Less than primary, primary, and lower secondary education correspond to level 0 to 2 of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) of 2011.
Upper-secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education corresponds to levels 3 and 4 of ISCED 2011.
Tertiary education corresponds to levels 5 to 8 of ISCED 2011.
Data belongs to the "Population by educational attainment level, sex and age (%) - main indicators" Eurostat dataset, online data code edat_lfse_03.
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Population share in Portugal 2024, by education level
In Portugal, in 2024, almost 39 percent of the population between the ages of 25 and 64 years had attained at most the lower secondary education level. Over 31 percent of the population had reached, in the same year, the level of tertiary education.
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Eurostat. (April 14, 2025). Distribution of the population in Portugal in 2024, by highest education level attained [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/1488131/portugal-population-by-education-level/
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