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Employment rate: total and by highest level of education completed (%)

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2019

55.4

1998

57.4

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Years	Educational qualifications
Years	Total	With no educational qualifications	Compulsory education - 1st cycle	Compulsory education - 2nd cycle	Compulsory education - 3rd cycle	Upper-secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary	Higher education
1998	57.4	29.6	61.9	71.7	54.6	59.4	83.2
1999	57.8	30.7	60.9	72.0	55.5	61.9	84.2
2000	58.6	30.3	61.1	72.6	57.7	61.9	84.6
2001	59.0	30.1	60.4	73.3	60.1	62.1	84.5
2002	58.8	29.1	59.9	72.7	60.1	63.0	83.1
2003	58.0	28.4	58.3	71.7	58.8	61.2	81.4
2004	57.5	25.9	55.6	71.3	59.5	60.4	81.4
2005	57.2	25.2	54.7	70.0	59.5	60.9	80.9
2006	57.3	24.2	53.9	69.9	60.3	62.2	79.2
2007	57.3	24.5	53.1	69.2	60.4	62.3	78.9
2008	57.4	23.8	51.6	69.3	61.0	63.3	79.8
2009	55.6	22.1	47.7	66.1	59.0	63.9	79.0
2010	54.6	21.4	45.8	65.0	57.5	63.4	77.7
2011	┴52.8	┴18.9	┴42.0	┴62.7	┴55.7	┴63.4	┴75.2
2012	50.8	17.2	39.5	60.0	52.5	60.7	72.3
2013	49.7	15.1	36.5	57.8	51.0	61.2	70.7
2014	50.7	13.3	33.5	59.3	51.5	63.5	73.6
2015	51.3	11.8	32.2	60.0	52.6	64.3	74.6
2016	52.0	11.3	31.7	59.5	52.0	65.5	75.9
2017	53.7	11.9	31.4	62.4	53.9	67.6	76.8
2018	55.0	11.7	30.4	63.5	55.2	68.7	78.8
2019	55.4	10.2	28.7	62.3	55.4	69.9	79.2

Sources/Entities: INE, PORDATA
Last updated: 2020-02-07

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