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 Proportion of resident population with 18 and more years with at least upper secondary education completed (Series 2021 - %)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of resident population with 18 and more years with at least upper secondary education completed (Series 2021 - %) by Place of residence (NUTS - 2024), Sex and Age group; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Labour force survey (Series 2021)
First available period 2011
Last available period 2025
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2024)
  • Sex
  • Age group
Concepts
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • RESIDENT POPULATION:  Set of persons who, regardless of being present or absent in a given housing unit at the moment of observation, have lived in the place of their usual residence for a continuous period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, or have arrived to the place of their usual residence during the period of 12 months prior to the moment of observation, with the purpose of living there for a year, at least.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference.
  • UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION:  Level of education that succeeds basic education, is characterized by greater diversity and complexity of education and training provision and aims to deepen learning for further studies or entering labor market.
Formule

(Resident population with at least upper secondary education completed/ Resident population with 18 and more years old)*100

Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations National Statistics System on Gender Equality
Last update date 04/02/2026


information presented in 7/2/2026