Malta has the third lowest proportion of people aged between 30 and 34 with tertiary education from among EU states. According to figures published by Eurostat today, Italy was at the lowest end of the scale with 25.3 per cent, followed by Romania (25.6 per cent) and Malta (27.8 per cent). Lithuania sits at the other end of the spectrum at 57.6 per cent followed by Cyprus (54.6 per cent), Ireland and Luxembourg (both 52.3 per cent). Twelve member states - Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden - have already met or exceeded their 2020 national target for this indicator. The figures show that the share of persons in this age bracket in the EU who have completed tertiary education has constantly increased, from 23.6 per cent in 2002, when the series started, to 38.7 per cent last year. This pattern was even more significant for women (from 24.5 per cent in 2002 to 43.4 per cent in 2015, meaning above the overall Europe 2020 target) than for men (from 22.6 per cent to 34 per cent meaning still below the overall Europe 2020 target). The Europe 2020 strategy's target is that at least 40 per cent of...
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