3. Smart Indicators 3.2 Smart People Education and training
Education and training Population with university qualifications
A key element in the development of cities is having well‐educated citizens. With regard to the percentage of the population that hold university qualifications, of the 15 cities (2 in Africa, 4 in Latin America, 1 in Asia and 8 in Europe) that answered the question, 10 cities have between 0% and 25% university graduates while 5 cities have between 26% and 50%. Notably, of the 15 cities that responded to the question, the population holding university qualifications did not exceed 51% in any of them.
As for the analysis by regions, between 0% and 25% of the population in the 2 African cities and 4 Latin American cities have university studies. In Europe, between 0% and 25% of the population of 4 cities and between 26% and 50% of the population of another 4 cities have university studies. We must mention the high percentage in the cities of Barcelona and Malmö, with 37% and 40% respectively. In the case of Asia, 33% of the population of Taipei have university studies.
% of population with university qualifications in cities by regions
% of population with university qualifications in cities
100%
100%
90%
90%
80%
80%
% of cities
70% 60%
50%
70% 60%
67%
50%
100%
100%
100%
40%
50%
30%
40%
50%
20%
33%
30%
10% 0%
20% 0%
10%
0%
Africa
Latin America
0‐25%
0%
0‐25%
26‐50%
51‐75%
26‐50%
Asia
51‐75%
Europe
76‐100%
76‐100%
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