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Key Insights
- Female Educational Advantage: Females consistently maintain higher tertiary education rates than males throughout the period, reaching 53.5% in 2024 compared to 37.2% for males.
- Strong Growth Trend: Both genders show significant improvement, with females increasing from 35.1% in 2000 to 53.5% in 2024, and males from 28.8% to 37.2%.
- Widening Gender Gap: The gap between female and male tertiary education attainment has expanded over time, with females maintaining a consistent lead of 10-20 percentage points.
- Regional Excellence: BE22 shows strong overall performance with 45.3% of 25-34 year-olds having tertiary education in 2024.
Chart Description
Chart Type: Line Chart
Colors: Female (#18baa8), Male (#ff6b6b), Total (#4ecdc4)
Data Period: 2000-2024 (25 years)
Education Level: ED5-8 (Tertiary education – short cycle, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels)
Age Group: 25-34 years
Population by educational attainment level, sex and NUTS 2 regions (%)
BE22 (Prov. Limburg)Data-Level: BE22 Source: Eurostat - Population by educational attainment level, sex and NUTS 2 regions (%) | Dataset: edat_lfse_04 | Region: BE22
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Project manager:
Franziska Görmar
IfL - Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany
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This project is supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme with co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund.
Find more information about the x-Inno Radar project on the Interreg CE projectwebsite.
x-Inno Radar is a project of: 
Creative Region Linz & Upper Austria Gmbh, 
The Regional Chamber of Commerce of the Karlovy Vary Region, 
Padova Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture, 
Creative Industry Košice, n. o., 
BSC, Business support centre, ltd., Kranj, 
Regional Development Agency in Bielsko-Biała, 
Stebo Competence Centre Community Developmentm, 
Association of Cultural and Creative Industries Chemnitz and Region (Creative Chemnitz), Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography – Germany, Otelo Cooperative