The countries in Europe with the greatest disparity in secondary-level educational attainment between their urban and rural areas in 2021 were Bulgaria, Romania, and Belarus. In Bulgaria, while 92 percent of young people in urban areas graduate from upper secondary school, less than three-quarters in rural areas do so. There is variation between European countries in whether it is rural or urban areas that have higher educational attainment - for instance, in Austria, rural areas show over 90 percent of young people attaining secondary level education, while in urban areas this rate falls to around 80 percent. Regional disparities may be driven by relative deprivation of certain areas or by cultural differences, particularly the likelihood of young people to leave school to work in agriculture in rural areas.
Share of young people in Europe who have achieved secondary-level educational attainment in rural and in urban areas in 2021, by country
Data for the following countries comes from the 2021 EU Labor Force Survey (LFS): Denmark, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Luxembourg, Norway, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania, Finland, France, Greece, Poland, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia.
Data for the UK comes from the EU LFS for 2019.
Data for the following countries comes from the 2019 UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys: North Macedonia, Belarus.
Data for the Russian Federarion comes from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey published by the Higher School of Economics in 2021.
Data for Albania comes from the World Bank's Demographic and Health Survey from 2017.
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UNESCO. (October 5, 2023). Share of young people in Europe who have achieved secondary-level educational attainment in rural and in urban areas in 2021, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416859/secondary-level-education-urban-rural-europe/
UNESCO. "Share of young people in Europe who have achieved secondary-level educational attainment in rural and in urban areas in 2021, by country ." Chart. October 5, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416859/secondary-level-education-urban-rural-europe/
UNESCO. (2023). Share of young people in Europe who have achieved secondary-level educational attainment in rural and in urban areas in 2021, by country . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416859/secondary-level-education-urban-rural-europe/
UNESCO. "Share of Young People in Europe Who Have Achieved Secondary-level Educational Attainment in Rural and in Urban Areas in 2021, by Country ." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416859/secondary-level-education-urban-rural-europe/
UNESCO, Share of young people in Europe who have achieved secondary-level educational attainment in rural and in urban areas in 2021, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416859/secondary-level-education-urban-rural-europe/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Share of young people in Europe who have achieved secondary-level educational attainment in rural and in urban areas in 2021, by country [Graph], UNESCO, October 5, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416859/secondary-level-education-urban-rural-europe/
