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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
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
Author(s): 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

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