Population in private households by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region by country
Countries reporting
47
Highest
32.1%
Iceland
Lowest
2.4%
Croatia
Median
11.2%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
10,476
What the numbers show
Population in private households by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 32.1% in Iceland; the lowest is 2.4% in Croatia.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.2%, and the mean is 12.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 96.5%), and the largest decrease in Norway (down 73.4%).
Population in private households by educational attainment level and: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 32.1% | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 2 | Martinique | 23.3% | 2019 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 3 | Guadeloupe | 22.8% | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 4 | Germany | 22.5% | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 21.3% | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 6 | Denmark | 20.6% | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 7 | Türkiye | 20.2% | 2025 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 8 | Spain | 19.6% | 2025 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 9 | Finland | 17.7% | 2025 | up 34.1% | flat |
| 10 | Romania | 17.2% | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 11 | Estonia | 16.7% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 11 | Estonia | 16.7% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 13 | Austria | 15.3% | 2025 | up 35.4% | falling |
| 14 | Netherlands | 14.5% | 2025 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 14 | Netherlands | 14.5% | 2025 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 14.1% | 2019 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 16 | Latvia | 14.1% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 16 | Latvia | 14.1% | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 14.1% | 2019 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 20 | Hungary | 13.2% | 2025 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 21 | Belgium | 12.9% | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 22 | Italy | 12.6% | 2025 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 23 | Switzerland | 12.5% | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 24 | Cyprus | 11.2% | 2025 | up 96.5% | falling |
| 25 | Malta | 10.9% | 2025 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Slovenia | 10.9% | 2025 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 25 | Slovenia | 10.9% | 2025 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 10.7% | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 29 | Czechia | 10.2% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 30 | Portugal | 10.1% | 2025 | down 55.7% | falling |
| 31 | Sweden | 9.8% | 2025 | down 22.8% | flat |
| 32 | France | 9.6% | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 33 | North Macedonia | 9.5% | 2025 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 34 | Slovakia | 9.3% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 34 | Slovakia | 9.3% | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 36 | Poland | 7.9% | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 36 | Poland | 7.9% | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.0% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 39 | Lithuania | 5.7% | 2025 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 39 | Serbia | 5.7% | 2025 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 39 | Lithuania | 5.7% | 2025 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 42 | Norway | 5.5% | 2025 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Ireland | 4.6% | 2025 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 44 | Montenegro | 3.9% | 2020 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 45 | Greece | 3.8% | 2025 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 46 | Croatia | 2.4% | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 46 | Croatia | 2.4% | 2025 | down 40.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır 47.9%
- Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan 41.0%
- Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt 38.4%
- Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkari 38.2%
- Güneydoğu Anadolu 38.1%
- Região Autónoma da Madeira 36.1%
- Guyane 35.8%
- Região Autónoma dos Açores 32.3%
- Ísland 32.1%
- Ortadoğu Anadolu 30.6%
- Región de Murcia 30.2%
- Kuzeydoğu Anadolu 29.3%
- Sud-Est 29.1%
- Braunschweig 28.4%
- Bremen 28.1%
- Brandenburg 27.8%
- Saarland 27.6%
- Nordjylland 27.6%
- Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli 27.5%
- Koblenz 27.0%
- Lüneburg 26.7%
- Thüringen 26.6%
- Ionia Nisia 26.6%
- Düsseldorf 26.5%
- Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste 26.5%
- Schleswig-Holstein 26.3%
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 26.2%
- Niedersachsen 26.2%
- Sjælland 26.2%
- Yugoiztochen 26.1%
- Hannover 25.9%
- Schwaben 25.7%
- Ciudad de Melilla 25.4%
- RUP FR — Régions Ultrapériphériques Françaises 25.4%
- Innlandet 25.3%
- Extremadura 25.2%
- Weser-Ems 25.1%
- Illes Balears 24.9%
- Sør-Østlandet (statistical region 2016) 24.8%
- Mellersta Norrland 24.6%