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Europe 2020 education indicators in the EU28 in 2013
Share of young adults having completed tertiary education up to 37%

Share of early leavers from education and training down to 12%

There has been a steady increase in the share of persons aged 30 to 34 in the EU28 who have completed tertiary education, from 24% in 2002, when the series started, to 37% in 2013. The Europe 2020 strategy’s1 target is to increase the proportion of persons having completed tertiary education to at least 40% of the EU28 population in this age group by 2020.
Share of population aged 30 to 34 in the EU28 having completed tertiary education
For early school leavers (persons aged 18-24 who had at most lower secondary education and were currently not in further education or training) in the EU28, there has been a steady decrease, from 17% in 2002 to 12% in 2013. The Europe 2020 target is to reduce the share of early leavers from education and training to below 10% of the EU28 population in this age group by 2020.
Share of early leavers from education and training in the EU28
Improving the EU’s performance in education is one of the key objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy. Today, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, publishes the most recent data for the EU and Member States on achievement against the targets set under this objective.
Highest proportion of those aged 30-34 who completed tertiary education in Ireland, Luxembourg and Lithuania
In 2013, the proportion of those aged 30 to 34 who had completed tertiary education increased compared with 2002 in all Member States. The proportion more than doubled in ten Member States: Poland (from 14.4% in 2002 to 40.5% in 2013), Malta (from 9.3% to 26.0%), Slovakia (from 10.5% to 26.9%), Romania (from 9.1% to 22.8%), Latvia (from 17.3% to 40.7%), Portugal (from 13.0% to 29.2%), Luxembourg (from 23.6% to 52.5%), Hungary (from 14.4% to 31.9%), Lithuania (from 23.4% to 51.3%) and the Czech Republic (from 12.6% to 26.7%).
In 2013, the highest proportions of those aged 30 to 34 having completed tertiary education were observed in Ireland (52.6%), Luxembourg (52.5%), Lithuania (51.3%), Sweden (48.3%), Cyprus (47.8%) and the United Kingdom (47.6%), and the lowest in Italy (22.4%), Romania (22.8%), Croatia (25.9%) and Malta (26.0%). Eleven Member States have already met or exceeded their 2020 national targets for this indicator (Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden).
Share of population aged 30 to 34 having completed tertiary education
No national target for the United Kingdom. The national target for Germany includes post-secondary non-tertiary education (International Standard Classification of Education 1997 (ISCED97 4) and for Austria post-secondary non-tertiary education with programmes designed to provide direct access to first stage of tertiary education (ISCED97 4A)
Lowest shares of early leavers from education and training in Croatia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic
In 2013, the proportion of early leavers from education and training (population aged 18-24 who had at most lower secondary education and were currently not in further education or training) decreased compared with 2005 in all Member States, except Poland and Slovakia. The proportion halved in Portugal (from 38.8% to 19.2%) and Cyprus (from 18.2% to 9.1%).
In 2013, the lowest proportions of early school leavers observed in Croatia (3.7%), Slovenia (3.9%), the Czech Republic (5.4%) and Poland (5.6%), and the highest in Spain (23.5%), Malta (20.9%) and Portugal (19.2%). Eleven Member States have already fulfilled their 2020 national targets for this indicator (the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Austria, Slovenia and Sweden).
Share of early leavers from education and training

No national target for the United Kingdom.
Tertiary educational attainment

(% of those aged 30 to 34 having successfully completed tertiary education*)
2002
2007
2012
2013
Headline target
Total
Total
Men
Women
EU28
23.5
29.9
35.7
36.8
32.6
41.0
40.0
Belgium
35.2
41.5
43.9
42.7
36.2
49.3
47.0
Bulgaria
23.2
26.0
26.9
29.4
21.8
37.6
36.0
Czech Republic
12.6
13.3
25.6
26.7
24.0
29.6
32.0
Denmark
34.2
38.1
43.0
43.4
35.2
52.4
40.0
Germany
24.2
26.5
32.0
33.1
32.2
54.9
42.0**
Estonia
28.1
33.3
39.1
43.7
33.1
58.7
40.0
Ireland
32.0
43.3
51.1
52.6
45.9
39.0
60.0
Greece
23.4
26.2
30.9
34.6
30.5
45.3
32.0
Spain
33.3
39.5
40.1
40.7
36.1
48.4
44.0
France
31.5
41.4
43.6
44.0
39.5
30.3
50.0
Croatia
16.2
16.7
23.7
25.9
22.3
54.9
35.0
Italy
13.1
18.6
21.7
22.4
17.7
27.2
26.0
Cyprus
36.0
46.2
49.9
47.8
41.6
53.4
46.0
Latvia
17.3
25.6
37.2
40.7
28.3
53.1
34.0
Lithuania
23.4
36.4
48.6
51.3
41.9
60.8
40.0
Luxembourg
23.6
35.3
49.6
52.5
49.2
55.6
66.0
Hungary
14.4
20.1
29.9
31.9
26.5
37.4
30.3
Malta
9.3
21.5
22.4
26.0
23.1
29.0
33.0
Netherlands
28.6
36.4
42.2
43.1
39.8
46.3
40.0
Austria
:
21.1
26.3
27.3
26.7
27.9
38.0**
Poland
14.4
27.0
39.1
40.5
32.9
48.4
45.0
Portugal
13.0
19.8
27.2
29.2
23.6
34.8
40.0
Romania
9.1
13.9
21.8
22.8
21.2
24.6
26.7
Slovenia
20.7
31.0
39.2
40.1
31.1
49.6
40.0
Slovakia
10.5
14.8
23.7
26.9
22.3
31.8
40.0
Finland
41.2
47.3
45.8
45.1
37.6
52.9
42.0
Sweden
28.3
41.0
47.9
48.3
41.8
55.2
40.0
United Kingdom
31.5
38.5
47.1
47.6
44.6
50.5
-
* Tertiary education: ISCED97 5 and 6
** The national target for Germany includes post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCED97 4) and for Austria post-secondary non-tertiary education with programmes designed to provide direct access to first stage of tertiary education (ISCED97 4A).
: Data not available
- No national target for the United Kingdom.
Early leavers from education and training

(% of the population aged 18-24 with at most lower secondary education
and who are currently not in further education or training*)
2005
2007
2012
2013
Headline target
Total
Total
Men
Women
EU28
15.7
14.9
12.7
11.9
13.6
10.2
10.0
Belgium
12.9
12.1
12.0
11.0
13.2
8.7
9.5
Bulgaria
20.4
14.9
12.5
12.5
12.3
12.7
11.0
Czech Republic
6.2
5.2
5.5
5.4
5.4
5.5
5.5
Denmark**
:
12.9
9.1
8.0
9.9
6.2
10.0
Germany
13.5
12.5
10.6
9.9
10.4
9.3
10.0
Estonia
13.4
14.4
10.5
9.7
13.6
5.8
9.5
Ireland
12.5
11.6
9.7
8.4
9.8
6.9
8.0
Greece
13.6
14.6
11.4
10.1
12.7
7.6
9.7
Spain
30.8
31.0
24.9
23.5
27.0
19.9
15.0
France***
12.2
12.6
11.6
9.7
10.7
8.8
9.5
Croatia
(5.1)
3.9
4.2
3.7
(4.7)
(2.7)
4.0
Italy
22.3
19.7
17.6
17.0
20.2
13.7
16.0
Cyprus
18.2
12.5
11.4
9.1
14.8
4.2
10.0
Latvia
14.4
15.1
10.6
9.8
13.6
5.8
13.4
Lithuania
8.1
7.8
6.5
6.3
7.8
(4.7)
9.0
Luxembourg**
:
:
8.1
6.1
8.4
(3.7)
10.0
Hungary
12.5
11.4
11.5
11.8
12.5
11.1
10.0
Malta
33.0
32.7
22.6
20.9
23.2
18.2
10.0
Netherlands
13.5
11.7
8.8
9.2
10.9
7.4
8.0
Austria
9.1
10.7
7.6
7.3
7.7
7.0
9.5
Poland
5.3
5.0
5.7
5.6
7.9
3.2
4.5
Portugal
38.8
36.9
20.8
19.2
23.6
14.5
10.0
Romania
19.6
17.3
17.4
17.3
18.6
16.0
11.3
Slovenia
4.9
4.1
4.4
3.9
5.0
(2.6)
5.0
Slovakia
6.3
6.5
5.3
6.4
6.7
6.1
6.0
Finland
10.3
9.1
8.9
9.3
10.4
8.3
8.0
Sweden
10.8
8.0
7.5
7.1
7.9
6.2
10.0
United Kingdom**
:
16.6
13.6
12.4
13.7
11.2
-
Due to breaks in the series, data before 2005 have a limited comparability at Member State level.
* “At most lower secondary education” means that the highest educational level attained by the person may be: early childhood education (ISCED 0); primary education (ISCED97 1); lower secondary education (ISCED97 2); or short upper secondary education of less than 2 years (ISCED97 3c short).
** Break in the series for Denmark and the United Kingdom in 2007 and for Luxembourg in 2009. Data not comparable before those years and therefore not shown.
*** Break in the series for France in 2013. Reduced comparability of data before this year.
( ) Data with reduced reliability due to sample size
- No national target for the United Kingdom
  1. For more information on the Europe 2020 strategy: http://ec.europa.eu/europe2020/index_en.htm.
See also the dedicated section on the Eurostat website:
For more information about other Europe 2020 indicators, please see the Eurostat News Release on renewable energy http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/8-10032014-AP/EN/8-10032014-AP-EN.PDF
and Eurostat News Release on persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion:
Issued by: Eurostat Press Office

Louise CORSELLI-NORDBLAD
Tel: +352-4301-33 444

For further information about the data:

Sabine GAGEL
Tel: +352-4301-36 734


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