Employment by educational attainment level - annual data (1998–2020) by country

Countries reporting
36
Highest
1,335
Germany
Lowest
1
Croatia
Median
46
Years covered
23
1998–2020
Data points
770

What the numbers show

Employment by educational attainment level - annual data (1998–2020) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 1,335 in Germany; the lowest is 1 in Croatia.

The median across all reporting countries is 46, and the mean is 179.42.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,335.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Czechia (up 50.0%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 85.7%).

Employment by educational attainment level - annual data: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 1,335 2020 down 18.5% falling
2 Netherlands 525 2020 down 0.2% falling
3 United Kingdom 475 2019 down 31.9% falling
4 France 277 2020 down 10.4% falling
5 Metropolitan France 273 2020 down 41.4% falling
6 Spain 267 2020 down 52.5% falling
7 Türkiye 1,707 2020 down 22.9% flat
7 Italy 217 2020 down 44.5% falling
8 Switzerland 201 2020 down 21.2% falling
9 Denmark 167 2020 down 15.2% falling
10 Austria 138 2020 down 23.8% falling
11 Romania 135 2020 down 39.2% falling
12 Sweden 130 2020 up 18.2% flat
13 Norway 124 2020 down 18.4% rising
14 Poland 97 2020 down 33.6% falling
15 Belgium 65 2020 down 5.8% falling
16 Finland 63 2020 down 13.7% falling
17 Portugal 53 2020 down 70.7% volatile
18 Hungary 39 2020 up 18.2% falling
19 Czechia 33 2020 up 50.0% falling
20 Ireland 27 2020 down 12.9% volatile
21 Bulgaria 19 2020 down 13.6% falling
22 Iceland 13 2020 down 23.5% falling
23 Serbia 12 2020 down 42.9% falling
24 Greece 11 2020 down 83.3% volatile
25 Latvia 8 2020 down 46.7% volatile
25 Lithuania 8 2020 unchanged falling
25 Estonia 8 2020 unchanged falling
28 Slovakia 7 2020 unchanged rising
29 Luxembourg 6 2020 up 50.0% rising
30 Slovenia 5 2020 down 70.6% falling
31 Cyprus 4 2020 down 42.9% falling
31 Malta 4 2020 down 42.9% volatile
33 North Macedonia 3 2020 down 70.0% falling
34 Montenegro 2 2019 unchanged rising
35 Croatia 1 2020 down 85.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Employment by educational attainment level - annual data (1998–2020)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
42 places, 770 data points, 1998–2020
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