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Key Insights
The data reveals significant educational trends and disparities across different territory types in Belgium:
- Consistent growth across all areas: All territory types show steady improvement in higher education attainment from 2012 to 2024
- Urban areas lead consistently: Urban areas maintain the highest rates, growing from 35.0% in 2012 to 45.0% in 2024 (10.0 percentage points increase)
- Rural areas show remarkable progress: Rural areas experienced the strongest growth, from 32.0% in 2012 to 41.9% in 2024 (9.9 percentage points increase)
- Intermediate areas achieve highest rates: Intermediate areas reach the peak at 47.7% in 2022 and maintain strong performance at 46.1% in 2024
- Narrowing gaps: The gap between different territory types has been narrowing over time, indicating more equitable educational outcomes
Legend Description
Chart Type: Line Chart
Data: Percentage of population aged 25-64 with higher education (ISCED levels 5-8)
Colors: #18baa8 (Urban), #45d1c4 (Intermediate), #0a9080 (Rural)
Years Displayed: 2012-2024
Categories: Urban (URB), Rural (RUR), Intermediate (INT)
Gender: Total population (both sexes)
Population aged 25-64 by educational attainment level, sex and other typologies
BE (Belgium)Data-Level: BE Source: Eurostat - Population aged 25-64 by educational attainment level, sex and other typologies (urt_edat_lfse4)
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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