The 15 most highly educated places in Europe
15. The Community of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid) — 46.9%. The area is one of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain, with capital city Madrid at its heart.
14. The Basque Country (Pais Vasco) — 47.8%. The autonomous community of northern Spain is another highly educated region. Bilbao is a hub of architecture and design.
13. Hovedstaden, Denmark — 48.5%. The area is the eastern most administrative region of Denmark and consists of municipalities of such as the country's most populated city Copenhagen.
12. Stockholm, Sweden —48.7%. The capital of Sweden is also the cultural, media, political, and economic centre.
11. Zurich, Switzerland — 50.4%. It is perhaps unsurprising that Swiss city makes the list since it is a global centre for banking and finance.
10. Eastern Scotland — 50.5%. The region is home to business hub Edinburgh and has one of the world's most prestigious universities.
9. Helsinki (Helsinki-Uusimaa), Finland — 51.3%. The capital and largest city of Finland is in the region of Uusimaa, which boasts a highly educated population.
8. Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire — 51.7%. The three counties are affluent commuter belts. Oxfordshire is also home to one of the world's most prestigious universities, Oxfordshire also has a large commuter population, which travel into London for work as well as in the local area.
7. North eastern Scotland — 52.2%. Aberdeen, the third most populous city in Scotland, has a high ratio of highly educated professional workers, concentrated in the oil industry, as well as a lot of students at the university.
6. Outer London west and north west—53.2%. The regions hold a number of affluent areas such as Richmond, which is home to a lot of high net worth individuals. It also features Harrow, which has the famous private school of the same name.
5. Oslo and Akershus (Oslo og Akershus), Norway — 53.5%. Oslo is both a county and a municipality and is economic and governmental centre of Norway. Akershus borders it and has half a million inhabitants.
4. Walloon Brabant, Belgium — 54.1%. This is one of the richest areas in the whole of Belgium.
3. Outer London south — 55.2%. The London region counts Kingston upon Thames as a concentrated area of the highly educated, as well as Croydon and Sutton.
2. Inner London east — 58.3% The area may have some significantly poor areas, such as parts of Tower Hamlets, but it is also home to Canary Wharf — a key financial district in London.
1. Inner London west — 69.7%. The central London region counts Westminster and the richest borough of Kensington as key areas.
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