Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total rose 3.70% to 19.6% in Portugal in 2016, according to Eurostat.
Historically, Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total in Portugal reached an all time high of 19.6% in 2016 and an all time low of 9.90% in 2004.
Portugal has been ranked 25th within the group of 32 countries we follow in terms of Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total | Unit | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| Algeria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29.3% | 29.0% | 29.8% | 30.0% | 31.2% | ||||||||
| Canada | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.7% | 25.3% | 26.2% | 27.4% | 28.3% | ||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.4% | 23.8% | 24.4% | 24.9% | 23.1% | ||||||||
| Iceland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25.2% | 26.1% | 27.4% | 28.3% | 29.1% | ||||||||
| Ireland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31.2% | 31.7% | 33.1% | 34.5% | 33.9% | ||||||||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.0% | 12.2% | 12.9% | 13.4% | 13.9% | ||||||||
| Mauritania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Morocco | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Portugal | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.7% | 14.4% | 15.5% | 16.3% | 18.0% | ||||||||
| Spain | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26.6% | 27.4% | 28.0% | 28.8% | 29.6% | ||||||||
| Tunisia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| United Kingdom | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 30.9% | 32.6% | 33.8% | 34.7% | 35.7% |
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