Total population having completed at least upper secondary education

Population aged 25 to 64 (%)

The indicator shows the percentage of the adult population (25-64 years old) that has completed upper secondary education. 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.

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Total
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
EU (27 countries)	64.9	65.8	67.2	68.3	69.3	69.9	70.7	71.3	72.0	72.7	73.4	74.2
Euro area (changing composition)	60.1	60.9	62.1	63.3	64.4	65.0	65.9	66.7	..	..	..	..
Euro area (17 countries)	60.7	61.5	62.7	63.9	65.0	65.5	66.4	67.2	67.8	68.4	69.3	70.1
Euro area (16 countries)	60.6	61.4	62.6	63.8	64.9	65.4	66.3	67.1	67.7	68.3	69.2	70.0
Belgium	59.5	60.8	62.0	64.3	66.1	66.9	68.0	69.6	70.6	70.5	71.3	71.6
Bulgaria	71.0 ^(b)	71.6	71.2	71.7	72.5	75.5 ⁽ⁱ⁾	77.4	77.5	77.9	79.4	80.0	81.0
Czech Republic	86.3	87.9	88.5	89.1	89.9	90.3	90.5	90.9	91.4	91.9	92.3	92.5
Denmark	80.7 ⁽ⁱ⁾	81.1	80.5 ^(b)	81.2	81.0	81.6	74.3 ^(b)	73.8	74.8	75.6	76.9	77.9
Germany	82.5	83.0	83.5	83.9	83.1 ^(b)	83.2	84.4	85.3	85.5	85.8	86.3	86.3
Estonia	87.1	87.6	88.5	88.9	89.1	88.5	89.1	88.5	88.9	89.2	88.9	89.8
Ireland	59.2	60.3	62.2	63.0	65.2	66.6	68.1	70.0	71.2	72.8	73.6	74.6
Greece	52.1	53.9	55.7	59.0	60.0	59.0	59.8	61.1	61.2	62.5	64.5	65.7
Spain	40.4	41.7	43.2	45.0	48.5	49.4	50.4	51.0	51.5	52.6	53.8	54.4
France	63.2	64.1	65.2 ^(b)	65.9	66.7	67.3	68.5	69.6	70.2	70.8	71.6	72.5
Italy	43.0	44.1	46.4	48.6	50.1	51.3	52.3	53.3	54.3	55.2	56.0	57.2
Cyprus	62.9	65.1	64.7	64.4	66.6	69.5	72.1	73.1	72.3	74.0	75.2	77.4
Latvia	79.6 ⁽ⁱ⁾	82.2 ^(b)	83.2	84.6	84.5	84.5	85.0	85.8	86.8	88.5	87.9 ^(b)	89.1
Lithuania	84.2	84.9 ^(b)	86.1	86.6	87.6	88.3	88.9	90.6	91.3	92.0	93.0	93.4
Luxembourg	59.2	61.6	59.1 ^(b)	63.2	65.9	65.5	65.7	67.9	77.3 ^(b)	77.7	77.3	78.3
Hungary	70.0	71.4	74.1 ^(b)	75.3	76.4	78.1	79.2	79.7	80.6	81.3	81.8	82.1
Malta	19.3 ^(p)	18.4 ^(p)	19.8 ^(p)	23.6 ^(p)	25.3 ^(p)	26.1 ^(p)	26.7 ^(p)	27.3 ^(p)	27.7 ^(p)	35.2 ^(b)	38.1	38.1
Netherlands	66.9	67.8	69.2	70.9	71.8	72.4	73.2	73.3	73.4	72.3 ^(b)	72.3	73.2 ^(p)
Austria	77.5	78.3	79.0	80.2 ⁽ⁱ⁾	80.6	80.3	80.1	81.0	81.9	82.5	82.5	83.1
Poland	80.2	80.9	82.3	83.6	84.8	85.8	86.3	87.1	88.0	88.7 ^(p)	89.1 ^(p)	89.6 ^(p)
Portugal	20.2	20.7	22.8	25.2	26.5	27.6	27.5	28.2	29.9	31.9	35.0 ⁽ⁱ⁾	37.6
Romania	70.6	71.1	70.5	71.5	73.1	74.2	75.0	75.3	74.7	74.3	74.9	75.9
Slovenia	75.8	77.0	78.1	79.7	80.3	81.6	81.8	82.0	83.3	83.3	84.5	85.0
Slovakia	85.1	86.0	86.7	87.0	87.9	88.8	89.1	89.9	90.9	91.0	91.3	91.7
Finland	73.8	75.0	76.0	77.6	78.8	79.6	80.5	81.1	82.0	83.0	83.7	84.8
Sweden	80.5 ^(b)	81.4	82.1	82.9	83.6	78.9	79.4	80.0	80.7	81.2	81.6	82.4
United Kingdom	64.6	66.3	70.2	70.7	71.8	72.7	73.4	73.4	74.6	76.1	76.4	77.9
Iceland	56.3	58.7	59.6	61.0	62.9	63.3	63.9	64.1	65.9	66.5	70.7	71.0
Norway	85.7	85.8	86.4	87.4	88.2	78.5 ^(b)	78.7	80.0	80.5	80.9	81.3	82.1
Switzerland	82.0	82.4	81.9	82.5	83.0	85.2	86.0	86.8	86.9	85.8	85.6	86.3
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	70.4	70.0	71.2	72.8	74.1	75.3	75.9	76.8	76.7	77.3	79.3
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	57.6	60.5	59.2	61.2	62.5	63.7	64.9
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	26.1	26.6	27.4	28.2	28.4	29.2	30.9
Males
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
EU (27 countries)	67.8	68.5	69.7	70.5	71.2	71.6	72.1	72.6	73.1	73.7	74.2	74.7
Euro area (changing composition)	62.6	63.1	64.1	65.0	65.9	66.2	67.0	67.5	..	..	..	..
Euro area (17 countries)	63.2	63.7	64.7	65.6	66.5	66.8	67.5	68.0	68.4	69.0	69.6	70.2
Euro area (16 countries)	63.1	63.6	64.6	65.5	66.4	66.7	67.4	68.0	68.4	68.9	69.6	70.1
Belgium	60.0	61.0	62.0	64.7	66.3	66.9	68.1	69.5	70.4	70.0	70.6	70.7
Bulgaria	70.4 ^(b)	71.0	70.7	71.3	72.0	75.4 ⁽ⁱ⁾	77.4	77.6	77.9	79.3	80.0	81.0
Czech Republic	90.9	92.4	92.8	93.3	93.6	93.7	93.9	94.1	94.3	94.8	95.0	94.8
Denmark	82.2 ⁽ⁱ⁾	82.2	83.1 ^(b)	83.7	82.4	83.4	75.5 ^(b)	75.1	76.2	76.5	77.2	77.7
Germany	86.9	87.2	87.4	87.5	86.6 ^(b)	86.5	87.4	88.2	88.1	88.3	88.6	88.5
Estonia	85.5	86.2	86.8	87.1	87.1	85.8	87.0	86.7	86.4	86.3	86.1	87.1
Ireland	56.9	57.8	59.4	60.0	62.2	63.4	64.8	66.7	68.0	69.8	70.6	71.8
Greece	53.7	55.4	57.1	60.3	61.0	58.3	58.9	59.9	59.8	60.8	62.7	64.0
Spain	41.4	42.4	43.7	45.2	48.4	49.2	50.2	50.5	50.6	51.5	52.4	52.7
France	66.0	66.5	67.4 ^(b)	67.9	68.7	69.1	70.1	70.8	71.3	72.0	72.7	73.4
Italy	43.7	44.7	47.0	48.6	49.9	50.9	51.6	52.4	53.5	54.3	54.8	55.7
Cyprus	66.0	67.9	67.3	66.6	68.8	71.0	73.2	74.7	73.4	74.9	75.1	78.5
Latvia	76.6 ⁽ⁱ⁾	78.9 ^(b)	80.1	81.9	81.3	80.2	81.3	82.5	83.1	85.1	84.3 ^(b)	85.6
Lithuania	83.0	83.5 ^(b)	84.5	85.2	86.5	86.7	87.2	89.3	90.3	91.0	92.2	92.3
Luxembourg	64.6	66.1	63.2 ^(b)	67.9	70.0	68.9	69.2	71.5	80.4 ^(b)	80.7	79.3	80.2
Hungary	74.6	76.2	78.1 ^(b)	79.4	80.3	81.7	82.9	83.2	83.8	84.3	84.6	84.7
Malta	22.5 ^(p)	21.2 ^(p)	22.7 ^(p)	27.4 ^(p)	31.1 ^(p)	31.1 ^(p)	31.1 ^(p)	30.5 ^(p)	30.2 ^(p)	39.1 ^(b)	41.9	41.0
Netherlands	70.5	71.2	72.6	74.3	75.2	75.1	75.7	75.5	75.3	73.9 ^(b)	73.7	74.4 ^(p)
Austria	83.7	84.5	85.1	85.2 ⁽ⁱ⁾	85.8	86.6	86.4	86.7	87.4	87.6	87.4	88.0
Poland	82.0	82.5	83.8	84.8	85.8	86.5	87.0	87.7	88.4	88.8 ^(p)	89.2 ^(p)	89.7 ^(p)
Portugal	19.2	19.1	21.0	23.2	24.2	25.4	24.8	25.6	27.3	28.6	32.0 ⁽ⁱ⁾	34.1
Romania	76.9	77.3	76.7	77.5	78.5	79.4	80.1	80.1	79.1	78.5	78.9	79.5
Slovenia	80.3	80.9	81.8	83.1	83.1	83.8	84.0	84.0	85.2	85.2	86.3	86.2
Slovakia	89.8	90.2	90.3	90.7	91.1	91.9	91.9	92.7	93.2	92.8	93.3	93.5
Finland	71.9	73.3	74.5	75.8	76.7	77.5	78.3	78.8	79.6	80.8	81.2	82.3
Sweden	78.8 ^(b)	79.5	80.4	80.8	81.5	79.0	79.5	80.1	80.7	81.2	81.4	81.9
United Kingdom	71.3	72.6	75.6	75.5	75.9	76.5	76.5	76.9	77.7	78.9	78.7	79.4
Iceland	63.5	66.8	64.5	66.9	67.5	65.9	66.3	66.2	67.0	67.0	73.0	72.7
Norway	86.2	86.0	86.4	87.6	88.4	79.0 ^(b)	79.3	80.4	81.0	81.4	81.2	82.0
Switzerland	87.1	86.8	86.5	87.1	87.2	89.4	89.6	90.4	90.4	88.9	88.5	89.0
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	76.7	76.6	77.7	79.7	79.8	80.7	80.6	81.3	81.7	82.5	83.8
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	64.7	67.5	66.4	68.2	69.7	70.4	71.8
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	32.7	33.1	33.6	34.2	34.7	35.5	37.2
Females
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
EU (27 countries)	62.0	63.2	64.7	66.1	67.4	68.3	69.2	70.1	70.9	71.7	72.6	73.7
Euro area (changing composition)	57.7	58.7	60.1	61.7	62.9	63.7	64.9	66.0	..	..	..	..
Euro area (17 countries)	58.2	59.3	60.7	62.2	63.5	64.3	65.3	66.4	67.1	67.9	68.9	69.9
Euro area (16 countries)	58.1	59.2	60.6	62.1	63.4	64.2	65.2	66.3	67.0	67.8	68.8	69.8
Belgium	58.9	60.6	62.1	63.9	65.9	67.0	67.8	69.6	70.7	71.0	71.9	72.6
Bulgaria	71.6 ^(b)	72.3	71.6	72.0	72.9	75.5 ⁽ⁱ⁾	77.5	77.5	78.0	79.6	80.1	81.0
Czech Republic	81.8	83.4	84.3	84.9	86.3	86.8	87.2	87.7	88.5	89.1	89.6	90.0
Denmark	79.1 ⁽ⁱ⁾	80.0	78.0 ^(b)	78.7	79.6	79.8	73.1 ^(b)	72.4	73.3	74.7	76.5	78.1
Germany	78.0	78.7	79.6	80.2	79.7 ^(b)	80.0	81.4	82.5	82.8	83.3	83.9	84.1
Estonia	88.5	88.9	90.0	90.4	90.9	90.9	91.0	90.0	91.2	91.8	91.4	92.3
Ireland	61.5	62.9	65.0	66.1	68.1	69.9	71.4	73.3	74.3	75.7	76.6	77.4
Greece	50.5	52.4	54.3	57.8	58.9	59.7	60.8	62.2	62.7	64.3	66.2	67.5
Spain	39.3	41.0	42.7	44.8	48.5	49.7	50.6	51.4	52.4	53.7	55.2	56.0
France	60.6	61.7	63.1 ^(b)	64.0	64.8	65.6	66.8	68.5	69.2	69.6	70.6	71.7
Italy	42.3	43.4	45.8	48.6	50.2	51.7	53.0	54.3	55.1	56.0	57.2	58.8
Cyprus	60.1	62.5	62.3	62.3	64.6	68.2	70.9	71.5	71.3	73.3	75.3	76.4
Latvia	82.2 ⁽ⁱ⁾	85.1 ^(b)	86.0	87.0	87.4	88.3	88.2	88.8	90.1	91.6	91.2 ^(b)	92.2
Lithuania	85.2	86.2 ^(b)	87.4	87.9	88.6	89.8	90.5	91.7	92.3	93.0	93.7	94.4
Luxembourg	53.6	57.1	55.0 ^(b)	58.5	61.7	62.1	62.4	64.3	74.3 ^(b)	74.6	75.2	76.3
Hungary	65.7	67.0	70.2 ^(b)	71.6	72.7	74.6	75.8	76.4	77.5	78.4	79.0	79.7
Malta	16.0 ^(p)	15.5 ^(p)	17.0 ^(p)	19.7 ^(p)	19.5 ^(p)	21.0 ^(p)	22.3 ^(p)	24.0 ^(p)	25.1 ^(p)	31.2 ^(b)	34.1	35.2
Netherlands	63.2	64.4	65.8	67.5	68.4	69.6	70.6	71.1	71.5	70.8 ^(b)	71.0	71.9 ^(p)
Austria	71.3	72.3	72.9	75.2 ⁽ⁱ⁾	75.4	74.2	74.0	75.4	76.4	77.5	77.6	78.4
Poland	78.5	79.4	80.9	82.4	83.9	85.1	85.7	86.6	87.6	88.5 ^(p)	88.9 ^(p)	89.5 ^(p)
Portugal	21.2	22.2	24.6	27.0	28.6	29.8	30.0	30.8	32.4	35.1	37.9 ⁽ⁱ⁾	41.0
Romania	64.5	65.0	64.5	65.6	67.7	69.1	70.0	70.7	70.3	70.2	71.1	72.4
Slovenia	71.2	73.1	74.4	76.2	77.4	79.3	79.5	80.0	81.2	81.4	82.5	83.7
Slovakia	80.6	82.0	83.2	83.4	84.7	85.7	86.5	87.2	88.7	89.1	89.4	90.0
Finland	75.7	76.7	77.6	79.5	81.0	81.8	82.7	83.4	84.4	85.2	86.3	87.4
Sweden	82.3 ^(b)	83.3	83.9	85.0	85.7	78.8	79.2	79.8	80.6	81.2	81.8	82.9
United Kingdom	57.8	59.8	64.5	65.7	67.5	68.8	70.2	70.1	71.5	73.4	74.2	76.4
Iceland	48.9	50.3	54.7	55.1	58.2	60.4	61.3	61.9	64.7	66.1	68.4	69.3
Norway	85.3	85.6	86.4	87.3	88.0	77.9 ^(b)	78.0	79.6	80.1	80.5	81.4	82.2
Switzerland	76.9	78.1	77.3	77.9	78.8	81.0	82.3	83.2	83.4	82.6	82.6	83.6
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	64.5	63.8	64.9	66.3	68.7	70.1	71.4	72.6	72.1	72.4	75.0
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	50.3	53.4	51.9	54.1	55.1	56.9	57.8
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	19.5	20.2	21.1	22.1	22.0	23.0	24.5

(..) - not available
(b) - break in time series
(i) - see metadata
(p) - provisional

Source: Eurostat