Ranking List
Chance of Academic Education

Chance of children of parents with an academic education (academic parents)* to reach a university degree, in comparison with children of non-academic parents in Europe (the smaller the factor, the better the chance)

*related to today grownups (stand: 2008)

Position

Country

x-time higher chances

1

Germany

2.1

2

Finland

2.2

3

Great Britain

2,4

4

Estonia

2,6

5

Sweden

2,6

6

Netherlands

2,8

7

Belgium

3,2

8

Denmark

3,2

9

Spain

3,3

10

France

3,3

11

Ireland

3,5

 

Austria

3,6

12

EU-25

3,6

13 Lithuania 3,8
14 Greece 4,1
15 Cyprus 4,1
16 Latvia 4,7
17 Portugal 6,0
18 Luxembourg 6,5
19 Slovakia 6,7
20 Italy 7,7
21 Slovenia 8,0
22 Hungary 9,1
23 Poland 9,7
24 Czech Republic 11,0

Source: Frankfurter Rundschau No. 121, May 27, 2008, EU social report

The ranking list shows the privileg of an academic education dependent on the social affiliation: in Germany children of non-academic parents have the best chances to reach a university degree.

The ranking list has been compiled in the best of one‘s knowledge. For the completeness and for the total correctness of contents of this ranking list cannot be taken over guarantee.