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Tertiary educational attainment
“The share of 25-34 year-olds with tertiary educational attainment should be at least 45%, by 2030.”
Main indicator
The share of the population aged 25-34 with tertiary educational attainment. Annual data from the EU Labour Force Survey, published by Eurostat ( ).
A closer look
The main indicator can be broken down by, sex, detailed education level, country of birth, parents’ country of birth and degree of urbanisation. A breakdown by parental education attainment is available for 2021.
Similar indicators
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Entry flows, measuring new entrants to tertiary education.
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Enrolment, measuring students enrolled in tertiary education.
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Graduates, measuring graduates from tertiary education.
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Tertiary educational attainment for the age bracket 25-64, broken down by sex and detailed education level.
Context
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Field of study, measuring the distribution of enrolled students across fields of education.
Employment advantage, measuring the percentage point difference in employment rates between the working age population with high education attainment and the working age population with medium education attainment.
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Labour status, the distribution of the population aged 25-34 with tertiary level attainment by labour status.