Employment rates by educational attainment level - quarterly data by country
Countries reporting
35
Highest
76
Iceland
Lowest
42.4
Montenegro
Median
63.8
Years covered
29
1998–2026
Data points
1,007
What the numbers show
Employment rates by educational attainment level - quarterly data is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 76 in Iceland; the lowest is 42.4 in Montenegro.
The median across all reporting countries is 63.8, and the mean is 62.6.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Malta (up 21.7%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 4.2%).
Employment rates by educational attainment level - quarterly data: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 76 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 2 | Netherlands | 73 | 2026 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 3 | Malta | 71.7 | 2026 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 4 | Switzerland | 71.3 | 2026 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 5 | Norway | 69 | 2026 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 6 | Denmark | 68.8 | 2026 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 6 | Cyprus | 68.8 | 2026 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 8 | Sweden | 68.4 | 2026 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 9 | Estonia | 68 | 2026 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 67.5 | 2026 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 11 | Ireland | 67.3 | 2026 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 12 | Czechia | 66.6 | 2026 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 66.3 | 2020 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 14 | Lithuania | 65.8 | 2026 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 15 | Hungary | 65 | 2026 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 64.7 | 2026 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 17 | Portugal | 64.5 | 2026 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 18 | Latvia | 63.8 | 2026 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 19 | Slovenia | 62.5 | 2026 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 19 | Slovakia | 62.5 | 2026 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 21 | Poland | 62.4 | 2026 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 61.9 | 2026 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 61.1 | 2026 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 60.5 | 2026 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 25 | France | 59.6 | 2026 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 26 | Belgium | 58.6 | 2026 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 58.3 | 2026 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 28 | Croatia | 57.6 | 2026 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 29 | Serbia | 56.5 | 2026 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 30 | Greece | 55.1 | 2026 | up 21.4% | flat |
| 31 | Italy | 54.5 | 2026 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 32 | Romania | 53.3 | 2026 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 33 | North Macedonia | 50.8 | 2026 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.9 | 2026 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 35 | 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.