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Employment rate: total and by highest level of education completed (%)
Indicator
Total Educational qualifications
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
2025
57.3
%
1998
57.4
%
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Educational qualifications
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
24.6
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
66.2
59.0
63.9
79.0
2010
54.6
21.4
45.8
65.0
57.5
63.4
77.7
2011
┴
50.2
┴
10.2
┴
34.3
┴
63.5
┴
56.8
┴
63.2
┴
75.1
2012
48.0
8.3
31.5
60.5
53.3
60.3
72.2
2013
47.3
7.7
29.1
58.4
51.4
60.8
70.7
2014
48.9
7.5
27.1
60.1
52.6
63.2
73.6
2015
50.0
6.6
26.7
61.0
54.1
64.0
74.6
2016
51.0
6.9
26.8
60.7
53.4
65.4
75.9
2017
52.8
7.3
26.6
63.5
55.3
67.5
76.9
2018
54.3
7.9
25.9
65.2
56.7
68.5
78.9
2019
54.6
7.2
24.2
62.9
56.9
69.5
79.3
2020
53.1
7.3
21.7
60.9
54.5
66.0
77.5
2021
54.3
5.3
21.6
61.1
54.8
66.3
79.5
2022
55.6
6.2
21.3
61.3
54.9
68.4
80.3
2023
56.3
7.9
21.3
59.9
55.9
69.5
80.0
2024
56.4
9.0
19.7
58.1
54.2
69.6
79.5
2025
57.3
9.0
18.6
58.1
53.1
70.1
79.7
Sources/Entities: PORDATA
Last updated: 2026-03-24
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