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International Internet Magazine. Baltic States news & analytics Tuesday, 23.04.2024, 12:55

Lithuania has the highest proportion of residents with completed higher education in EU

BC, Riga, 26.04.2017.Print version
Lithuania has the highest proportion of residents between the ages of 30 to 34 with completed higher education in the EU - 58.7%, according to Eurostat.

45.4% of Estonian residents between the ages of 30 to 34 have completed higher education, and 42.8 %of Latvian residents, which is the 15th highest figure in the EU. In Luxembourg - 54.6%, Cyprus - 53.4%, Ireland - 52.9%, Sweden – 51%, Great Britain - 48.1%, Denmark - 47.7%, Finland - 46.1%, the Netherlands - 45.7%, Belgium - 45.6%.


The proportion of residents between the ages of 30 to 34 with completed higher education in the EU was Romania - 25.6%, Italy - 26.2%, Croatia - 29.5%, and Malta - 29.8%.


In Latvia, 30.1% of males between the ages of 30 to 34 had completed higher education, compared to 56.1% of females.






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