In 2022, most of the Belgian population above the age of 15 had obtained some sort of higher secondary education with under 3.5 billion people, while fewer than one million had only obtained a lower education diploma or no diploma at all. Over 1.7 billion people had obtained a bachelor, master or similar type of degree.
Population of Belgium from 2017 to 2022, by education level
Characteristic
Lower education or no diploma
Lower secondary education
Higher secondary education
Higher non-university education short type / Professional Bachelor
Higher non-university education long type / University education / Academic Bachelor or Master
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Statbel. (March 29, 2023). Population of Belgium from 2017 to 2022, by education level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1313776/belgium-population-by-education-level/
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