Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total rose 1.57% to 25.9% in Slovenia in 2016, according to Eurostat.
Historically, Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total in Slovenia reached an all time high of 25.9% in 2016 and an all time low of 15.0% in 2004. When compared to Slovenia's main peers, Population by Educational Attainment Level - From 15 to 74 years - Tertiary education (levels 5-8) - Total in Austria amounted to 27.8%, 19.9% in Croatia, 20.0% in Hungary and 14.7% in Italy in 2016.
Slovenia has been ranked 19th 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, 1 place 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 |
| Austria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.9% | 15.9% | 16.4% | 17.1% | 26.1% | ||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Croatia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.4% | 15.2% | 15.5% | 16.8% | 18.2% | ||||||||
| Czechia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.2% | 15.3% | 16.3% | 17.3% | 18.0% | ||||||||
| France | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24.7% | 25.3% | 26.2% | 27.4% | 28.3% | ||||||||
| Germany | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 22.4% | 23.8% | 24.4% | 24.9% | 23.1% | ||||||||
| Hungary | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.5% | 17.5% | 18.5% | 19.0% | 19.8% | ||||||||
| Italy | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.0% | 12.2% | 12.9% | 13.4% | 13.9% | ||||||||
| Montenegro | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18.6% | 19.5% | 20.6% | 21.6% | 22.7% | ||||||||
| Serbia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Slovakia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.6% | 15.8% | 16.4% | 17.1% | 17.4% | ||||||||
| Slovenia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19.6% | 20.8% | 22.3% | 23.6% | 24.2% | ||||||||
| Switzerland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28.8% | 28.9% | 30.0% | 32.0% | 33.2% |
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