Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Belgium

Population with tertiary education in Belgium in 2023 — 37.41%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 89. Since 2013, the indicator has risen by 7.16 pp.

2023 37.41% +1.1 pp vs 2022
World rank 8of 89
Period maximum 37.58%2021
Period minimum 30.25%2013

Trend over time

2013–2023 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Belgium, 2013–20233032343638201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232013: 30.25%2014: 31.26%2015: 31.71%2016: 32.17%2017: 34.69%2018: 33.79%2019: 35.3%2020: 35.47%2021: 37.58%2022: 36.31%2023: 37.41%
Change over the period: +7.16 pp Annual average: 0.72 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belgium

Belgium 37.41%
Europe & Central Asia computed 25.3%
Western Europe computed 29.85%
Population with tertiary education — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 37.41 +1.1 pp
2022 36.31 −1.27 pp
2021 37.58 +2.12 pp
2020 35.47 +0.16 pp
2019 35.3 +1.52 pp
2018 33.79 −0.9 pp
2017 34.69 +2.52 pp
2016 32.17 +0.46 pp
2015 31.71 +0.45 pp
2014 31.26 +1.01 pp
2013 30.25

Western Europe, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.