Employment by educational attainment level - quarterly data by country
Countries reporting
34
Highest
6,377
Spain
Lowest
13
Montenegro
Median
267
Years covered
18
2009–2026
Data points
659
What the numbers show
Employment by educational attainment level - quarterly data is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 6,377 in Spain; the lowest is 13 in Montenegro.
The median across all reporting countries is 267, and the mean is 939.32.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 491.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 20.0%), 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 | Spain | 6,377 | 2026 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 2 | Italy | 6,196 | 2026 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 3 | Germany | 5,106 | 2026 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 4 | France | 3,230 | 2026 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1,869 | 2026 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 6 | Portugal | 1,586 | 2026 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 7 | Romania | 910 | 2026 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 8 | Switzerland | 678 | 2026 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 9 | Greece | 578 | 2026 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 10 | Austria | 528 | 2026 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 11 | Poland | 526 | 2026 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 12 | Denmark | 520 | 2026 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 13 | Belgium | 501 | 2026 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 14 | Sweden | 497 | 2026 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 15 | Norway | 412 | 2026 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 16 | Hungary | 384 | 2026 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 17 | Serbia | 286 | 2026 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 18 | Finland | 248 | 2026 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 19 | Czechia | 225 | 2026 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 20 | Ireland | 215 | 2026 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 206 | 2026 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 114 | 2026 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 109 | 2026 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 24 | Malta | 88 | 2026 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 25 | Croatia | 82 | 2026 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 26 | Slovenia | 76 | 2026 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 27 | Slovak Republic | 65 | 2026 | down 29.3% | flat |
| 28 | Cyprus | 60 | 2026 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 29 | Estonia | 59 | 2026 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 30 | Latvia | 57 | 2026 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 31 | Lithuania | 48 | 2026 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 32 | Iceland | 46 | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 42 | 2026 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 34 | Montenegro | 13 | 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.
- Türkiye 12,912