LITHUANIANS ARE THE MOST EDUCATED IN THE EU (EUROSTAT)
Updated 2012-02-10
According to the data released by the Eurostat, the share of the population aged 25–64 having completed at least upper secondary education in Lithuania is the highest among the EU countries.
The share in all the EU made up 72.7 per cent, while Lithuania has the highest percentage - 92. The second place (91,1 per cent) goes to the Czech Republic, the third is Slovakia (91 per cent).
In 2010-2011, there were about 134,000 students enrolled in Lithuania’s 22 universities, and more than 53,000 in 23 colleges. During 2000-2010 more than 366 thousand of Lithuanians graduated from colleges and universities, out of which more than 278,5 thousand obtained their degrees in universities and almost 86 thousand in colleges. Lithuania has one of EU's most educated people and continues to be a pool of well educated professionals for local and international businesses.
