# Abitur rate: Share of school leavers from general schools with the Abitur (Allgemeine Hochschulreife)
# Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis), GENESIS-Online: Absolventen und Abgänger: Bundesländer, Schuljahr, Geschlecht, Schulart, Schulabschlüsse (Statistik der allgemeinbildenden Schulen; table last updated 30.09.2026) (21111-0013), https://genesis.destatis.de/datenbank/online/statistic/21111/table/21111-0013, accessed 2026-11-04, Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0 (dl-de/by-2-0)
# Compiled by Germany Divided, CC BY 4.0. Side: former East/West by 1949-1990 border; Berlin shown separately.
snapshot,reference_year,level,code,name,side,value_%
now,2024/25,aggregate,east,Former East (excl. Berlin),east,29.5
now,2024/25,aggregate,west,Former West (excl. Berlin),west,33.3
now,2024/25,aggregate,berlin,Berlin,berlin,41.9
now,2024/25,land,10,Saarland,west,28.4
now,2024/25,land,11,Berlin,berlin,41.9
now,2024/25,land,12,Brandenburg,east,37.7
now,2024/25,land,13,Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,east,29.3
now,2024/25,land,14,Sachsen,east,28.6
now,2024/25,land,15,Sachsen-Anhalt,east,24.2
now,2024/25,land,16,Thüringen,east,27.1
now,2024/25,land,01,Schleswig-Holstein,west,35.6
now,2024/25,land,02,Hamburg,west,51.5
now,2024/25,land,03,Niedersachsen,west,30.4
now,2024/25,land,04,Bremen,west,30.9
now,2024/25,land,05,Nordrhein-Westfalen,west,37.1
now,2024/25,land,06,Hessen,west,29.9
now,2024/25,land,07,Rheinland-Pfalz,west,32.5
now,2024/25,land,08,Baden-Württemberg,west,28.2
then,1997/98,aggregate,east,Former East (excl. Berlin),east,26.1
then,1997/98,aggregate,west,Former West (excl. Berlin),west,22.5
then,1997/98,aggregate,berlin,Berlin,berlin,30.2
then,1997/98,aggregate,germany,Germany,,23.6
then,1997/98,land,10,Saarland,west,21.6
then,1997/98,land,11,Berlin,berlin,30.2
then,1997/98,land,12,Brandenburg,east,28.3
then,1997/98,land,13,Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,east,22.8
then,1997/98,land,14,Sachsen,east,26.6
then,1997/98,land,15,Sachsen-Anhalt,east,24.1
then,1997/98,land,16,Thüringen,east,27.9
then,1997/98,land,01,Schleswig-Holstein,west,20.2
then,1997/98,land,02,Hamburg,west,30.4
then,1997/98,land,03,Niedersachsen,west,21.6
then,1997/98,land,04,Bremen,west,30.9
then,1997/98,land,05,Nordrhein-Westfalen,west,26.3
then,1997/98,land,06,Hessen,west,25.3
then,1997/98,land,07,Rheinland-Pfalz,west,21.3
then,1997/98,land,08,Baden-Württemberg,west,20
then,1997/98,land,09,Bayern,west,18.1