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
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	64.4	64.9	65.8	67.2	68.4	69.4	69.9	70.7	71.3	72.0	72.7	73.4
Euro area (changing composition)	60.0	60.1	60.9	62.1	63.5	64.5	65.0	65.9	66.7	..	..	..
Euro area (17 countries)	60.3	60.7	61.5	62.7	64.0	65.0	65.5	66.4	67.2	67.8	68.4	69.3
Euro area (16 countries)	60.2	60.6	61.4	62.6	63.9	64.9	65.4	66.3	67.1	67.7	68.3	69.2
Belgium	58.5 ^(b)	59.5	60.8	62.0	64.3	66.1	66.9	68.0	69.6	70.6	70.5	71.3
Bulgaria	67.5	71.0 ^(b)	71.6	71.2	71.7	72.5	75.5 ⁽ⁱ⁾	77.4	77.5	77.9	79.4	80.2
Czech Republic	86.1	86.3	87.9	88.5	89.1	89.9	90.3	90.5	90.9	91.4	91.9	92.3
Denmark	78.5	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
Germany	81.3	82.5	83.0	83.5	83.9	83.1 ^(b)	83.2	84.4	85.3	85.5	85.8	86.3
Estonia	86.1 ^(b)	87.1	87.6	88.5	88.9	89.1	88.5	89.1	88.5	88.9	89.2	88.9
Ireland	57.6	59.2	60.3	62.2	63.0	65.2	66.6	68.1	70.0	71.2	72.7	73.4
Greece	51.6	52.1	53.9	55.7	59.0	60.0	59.0	59.8	61.1	61.2	62.5	64.5
Spain	38.6	40.4	41.7	43.2	45.0	48.5	49.4	50.4	51.0	51.5	52.6	53.8
France	62.2	63.2	64.1	65.2 ^(b)	65.9	66.7	67.3	68.5	69.6	70.3	70.8	71.6
Italy	45.2 ^(b)	43.0	44.1	46.4	49.3	50.4	51.3	52.3	53.3	54.3	55.2	56.0
Cyprus	61.5	62.9	65.1	64.7	64.4	66.6	69.5	72.1	73.1	72.4	74.1	75.0
Latvia	83.2	79.6 ⁽ⁱ⁾	82.2 ^(b)	83.2	84.6	84.5	84.5	85.0	85.8	86.8	88.5	87.7
Lithuania	84.2 ⁽ⁱ⁾	84.2	84.9 ^(b)	86.1	86.6	87.6	88.3	88.9	90.6	91.3	92.0	92.9
Luxembourg	60.9	59.2	61.6	59.1 ^(b)	63.2	65.9	65.5	65.7	67.9	77.3 ^(b)	77.7	77.3
Hungary	69.4	70.0	71.4	74.1 ^(b)	75.3	76.4	78.1	79.2	79.7	80.6	81.3	81.8
Malta	18.1	19.3	18.4	19.8 ^(b)	23.6	25.3	26.1	26.7	27.3	27.7	29.0	31.5
Netherlands	66.1	66.9	67.8	69.2	70.9	71.8	72.4	73.2	73.3	73.4	72.3 ^(b)	72.3
Austria	76.2 ^(b)	77.5	78.3	79.0	80.2 ⁽ⁱ⁾	80.6	80.3	80.1	81.0	81.9	82.5	82.5
Poland	79.8 ^(b)	80.2	80.9	82.3	83.6	84.8	85.8	86.3	87.1	88.0	88.7	89.1
Portugal	19.4	20.2	20.7	22.8	25.2	26.5	27.6	27.5	28.2	29.9	31.9	35.0 ⁽ⁱ⁾
Romania	69.3	70.6	71.1	70.5	71.5	73.1	74.2	75.0	75.3	74.7	74.3	74.9
Slovenia	75.3 ^(b)	75.8	77.0	78.1	79.7	80.3	81.6	81.8	82.0	83.3	83.3	84.5
Slovakia	83.8	85.1	86.0	86.7	87.0	87.9	88.8	89.1	89.9	90.9	91.0	91.3
Finland	73.2 ^(b)	73.8	75.0	76.0	77.6	78.8	79.6	80.5	81.1	82.0	83.0	83.7
Sweden	77.2	80.5 ^(b)	81.4	82.1	82.9	83.6 ^(p)	78.9 ^(p)	79.4 ^(p)	80.0 ^(p)	80.7 ^(p)	81.6 ^(p)	82.0 ^(p)
United Kingdom	64.4	64.6	66.3	70.2	70.7	71.8	72.7	73.4	73.4	74.6	76.1	76.4
Iceland	55.8	56.3	58.7	59.6	61.0	62.9	63.3	63.9	64.1	65.9	66.5	70.7
Norway	85.4	85.7	85.8	86.4	87.4	88.2	78.5 ^(b)	78.7	80.0	80.5	80.9	81.3
Switzerland	81.8	82.0	82.4	81.9	82.5	83.0	85.2	86.0	86.8	86.9	85.8	85.6
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	70.4	70.0	71.2	72.8	74.1	75.3	75.9	76.8	76.7	77.3
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	57.6	60.5	59.2	61.2	62.5	63.7
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	26.1	26.6	27.4	28.2	28.4	29.2
Males
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	67.6	67.8	68.5	69.7	70.5	71.3	71.6	72.1	72.6	73.1	73.7	74.2
Euro area (changing composition)	62.6	62.6	63.1	64.1	65.1	66.0	66.2	67.0	67.5	..	..	..
Euro area (17 countries)	62.9	63.2	63.7	64.7	65.7	66.6	66.8	67.5	68.0	68.4	68.9	69.6
Euro area (16 countries)	62.8	63.1	63.6	64.6	65.6	66.5	66.7	67.4	68.0	68.4	68.9	69.5
Belgium	58.7 ^(b)	60.0	61.0	62.0	64.7	66.3	66.9	68.1	69.5	70.4	70.0	70.6
Bulgaria	67.2	70.4 ^(b)	71.0	70.7	71.3	72.0	75.4 ⁽ⁱ⁾	77.4	77.6	77.9	79.3	80.1
Czech Republic	91.1	90.9	92.4	92.8	93.3	93.6	93.7	93.9	94.1	94.3	94.8	95.0
Denmark	81.0	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
Germany	85.8	86.9	87.2	87.4	87.5	86.6 ^(b)	86.5	87.4	88.2	88.1	88.3	88.6
Estonia	84.3 ^(b)	85.5	86.2	86.8	87.1	87.1	85.8	87.0	86.7	86.4	86.3	86.1
Ireland	55.3	56.9	57.8	59.4	60.0	62.2	63.4	64.8	66.7	68.0	69.7	70.4
Greece	53.6	53.7	55.4	57.1	60.3	61.0	58.3	58.9	59.9	59.8	60.8	62.7
Spain	39.8	41.4	42.4	43.7	45.2	48.4	49.2	50.2	50.5	50.6	51.5	52.4
France	65.2	66.0	66.5	67.4 ^(b)	67.9	68.7	69.1	70.1	70.8	71.3	72.0	72.7
Italy	45.9 ^(b)	43.7	44.7	47.0	49.2	50.2	50.9	51.6	52.4	53.5	54.3	54.8
Cyprus	63.9	66.0	67.9	67.3	66.6	68.8	71.0	73.2	74.7	73.8	75.2	75.3
Latvia	81.5	76.6 ⁽ⁱ⁾	78.9 ^(b)	80.1	81.9	81.3	80.2	81.3	82.5	83.1	85.1	83.8
Lithuania	83.8 ⁽ⁱ⁾	83.0	83.5 ^(b)	84.5	85.2	86.5	86.7	87.2	89.3	90.3	91.0	92.0
Luxembourg	65.2	64.6	66.1	63.2 ^(b)	67.9	70.0	68.9	69.2	71.5	80.4 ^(b)	80.7	79.3
Hungary	74.2	74.6	76.2	78.1 ^(b)	79.4	80.3	81.7	82.9	83.2	83.8	84.3	84.6
Malta	21.1	22.5	21.2	22.7 ^(b)	27.4	31.1	31.1	31.1	30.5	30.2	31.8	34.4
Netherlands	69.8	70.5	71.2	72.6	74.3	75.2	75.1	75.7	75.5	75.3	73.9 ^(b)	73.7
Austria	82.7 ^(b)	83.7	84.5	85.1	85.2 ⁽ⁱ⁾	85.8	86.6	86.4	86.7	87.4	87.6	87.4
Poland	81.6 ^(b)	82.0	82.5	83.8	84.8	85.8	86.5	87.0	87.7	88.4	88.8	89.2
Portugal	18.6	19.2	19.1	21.0	23.2	24.2	25.4	24.8	25.6	27.3	28.6	32.0 ⁽ⁱ⁾
Romania	75.8	76.9	77.3	76.7	77.5	78.5	79.4	80.1	80.1	79.1	78.5	78.9
Slovenia	79.8 ^(b)	80.3	80.9	81.8	83.1	83.1	83.8	84.0	84.0	85.2	85.2	86.3
Slovakia	88.9	89.8	90.2	90.3	90.7	91.1	91.9	91.9	92.7	93.2	92.8	93.3
Finland	71.6 ^(b)	71.9	73.3	74.5	75.8	76.7	77.5	78.3	78.8	79.6	80.8	81.2
Sweden	75.7	78.8 ^(b)	79.5	80.4	80.8	81.5 ^(p)	79.0 ^(p)	79.5 ^(p)	80.1 ^(p)	80.8 ^(p)	81.6 ^(p)	81.8 ^(p)
United Kingdom	72.0	71.3	72.6	75.6	75.5	75.9	76.5	76.5	76.9	77.7	78.9	78.7
Iceland	61.0	63.5	66.8	64.5	66.9	67.5	65.9	66.3	66.2	67.0	67.0	73.0
Norway	85.9	86.2	86.0	86.4	87.6	88.4	79.0 ^(b)	79.3	80.4	81.0	81.4	81.2
Switzerland	86.6	87.1	86.8	86.5	87.1	87.2	89.4	89.6	90.4	90.4	88.9	88.5
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	76.7	76.6	77.7	79.7	79.8	80.7	80.6	81.3	81.7	82.5
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	64.7	67.5	66.4	68.2	69.7	70.4
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	32.7	33.1	33.6	34.2	34.7	35.5
Females
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
EU (27 countries)	61.3	62.0	63.2	64.7	66.2	67.5	68.3	69.2	70.1	70.9	71.7	72.7
Euro area (changing composition)	57.4	57.7	58.7	60.1	61.8	63.0	63.7	64.9	66.0	..	..	..
Euro area (17 countries)	57.7	58.2	59.3	60.7	62.4	63.5	64.3	65.3	66.4	67.1	67.9	68.9
Euro area (16 countries)	57.6	58.1	59.2	60.6	62.3	63.4	64.2	65.2	66.3	67.0	67.8	68.8
Belgium	58.3 ^(b)	58.9	60.6	62.1	63.9	65.9	67.0	67.8	69.6	70.7	71.0	71.9
Bulgaria	67.8	71.6 ^(b)	72.3	71.6	72.0	72.9	75.5 ⁽ⁱ⁾	77.5	77.5	78.0	79.6	80.3
Czech Republic	81.0	81.8	83.4	84.3	84.9	86.3	86.8	87.2	87.7	88.5	89.1	89.6
Denmark	76.1	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
Germany	76.7	78.0	78.7	79.6	80.2	79.7 ^(b)	80.0	81.4	82.5	82.8	83.3	83.9
Estonia	87.6 ^(b)	88.5	88.9	90.0	90.4	90.9	90.9	91.0	90.0	91.2	91.8	91.4
Ireland	59.9	61.5	62.9	65.0	66.1	68.1	69.9	71.4	73.3	74.3	75.7	76.4
Greece	49.7	50.5	52.4	54.3	57.8	58.9	59.7	60.8	62.2	62.7	64.3	66.2
Spain	37.3	39.3	41.0	42.7	44.8	48.5	49.7	50.6	51.4	52.4	53.7	55.2
France	59.4	60.6	61.7	63.1 ^(b)	64.0	64.8	65.6	66.8	68.5	69.3	69.6	70.6
Italy	44.5 ^(b)	42.3	43.4	45.8	49.4	50.6	51.7	53.0	54.3	55.1	56.0	57.2
Cyprus	59.2	60.1	62.5	62.3	62.3	64.6	68.2	70.9	71.5	71.0	73.0	74.7
Latvia	84.8	82.2 ⁽ⁱ⁾	85.1 ^(b)	86.0	87.0	87.4	88.3	88.2	88.8	90.1	91.6	91.2
Lithuania	84.6 ⁽ⁱ⁾	85.2	86.2 ^(b)	87.4	87.9	88.6	89.8	90.5	91.7	92.3	93.0	93.8
Luxembourg	56.5	53.6	57.1	55.0 ^(b)	58.5	61.7	62.1	62.4	64.3	74.3 ^(b)	74.6	75.2
Hungary	64.9	65.7	67.0	70.2 ^(b)	71.6	72.7	74.6	75.8	76.4	77.5	78.4	79.0
Malta	15.2	16.0	15.5	17.0 ^(b)	19.7	19.5	21.0	22.3	24.0	25.1	26.1	28.6
Netherlands	62.2	63.2	64.4	65.8	67.5	68.4	69.6	70.6	71.1	71.5	70.8 ^(b)	71.0
Austria	69.7 ^(b)	71.3	72.3	72.9	75.2 ⁽ⁱ⁾	75.4	74.2	74.0	75.4	76.4	77.5	77.6
Poland	78.2 ^(b)	78.5	79.4	80.9	82.4	83.9	85.1	85.7	86.6	87.6	88.5	88.9
Portugal	20.1	21.2	22.2	24.6	27.0	28.6	29.8	30.0	30.8	32.4	35.1	37.9 ⁽ⁱ⁾
Romania	63.0	64.5	65.0	64.5	65.6	67.7	69.1	70.0	70.7	70.3	70.2	71.1
Slovenia	70.6 ^(b)	71.2	73.1	74.4	76.2	77.4	79.3	79.5	80.0	81.2	81.4	82.5
Slovakia	78.9	80.6	82.0	83.2	83.4	84.7	85.7	86.5	87.2	88.7	89.1	89.4
Finland	74.9 ^(b)	75.7	76.7	77.6	79.5	81.0	81.8	82.7	83.4	84.4	85.2	86.3
Sweden	78.8	82.3 ^(b)	83.3	83.9	85.0	85.7 ^(p)	78.8 ^(p)	79.2 ^(p)	79.8 ^(p)	80.6 ^(p)	81.5 ^(p)	82.2 ^(p)
United Kingdom	56.6	57.8	59.8	64.5	65.7	67.5	68.8	70.2	70.1	71.5	73.4	74.2
Iceland	50.4	48.9	50.3	54.7	55.1	58.2	60.4	61.3	61.9	64.7	66.1	68.4
Norway	84.9	85.3	85.6	86.4	87.3	88.0	77.9 ^(b)	78.0	79.6	80.1	80.5	81.4
Switzerland	77.1	76.9	78.1	77.3	77.9	78.8	81.0	82.3	83.2	83.4	82.6	82.6
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	..	..	64.5	63.8	64.9	66.3	68.7	70.1	71.4	72.6	72.1	72.4
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	50.3	53.4	51.9	54.1	55.1	56.9
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	19.5	20.2	21.1	22.1	22.0	23.0

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

Source: Eurostat