Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Southern Europe

Population with tertiary education in Southern Europe in 2022 — 20.93%. Since 2014, the indicator has risen by 4.13 pp.

2022 20.93% +0.47 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 20.93%2022
Period minimum 16.81%2014

Trend over time

2014–2022 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Southern Europe, 2014–2022161820222014201520162017201820192020202120222014: 16.81%2015: 17.35%2016: 17.3%2017: 18.36%2018: 18.7%2019: 19.32%2020: 20%2021: 20.46%2022: 20.93%
Change over the period: +4.13 pp Annual average: 0.52 pp
Population with tertiary education — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 20.93 +0.47 pp
2021 20.46 +0.47 pp
2020 20 +0.68 pp
2019 19.32 +0.62 pp
2018 18.7 +0.34 pp
2017 18.36 +1.07 pp
2016 17.3 −0.06 pp
2015 17.35 +0.55 pp
2014 16.81

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.