# Employment rate of recent graduates

Employed people aged 20 to 34 who completed upper secondary or tertiary education (ISCED 2011 levels 3 to 8) one to three years before the survey and are no longer in education or training, as a percentage of all people in that group.

## Key facts

- Employment rate of recent graduates in the European Union (27) was 82.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Malta had the highest employment rate of recent graduates of 27 EU countries in 2025, at 91%, and Greece the lowest, at 62.4%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 28 places, with figures from 2000 to 2025.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-18.

- Indicator id: `recent_graduates_employment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Note: The indicator of the EU target that 82% of recent graduates should be employed by 2030. From the EU labour force survey. Eurostat flags series breaks (most in 2021, under the new framework regulation for social statistics); they are stored as status break.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/recent-graduates-employment-rate
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/recent_graduates_employment_rate

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | % | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| European Union (27) | 2025 | 82.9 | Eurostat. Employment rate of people aged 20 to 34 not in education or training, 1 to 3 years after completing upper secondary or tertiary education (edat_lfse_24). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_24/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18. |

## Rankings

- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/recent-graduates-employment-rate/eu-countries.md) (27 places)