Press Release 30/08/2018
46.1% of the Basque population between 30 and 34 years old received higher education in 2017
This figure is much higher than the average for the EU-28 countries, which was 39.9%.
46.1% of the Basque population between 30 and 34 years old received higher education, according to Eustat and Eurostat data for 2017. This figure is much higher than the average for the EU-28 countries, which was 39.9%. For Spain, this percentage was 41.2% for that same year.
If we compare these data with the data for 2007-2017, it is possible to see the positive evolution of this indicator in the Basque Country. Thus, it has progressed from 38.7% in 2007, to 44.2% in 2012, to stand at 46.1% in 2017. In addition, in all those years it always surpassed the average for the EU-28 countries.
On the other hand, Spain went from having 40.9% of the population between 30 and 34 years old that received higher education in 2007, to 41.5% in 2012, to stand at 41.2% in 2017.
Looking at the data from the EU-28 countries corresponding to 2017, situated at the top of this indicator are Lithuania (with 58.0%), Cyprus (55.8%), Ireland (53.5%), Luxembourg (52.7%), Sweden (51.3%) and Denmark (48.8%). At the bottom of the ranking were Romania (26.3%), Italy (26.9%), Croatia (28.7%), Malta (30.0%) and Hungary (32.1%).
For further information:
Eustat - Euskal Estatistika Erakundea / Basque Statistics Institute
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