European post-industrial regions
Adults with no education or low educational attainment in West Central Scotland compared to selected European post-industrial regions
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Just under a quarter (22.5%) of adults aged 25-64 in South Western Scotland have either no qualifications or low level qualifications (below SVQ Level 2). The region is mid-ranked compared to other European regions on this indicator, faring ‘better’ than Merseyside and Nord-Pas-de-Calais but ‘worse’ than the German and East European regions.
Adults with tertiary level qualifications in West Central Scotland compared to selected European post-industrial regions
South Western Scotland has the highest proportion of adults aged 25-64 with tertiary level qualifications (degree or equivalent or above): just under half of adults were qualified to this level in 2016.
Notes
The choice of cities is based on research to compare Glasgow and West Central Scotland to other post-regions of Europe. Reports from this work are available here.
If you require the most up-to-date data available, please check the sources directly as new data may have been published since these pages were last updated.
South Western Scotland includes the following areas: East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and Helensburgh and Lomond, Dumfries and Galloway, East and North Ayrshire mainland, Glasgow, Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire.
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