, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Euro Area - Unemployment rate: Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - last updated from the EUROSTAT on March of 2025. Historically, Euro Area - Unemployment rate: Tertiary education (levels 5-8) reached a record high of 7.40% in December of 2013 and a record low of 4.30% in December of 2008.

Population by educational attainment level, sex and NUTS 2 region (%)

European Union - Unemployment rates of the population aged 25-64: Tertiary education (levels 5-8) was 3.50% in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Unemployment rates of the population aged 25-64: Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - last updated from the EUROSTAT on March of 2025. Historically, European Union - Unemployment rates of the population aged 25-64: Tertiary education (levels 5-8) reached a record high of 6.40% in December of 2013 and a record low of 3.50% in December of 2023.

Finland - Early leavers from education and training was 8.20% in December of 2020, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Finland - Early leavers from education and training - last updated from the EUROSTAT on March of 2025. Historically, Finland - Early leavers from education and training reached a record high of 11.10% in December of 1996 and a record low of 7.30% in December of 2019.

This indicator gives the percentage of all 18-year-olds who are still in any kind of school (all ISCED levels). It gives an indication of the number of young people who have not abandoned their efforts to improve their skills through initial education and it includes both those who had a regular education career without any delays as well as those who are continuing even if they had to repeat some steps in the past.

Mobile students from abroad enrolled by education level, sex and country of origin

The share of the population aged 30-34 years who have successfully completed university or university-like (tertiary-level) education with an education level ISCED 1997 (International Standard Classification of Education) of 5-6.

The indicator measures the share of the population aged 25-34 who have successfully completed tertiary studies (e.g. university, higher technical institution, etc.). This educational attainment refers to ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) 2011 level 5-8 for data from 2014 onwards and to ISCED 1997 level 5-6 for data up to 2013. The indicator is based on the EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS).

Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by sex and educational attainment level

Euro Area - Early leavers from education and training was 10.20% in December of 2020, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Euro Area - Early leavers from education and training - last updated from the EUROSTAT on March of 2025. Historically, Euro Area - Early leavers from education and training reached a record high of 19.60% in December of 2000 and a record low of 10.20% in December of 2020.

Employed persons by educational attainment level and Nace Rev. 2 activity

The indicator is defined as the percentage of people aged 25 to 64 who have successfully completed at most lower secondary education. This educational attainment refers to ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) 2011 level 0-2 for data from 2014 onwards and to ISCED 1997 level 0-3C short for data up to 2013. The indicator is based on the EU Labour Force Survey.

This dataset shows the ratio of female graduates in one of the STEM fields, of all graduates in STEM fields on the tertiary level. STEM fields are classified as ISCED-F 05 (natural sciences, mathematics and statistics), 06 (information and communication technologies) or 07 (engineering, manufacturing and construction).

This section presents statistical information on the educational variables that are collected in the Labour Force Survey of the National Institute of Statistics, as well as in the Community Labour Force Survey (Eurostat). The indicators of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (2021-2030) that derive from these sources are highlighted. The information is presented disaggregated by autonomous community and by country of the European Union, according to the source used, and with temporary developments since 2002.Line break The results are obtained as annual averages of quarterly data, so the information is updated annually, as the four quarters of the EPA are available, as well as the results derived from the Community survey of Eurostat. From the 2014 results of the EPA, the new National Classification of Education, CNED-2014, based on the International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED-2011, applied in the LFS, is applied; and from 2016, the update of the sectors/fields of study of both classifications (CNED-F and ISCED-F) is applied. These changes in the rankings represent a series break for some of the tables, as indicated in the accompanying notes.

Activity rates of young people not in education and training by sex, educational attainment level and years since completion of highest level of education

Tertiary Level Educational Attainment