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

Indicator

2021

55.3

1998

57.4

Operations

Rate - %

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	┴50.3	┴10.3	┴34.4	┴63.6	┴56.9	┴63.1	┴75.1
2012	48.1	8.4	31.6	60.4	53.3	60.3	72.2
2013	47.4	7.7	29.3	58.4	51.6	60.8	70.6
2014	49.0	7.6	27.3	60.1	52.6	63.1	73.5
2015	50.1	6.7	26.8	61.1	54.2	64.0	74.5
2016	51.1	6.9	26.9	60.6	53.3	65.3	75.8
2017	52.9	7.4	26.8	63.5	55.4	67.4	76.8
2018	54.5	8.1	26.1	65.3	56.8	68.5	78.8
2019	55.0	7.4	24.6	63.2	57.1	69.6	79.2
2020	53.8	7.4	21.8	60.9	54.2	65.8	77.0
2021	55.3	5.8	21.2	60.3	54.1	65.7	78.6

Sources/Entities: INE, PORDATA
Last updated: 2022-03-18

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