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More than 40% of persons aged 30 to 34 with tertiary education

Apr 26, 2019 | News

(26 April 2019) – Today, Eurostat publishes the most recent data for the EU and its Member States on achievement against the two Europe 2020 education headline targets.

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The Europe 2020 strategy’s target is that at least 40% of 30-34-year-olds in the European Union should have completed tertiary education by 2020. Reaching the level of 40.7%, the EU crossed this threshold in 2018.

Sixteen Member States have already met or exceeded their 2020 national target for this indicator: Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden.

Meanwhile, the share of early leavers from education and training (aged 18-24) has steadily decreased in the EU, from 17.0% in 2002 to 10.6% in 2018. The Europe 2020 target is to reduce the rates of early school leaving in the EU to below 10% by 2020.

Thirteen Member States have already fulfilled their 2020 national target for this indicator: Belgium, Ireland, Greece, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria and Slovenia.

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