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[SE05] Education level and green transition
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The educational attainment of the adult population (25-64 years) in Slovenia is improving year by year, which has a positive impact on economic growth. In 2022, the share of the population with tertiary education was 45.2%, ranking Slovenia 12th among EU-27 countries. The share of the population with secondary education in 2022 was 49.2%, while the share of the population with lower education was 5.6%. There is a need for faster development of human resources for the green transition.

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Figure SE05-1: Share of population aged 25-64, by educational attainment, Slovenia, 1998-2022
Sources:

Eurostat, 2022

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ISCED levels 0-2 [%] ISCED levels 3-4[%] ISCED levels 5-6[%]
1998 27.45 58.16 14.39
1999 26.04 58.58 15.37
2000 25.18 59.09 15.73
2001 24.12 59.93 13.81
2002 22.70 60.79 14.47
2003 21.54 60.74 17.72
2004 20.69 60.49 18.82
2005 19.70 60.12 20.17
2006 18.43 60.18 21.38
2007 18.19 59.59 22.22
2008 17.96 59.40 22.64
2009 16.71 59.97 23.31
2010 11.72 59.79 28.48
2011 10.23 59.17 30.60
2012 9.99 58.31 31.70
2013 9.45 57.17 33.38
2014 9.84 56.38 33.78
2015 9.07 55.25 35.68
2016 8.07 55.68 36.25
2017 7.99 54.27 37.74
2018 7.88 54.74 37.38
2019 7.24 54.40 38.36
2020 6.02 52.55 41.43
2021 5.48 48.75 45.77
2022 5.63 49.18 45.19
Figure SE05-2: Share of the population by education aged 25-64, EU-27, 2022
Sources:

Eurostat, 2022

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ISCED levels 0-2 [%] ISCED levels 3-4[%] ISCED levels 5-6[%]
Romania 11.43 63.61 24.96
Italy 29.17 45.73 25.10
Czechia 3.80 68.58 27.62
Croatia 6.78 62.65 30.57
Hungary 9.34 58.15 32.52
Slovakia 2.62 64.69 32.69
Bulgaria 10.41 55.47 34.12
Germany 13.30 51.55 35.15
Malta 28.55 36.24 35.21
Portugal 34.54 30.12 35.34
EU-27 15.39 45.61 39.00
Poland 4.07 56.74 39.19
Austria 9.98 50.34 39.68
Greece 15.57 44.07 40.36
Latvia 6.30 50.11 43.58
Estonia 8.45 46.97 44.58
Slovenia 5.63 49.18 45.19
Denmark 13.95 40.44 45.61
Finland 7.73 45.25 47.02
Spain 29.71 23.07 47.22
France 11.93 40.67 47.40
Netherlands 15.20 36.86 47.94
Cyprus 12.30 36.16 51.54
Lithuania 3.34 44.82 51.83
Sweden 8.53 39.52 51.95
Belgium 10.94 35.86 53.20
Luxembourg 15.01 27.21 57.79
Ireland 8.29 32.76 58.94
Figure SE05-3: Funds from the EU Recovery and Resilience Plan for education and green and digital skills, as well as jobs as a percentage of GDP, EU-27, 2022
Sources:

UMAR, 2023

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Education and early childhood education and care[%] Adult learning including continuous vocational education and training, recognition and validation of skills[%] Green skills and jobs[%] Digital skills and jobs[%]
Greece 0.88 1.16 0.28 0.42
Romania 1.51 0.10 0.00 0.53
Italy 1.22 0.23 0 0.63
Croatia 1.32 0.07 0.23 0.29
Slovakia 1.16 0.14 0 0.30
Latvia 0.70 0.29 0 0.37
Lithuania 0.71 0.19 0.02 0.33
Spain 0.38 0.42 0.03 0.39
Portugal 0.62 0.49 0.02 0.07
Slovenia 0.66 0.12 0.08 0.11
Czechia 0.41 0.21 0 0.19
Cyprus 0.59 0.07 0.01 0.10
Malta 0.44 0.29 0 0.02
France 0.19 0.07 0.01 0.08
Austria 0.08 0.06 0 0.09
Bulgaria 0 0.23 0 0
Belgium 0.06 0.11 0 0.06
Estonia 0 0.08 0.05 0.03
Germany 0.06 0.00 0 0.06
Poland 0 0.11 0 0
Luxembourg 0.00 0.09 0 0.01
Sweden 0 0.10 0 0
Ireland 0.02 0.04 0.01 0.02
Finland 0.01 0.04 0.00 0.00
Netherlands 0 0.01 0.00 0
Denmark 0.00 0.00 0.00 0

Methodology

Date of data source summarization
Other sources and literature

  1. Eurostat, 2023: Employment and unemployment (Labour Force Survey).
  2. UMAR, 2023: Poročilo o razvoju 2023. Ljubljana, Urad RS za makroanalize in razvoj.
  3. Evropska komisija, 2019: Evropski zeleni dogovor.
  4. Bianchi, G. Pisiotis, U., Cabrera Giraldez, M., 2022. GreenComp – the European sustainability competence framework. Luxembourg, Publications office of the European Union.
  5. SRS, 2017: Strategija Razvoja Slovenije. Ljubljana: Urad RS za makroanalize in razvoj.
  6. Eurostat. (2023). Eurostat [podatkovna baza]. Luxembourg: Eurostat. Pridobljeno s https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database
  7. EK. (2021). Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard. Thematic analysis. Education. Luxembourg: Urad za publikacije Evropske unije.
  8. EK. (2023). Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard. Thematic analysis. Adult education and skills. Luxembourg: Urad za publikacije Evropske unije.

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Last modified
20.06.2023
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Data on education and green transition summarized according to UMAR-Development Report 2023, environmental part added by Nataša Kovač and Erik Krečič, Slovenian Environment Agency