Employment rates by educational attainment level - quarterly data by country
Countries reporting
47
Highest
75.8%
Iceland
Lowest
42.4%
Montenegro
Median
63.1%
Years covered
29
1998–2026
Data points
1,297
What the numbers show
Employment rates by educational attainment level - quarterly data is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 75.8% in Iceland; the lowest is 42.4% in Montenegro.
The median across all reporting countries is 63.1%, and the mean is 62.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 25.8%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 6.4%).
Employment rates by educational attainment level - quarterly data: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 75.8% | 2026 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 2 | Netherlands | 73.2% | 2026 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 3 | Netherlands | 73.0% | 2026 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 4 | Malta | 72.2% | 2026 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 5 | Switzerland | 71.7% | 2026 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 6 | Norway | 70.1% | 2026 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 7 | Cyprus | 69.9% | 2026 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 8 | Denmark | 69.8% | 2026 | up 9.2% | flat |
| 9 | Sweden | 69.6% | 2026 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 10 | Estonia | 68.6% | 2026 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 11 | Ireland | 68.2% | 2026 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 12 | Estonia | 68.0% | 2026 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 13 | Czechia | 67.3% | 2026 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 67.2% | 2026 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 15 | Lithuania | 66.4% | 2026 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 66.3% | 2020 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 66.3% | 2020 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 18 | Lithuania | 65.8% | 2026 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 19 | Portugal | 65.6% | 2026 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 20 | Hungary | 65.2% | 2026 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 20 | Austria | 65.2% | 2026 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 22 | Latvia | 65.1% | 2026 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 23 | Latvia | 63.8% | 2026 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 24 | Slovenia | 63.1% | 2026 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 25 | Finland | 62.8% | 2026 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 26 | Slovakia | 62.7% | 2026 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 62.6% | 2026 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 28 | Slovenia | 62.5% | 2026 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 28 | Slovak Republic | 62.5% | 2026 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 30 | Poland | 62.4% | 2026 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 62.1% | 2026 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 60.6% | 2026 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 33 | France | 59.8% | 2026 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 34 | Spain | 59.4% | 2026 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 35 | Belgium | 58.7% | 2026 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 36 | Croatia | 58.2% | 2026 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 37 | Croatia | 57.6% | 2026 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 38 | Greece | 57.1% | 2026 | up 25.8% | flat |
| 39 | Serbia | 56.9% | 2026 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 39 | Serbia | 56.9% | 2026 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 41 | Italy | 55.3% | 2026 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 42 | Romania | 53.4% | 2026 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 43 | Türkiye | 51.3% | 2026 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 50.9% | 2026 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 50.9% | 2026 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.5% | 2026 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 47 | Montenegro | 42.4% | 2020 | up 2.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.