Tertiary educational attainment by gender, age group 30–34

The share of the population aged 30-34 years who have successfully completed university or university-like (tertiary-level) education with an education level ISCED 1997 (International Standard Classification of Education) of 5-6. This indicator measures the Europe 2020 strategy's headline target to increase the share of the 30-34 years old having completed tertiary or equivalent education to at least 40% in 2020.

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Tertiary educational attainment - total
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	TARGET
EU (27 countries)	22.4	22.8	23.5	25.0	26.9	28.0	28.9	30.0	31.0	32.2	33.5	34.6	40 ⁽ⁱ⁾
Belgium	35.2 ^(b)	35.2	35.2	37.7	39.9	39.1	41.4	41.5	42.9	42.0	44.4	42.6	47
Bulgaria	19.5	23.6 ^(b)	23.2	23.6	25.2	24.9	25.3 ⁽ⁱ⁾	26.0	27.1	27.9	27.7	27.3	36
Czech Republic	13.7	13.3	12.6	12.6	12.7	13.0	13.1	13.3	15.4	17.5	20.4	23.8	32
Denmark	32.1	32.9 ⁽ⁱ⁾	34.2	38.2 ^(b)	41.4	43.1	43.0	38.1 ^(b)	39.2	40.7	41.2	41.2	40 ⁽ⁱ⁾
Germany	25.7	25.5	24.2	25.1	26.8	26.1 ^(b)	25.8	26.5	27.7	29.4	29.8	30.7	42 ⁽ⁱ⁾
Estonia	30.8 ^(b)	29.5	28.1	27.6	27.4	30.6	32.5	33.3	34.1	35.9	40.0	40.3	40
Ireland	27.5	30.6	32.0	35.1	38.6	39.2	41.3	43.3	46.1	48.9	49.9	49.4	60
Greece	25.4	24.9	23.4	22.8	24.9	25.3	26.7	26.2	25.6	26.5	28.4	28.9	32
Spain	29.2	31.3	33.3	34.0	35.9	38.6	38.1	39.5	39.8	39.4	40.6	40.6	44
France	27.4	29.5	31.5	34.9 ^(b)	35.7	37.7	39.7	41.4	41.2	43.2	43.5	43.4	50
Italy	11.6 ^(b)	12.2	13.1	13.9	15.6	17.0	17.7	18.6	19.2	19.0	19.8	20.3	26 ⁽ⁱ⁾
Cyprus	31.1	32.7	36.0	39.9	41.0	40.8	46.1	46.2	47.1	44.7	45.1	45.8	46
Latvia	18.6	16.8 ⁽ⁱ⁾	17.3 ^(b)	18.3	18.5	18.5	19.2	25.6	27.0	30.1	32.3	35.7	34 ⁽ⁱ⁾
Lithuania	42.6 ⁽ⁱ⁾	21.2	23.4 ^(b)	25.2	31.1	37.9	39.4	38.0	39.9	40.6	43.8	45.4	40
Luxembourg	21.2	23.9	23.6	17.3 ^(b)	31.4	37.6	35.5	35.3	39.8	46.6 ^(b)	46.1	48.2	40
Hungary	14.8	14.8	14.4	16.3 ^(b)	18.5	17.9	19.0	20.1	22.4	23.9	25.7	28.1	30.3
Malta	7.4 ^(u)	12.9 ^(u)	9.3 ^(u)	13.7 ^(b)	17.6	18.4	21.6	21.5	20.9	21.0	21.5	21.1	33
Netherlands	26.5	27.2	28.6	31.7	33.6	34.9	35.8	36.4	40.2	40.5	41.4 ^(b)	41.1	40 ⁽ⁱ⁾
Austria	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	21.0 ⁽ⁱ⁾	20.5	21.2	21.1	22.2	23.5	23.5	23.8	38 ⁽ⁱ⁾
Poland	12.5 ^(b)	13.2	14.4	17.2	20.4	22.7	24.7	27.0	29.7	32.8	35.3	36.9	45
Portugal	11.3	11.7	13.0	14.9	16.5	17.7	18.4	19.8	21.6	21.1	23.5	26.1 ⁽ⁱ⁾	40
Romania	8.9	8.8	9.1	8.9	10.3	11.4	12.4	13.9	16.0	16.8	18.1	20.4	26.7
Slovenia	18.5 ^(b)	18.1	20.7	23.6	25.1	24.6	28.1	31.0	30.9	31.6	34.8	37.9	40
Slovakia	10.6	10.7	10.5	11.5	12.9	14.3	14.4	14.8	15.8	17.6	22.1	23.4	40
Finland	40.3 ^(b)	41.6	41.2	41.7	43.4	43.7	46.2	47.3	45.7	45.9	45.7	46.0	42 ⁽ⁱ⁾
Sweden	31.8	26.6 ^(b)	28.3	31.0	33.9	37.6 ^(p)	39.5 ^(p)	41.0 ^(p)	42.0 ^(p)	43.9 ^(p)	45.8 ^(p)	47.5 ^(p)	40 ⁽ⁱ⁾
United Kingdom	29.0	29.9	31.5	31.5	33.6	34.6	36.5	38.5	39.7	41.5	43.0	45.8	.. ⁽ⁱ⁾
Iceland	32.6	31.0	33.6	38.2	38.8	41.1	36.4	36.3	38.3	41.7	40.9	44.6	..
Norway	37.3	42.2	43.4	40.7	39.5	39.4	41.9 ^(b)	43.7	46.2	47.0	47.3	48.8	..
Switzerland	27.3	27.3	30.0	32.4	32.8	33.4	35.0	36.5	41.3	43.4	44.2	44.0	..
Croatia	..	..	16.2	16.9	16.8	17.4	16.7	16.7 ^(u)	18.5 ^(u)	20.6 ^(u)	24.3	24.5	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	11.6	12.2	12.4	14.3	17.1	20.4	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	11.9	12.3	13.0	14.7	15.5	16.3	..
Tertiary educational attainment - female
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	TARGET
EU (27 countries)	22.7	23.2	24.5	26.0	28.5	30.0	31.5	32.8	34.2	35.6	37.2	38.5	..
Belgium	37.1 ^(b)	37.9	39.0	41.3	44.1	43.4	46.2	46.4	48.6	47.7	50.0	48.1	..
Bulgaria	23.1	28.3 ^(b)	28.8	29.5	31.8	31.5	32.8 ⁽ⁱ⁾	33.2	34.5	35.6	35.5	34.0	..
Czech Republic	13.0	12.5	11.4	10.8	12.1	13.0	12.4	13.7	15.9	18.7	22.3	26.1	..
Denmark	33.6	37.8 ⁽ⁱ⁾	39.4	41.1 ^(b)	44.0	47.3	47.4	41.6 ^(b)	41.8	46.5	45.9	48.0	..
Germany	22.6	21.9	21.4	22.5	24.3	24.1 ^(b)	24.4	25.7	27.0	29.2	29.7	31.6	..
Estonia	39.0 ^(b)	37.0	33.6	33.1	34.1	35.4	38.4	42.4	39.6	41.9	47.7	50.2	..
Ireland	29.2	32.5	33.0	36.3	41.5	42.9	46.8	48.8	52.4	54.8	55.3	55.8	..
Greece	26.9	26.4	24.8	24.1	26.6	27.5	28.3	27.3	27.9	29.1	31.4	31.7	..
Spain	30.4	33.3	35.8	36.3	39.2	43.0	43.0	44.6	44.7	44.9	45.9	45.0	..
France	29.0	30.6	34.0	37.6 ^(b)	38.7	40.5	44.1	45.0	45.2	47.4	47.6	47.6	..
Italy	12.5 ^(b)	12.9	14.2	15.7	18.4	19.9	21.2	22.3	23.5	23.0	24.2	24.7	..
Cyprus	31.5	32.3	36.1	37.7	38.7	42.5	46.8	48.0	52.9	49.3	48.9	52.0	..
Latvia	23.5	20.0 ⁽ⁱ⁾	22.1 ^(b)	23.2	22.9	25.0	24.3	31.5	34.9	40.5	41.4	46.9	..
Lithuania	47.9 ⁽ⁱ⁾	27.4	29.6 ^(b)	30.7	35.6	41.5	43.5	45.0	48.6	48.5	51.2	53.3	..
Luxembourg	17.7	21.7	21.5	16.3 ^(b)	29.6	38.5	38.9	38.1	42.7	44.9 ^(b)	47.4	47.4	..
Hungary	17.1	16.0	16.1	17.9 ^(b)	21.5	20.7	22.8	23.9	26.3	28.8	30.7	33.4	..
Malta	.. ^(u)	13.5 ^(u)	.. ^(u)	12.6 ^(u)	16.1 ^(u)	17.5 ^(u)	22.3	23.7	21.4	22.9	24.5	22.1	..
Netherlands	25.6	26.9	29.3	32.3	34.0	34.7	36.6	37.3	41.8	42.6	44.4 ^(b)	44.8	..
Austria	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	20.0 ⁽ⁱ⁾	20.4	20.7	20.5	22.4	24.0	24.5	24.5	..
Poland	14.6 ^(b)	15.8	16.7	19.6	23.2	26.4	29.0	31.3	35.0	38.4	40.8	43.5	..
Portugal	13.5	15.2	16.9	18.5	20.5	21.7	23.6	24.7	26.4	24.8	29.4	30.5 ⁽ⁱ⁾	..
Romania	8.9	9.0	9.0	8.3	10.7	12.1	13.1	14.3	17.1	18.5	19.6	21.0	..
Slovenia	24.0 ^(b)	25.1	29.1	31.0	32.5	30.1	36.0	41.1	38.4	39.3	44.0	47.3	..
Slovakia	10.1	10.7	11.2	11.4	13.2	14.6	15.3	16.1	17.6	19.8	26.2	27.4	..
Finland	47.9 ^(b)	49.6	49.3	50.2	52.1	52.1	55.3	55.4	56.6	55.5	54.0	55.0	..
Sweden	33.2	30.0 ^(b)	31.2	35.1	39.3	42.2 ^(p)	44.9 ^(p)	47.0 ^(p)	47.6 ^(p)	50.0 ^(p)	52.1 ^(p)	54.6 ^(p)	..
United Kingdom	27.4	28.4	30.7	30.8	33.3	34.9	37.0	40.1	41.0	42.3	45.1	48.6	..
Iceland	34.2	33.2	33.5	42.7	44.8	49.2	42.2	37.4	41.3	45.9	47.5	53.1	..
Norway	41.8	46.6	46.8	43.9	44.5	44.4	47.7 ^(b)	49.6	54.8	56.4	55.2	56.4	..
Switzerland	17.7	17.6	20.8	23.2	23.7	25.4	27.3	29.7	34.4	38.1	40.9	41.2	..
Croatia	..	..	17.6	20.1	19.5	21.3	19.1 ^(u)	21.1 ^(u)	21.4 ^(u)	23.8 ^(u)	27.8 ^(u)	30.0 ^(u)	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	12.8 ^(u)	13.6 ^(u)	13.1 ^(u)	16.8	18.0	22.4	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	9.5	10.3	11.2	12.9	13.6	14.3	..
Tertiary educational attainment - male
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	TARGET
EU (27 countries)	22.2	22.4	22.6	24.0	25.3	26.0	26.3	27.2	27.9	28.9	30.0	30.8	..
Belgium	33.3 ^(b)	32.6	31.5	34.2	35.8	34.9	36.6	36.6	37.4	36.4	39.0	37.1	..
Bulgaria	16.0	18.8 ^(b)	17.7	17.9	18.7	18.3	17.8 ⁽ⁱ⁾	18.7	19.7	20.4	20.7	21.3	..
Czech Republic	14.4	14.0	13.7	14.3	13.2	13.1	13.7	13.0	14.8	16.4	18.6	21.6	..
Denmark	30.5	28.0 ⁽ⁱ⁾	28.7	35.3 ^(b)	38.7	39.0	38.7	34.8 ^(b)	36.8	35.0	36.7	34.7	..
Germany	28.8	29.0	26.8	27.5	29.1	28.0 ^(b)	27.2	27.3	28.3	29.6	29.9	29.9	..
Estonia	21.7 ^(u)	21.7 ^(u)	22.5	22.0	20.6 ^(u)	25.7 ^(u)	26.5 ^(u)	24.1 ^(u)	28.6	29.8	32.2	30.5	..
Ireland	25.8	28.6	30.9	33.9	35.7	35.5	35.8	37.9	39.8	42.9	44.4	42.8	..
Greece	23.9	23.4	21.9	21.6	23.3	23.3	25.1	25.0	23.4	24.0	25.7	26.2	..
Spain	27.9	29.4	31.0	31.8	32.7	34.5	33.5	34.8	35.3	34.3	35.7	36.3	..
France	25.8	28.3	29.0	32.0 ^(b)	32.6	34.8	35.2	37.7	37.1	39.0	39.3	39.1	..
Italy	10.8 ^(b)	11.4	12.0	12.3	13.0	14.1	14.2	15.0	14.9	15.0	15.5	15.9	..
Cyprus	30.8	33.1	35.9	42.5	43.5	38.9	45.4	44.4	41.3	40.2	41.3	39.7	..
Latvia	13.6	13.4 ⁽ⁱ⁾	12.4 ^(b)	13.3	14.1	12.1	14.2	19.8	19.3	20.0	23.4	24.8	..
Lithuania	37.3 ⁽ⁱ⁾	14.8	17.0 ^(b)	19.7	26.7	34.2	35.2	31.0	31.0	32.9	36.3	37.6	..
Luxembourg	24.7	26.0	25.6	18.3 ^(b)	33.2	36.7	32.0	32.4	36.9	48.4 ^(b)	44.8	49.1	..
Hungary	12.5	13.5	12.8	14.7 ^(b)	15.5	15.2	15.2	16.4	18.6	19.0	21.0	23.2	..
Malta	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	14.9 ^(u)	19.3 ^(u)	19.3 ^(u)	20.9 ^(u)	19.5 ^(u)	20.5	19.2	18.5 ^(u)	20.1	..
Netherlands	27.3	27.4	27.8	31.1	33.2	35.1	35.1	35.5	38.5	38.4	38.4 ^(b)	37.3	..
Austria	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	.. ^(u)	22.1 ⁽ⁱ⁾	20.7	21.8	21.8	21.9	23.0	22.5	23.1	..
Poland	10.4 ^(b)	10.7	12.2	14.9	17.8	19.1	20.4	22.7	24.4	27.3	29.8	30.3	..
Portugal	9.0	8.3	9.1	11.3	12.5	13.7	13.3	15.0	17.0	17.5	17.7	21.7 ⁽ⁱ⁾	..
Romania	9.0	8.7	9.1	9.4	9.9	10.8	11.7	13.6	14.9	15.2	16.7	19.7	..
Slovenia	13.8 ^(b)	11.9 ^(u)	12.9 ^(u)	17.0	18.1	19.4	21.0	21.7	24.3	24.6	26.4	29.4	..
Slovakia	11.2	10.8	9.7	11.6	12.6	14.0	13.6	13.4	14.0	15.5	18.2	19.6	..
Finland	32.9 ^(b)	33.6	33.4	33.7	35.0	35.4	37.1	39.3	35.0	36.6	37.7	37.1	..
Sweden	30.5	23.4 ^(b)	25.5	27.1	28.6	33.3 ^(p)	34.3 ^(p)	35.2 ^(p)	36.6 ^(p)	38.0 ^(p)	39.8 ^(p)	40.6 ^(p)	..
United Kingdom	30.7	31.4	32.4	32.2	34.0	34.3	36.1	36.9	38.3	40.7	40.9	43.0	..
Iceland	31.0	28.8	33.7	33.7	32.9	32.9	31.0	35.3	35.5	37.7	34.5	36.1	..
Norway	32.9	37.9	40.2	37.7	34.6	34.6	36.2 ^(b)	37.9	38.0	37.9	39.7	41.5	..
Switzerland	37.5	38.4	39.3	41.4	42.4	41.8	42.8	43.3	48.0	48.8	47.5	46.8	..
Croatia	..	..	14.8 ^(u)	13.8 ^(u)	14.1 ^(u)	13.7 ^(u)	14.2 ^(u)	12.6 ^(u)	15.8 ^(u)	17.5 ^(u)	21.0 ^(u)	19.4 ^(u)	..
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	10.5 ^(u)	10.8 ^(u)	11.8 ^(u)	11.8 ^(u)	16.2	18.5	..
Turkey	..	..	..	..	..	..	14.2	14.4	14.8	16.5	17.3	18.3	..

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

Source: Eurostat