Employment by educational attainment level - quarterly data by country
Countries reporting
45
Highest
13,663 Thousand persons
Türkiye
Lowest
13 Thousand persons
Montenegro
Median
234 Thousand persons
Years covered
18
2009–2026
Data points
839
What the numbers show
Employment by educational attainment level - quarterly data is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 13,663 Thousand persons in Türkiye; the lowest is 13 Thousand persons in Montenegro.
The median across all reporting countries is 234 Thousand persons, and the mean is 1,091 Thousand persons.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,051.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 34.5%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 48.1%).
Employment by educational attainment level - quarterly data: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 13,663 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 2 | Spain | 6,568 Thousand persons | 2026 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 3 | Italy | 6,307 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 4 | Germany | 5,033 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 5 | France | 3,215 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1,869 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 7 | Netherlands | 1,855 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 8 | Portugal | 1,591 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 9 | Romania | 848 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 10 | Switzerland | 686 Thousand persons | 2026 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 11 | Greece | 588 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 12 | Sweden | 562 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 13 | Poland | 561 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 14 | Denmark | 534 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 15 | Austria | 529 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 16 | Poland | 526 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 17 | Belgium | 500 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 18 | Norway | 415 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 19 | Hungary | 381 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 20 | Serbia | 276 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 20 | Serbia | 276 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 22 | Finland | 271 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 23 | Ireland | 234 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 232 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 25 | Czechia | 221 Thousand persons | 2026 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 26 | North Macedonia | 111 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 26 | North Macedonia | 111 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 26 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 111 Thousand persons | 2026 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 29 | Malta | 83 Thousand persons | 2026 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 29 | Croatia | 83 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 31 | Croatia | 82 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 32 | Slovenia | 76 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 33 | Latvia | 74 Thousand persons | 2026 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 34 | Slovenia | 69 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 35 | Slovakia | 66 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 28.3% | flat |
| 36 | Slovakia | 65 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 29.3% | flat |
| 37 | Estonia | 64 Thousand persons | 2026 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 38 | Cyprus | 61 Thousand persons | 2026 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 39 | Estonia | 59 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 40 | Latvia | 57 Thousand persons | 2026 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 41 | Lithuania | 48 Thousand persons | 2026 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 45 Thousand persons | 2026 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 43 | Iceland | 42 Thousand persons | 2026 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 44 | Lithuania | 41 Thousand persons | 2026 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 45 | Montenegro | 13 Thousand persons | 2020 | down 18.8% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) 30,615 Thousand persons
- Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026) 27,508 Thousand persons
- Euro area – 20 countries (2023-2025) 27,276 Thousand persons