Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Eastern Europe

Population with tertiary education in Eastern Europe in 2023 — 20.96%. Since 2014, the indicator has risen by 0.88 pp.

2023 20.96% +0.01 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 34.49%2021
Period minimum 20.07%2014

Trend over time

2014–2023 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Eastern Europe, 2014–20232025303520142015201620172018201920202021202220232014: 20.07%2015: 20.75%2016: 21.14%2017: 21.76%2018: 22.35%2019: 26.82%2020: 23.5%2021: 34.49%2022: 20.94%2023: 20.96%
Change over the period: +0.88 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp
Population with tertiary education — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 20.96 +0.01 pp
2022 20.94 −13.55 pp
2021 34.49 +10.99 pp
2020 23.5 −3.32 pp
2019 26.82 +4.46 pp
2018 22.35 +0.6 pp
2017 21.76 +0.62 pp
2016 21.14 +0.4 pp
2015 20.75 +0.67 pp
2014 20.07

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.