Press Release 18/08/2015
48.9% of the Basque population between 30 and 34 years old received higher education in 2014
It exceeded the EU-28 average (37.9%) by eleven percentage points
48.9% of the Basque population between 30 and 34 years old received higher education, according to Eustat and Eurostat data for 2014. This figure is much higher than the average for the EU-28 countries, which was 37.9%. For Spain, this percentage was 42.3% for that same year.
If we compare these data with the data for each of the EU-28 countries, it is clear that the Basque Country was in an extremely positive position. In that indicator, only Lithuania (53.3%), Luxembourg (52.7%), Cyprus (52.5%), Ireland (52.2%) and Sweden (49.9%) had higher rates than us. Italy (23.9%), Romania (25.0%), Malta (26.6%) and Slovakia (26.9%) were at the bottom of the list.
Positive growth in this indicator has been recorded in the Basque Country in recent years, as is clear when observing the 2005 figures. In that year, 35.4% of the population between 30 and 34 years old in our community had received higher education, while the EU-28 average was 28.1% and the Spanish average was 39.9%.
In 2010, 43.5% of the Basque population aged between 30 and 34 had received higher education, compared to 42.0% of the Spanish population and 33.8% of the EU-28 average.
Also in the educational sphere, it was notable that the percentage in 2014 of the Basque population between 20 and 24 years old which have continued their studies at least beyond secondary education, 86.7%, was also higher than the average for the EU-28 countries, which was 82.3%. The Spanish rate, at 65.8%, was far lower than this average.
Croatia (96.3%), Ireland (92.6%), Cyprus (92.4%), Lithuania (91.4%) and Slovakia (90.9%) were the countries with the highest rates. By contrast, the countries with the lowest percentages of the population between 20 to 24 years old who have continued their studies at least beyond secondary education were Spain (65.8%), Portugal (72.1%), Denmark (72.5%), Luxembourg (73.7%) and Malta (75.5%).
For further information:
Eustat - Euskal Estatistika Erakundea / Basque Statistics Institute
C/ Donostia-San Sebastián, 1 01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz
Press Service: servicioprensa@eustat.eus Tel: 945 01 75 62
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