According to Eurostat, these are the areas in Europe where the highest percentage of the local population have a ‘tertiary education’- meaning a degree or higher education equivalent.
Not to spoil the surprise, but the UK is one seriously educated place with half of the top 15 areas all within the British Isles. Nice.
Let’s take a look:
15 – The Community of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid) — 46.9%.
14 – The Basque Country (Pais Vasco) — 47.8%.
13 – Hovedstaden, Denmark — 48.5%
12 – Stockholm, Sweden — 48.7%
11 – Zurich, Switzerland — 50.4%
10 – Eastern Scotland — 50.5%
9 – Helsinki (Helsinki-Uusimaa), Finland — 51.3%
8 – Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, (UK) — 51.7%.
7 – North eastern Scotland — 52.2%
6 – Outer London west and north west — 53.2%
5 – Oslo and Akershus (Oslo og Akershus), Norway — 53.5%
4 – Walloon Brabant, Belgium — 54.1%
3 – Outer London south — 55.2%
2 – Inner London east — 58.3%
1 – Inner London west — 69.7%
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