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Employment rate of recent graduates in European Union (27)

Employment rate of recent graduates in the European Union (27) was 82.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.7 pts from 2024.

202582.9%
Change on 2024+0.7 pts
Series high83.32023
Series low74.32013

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Employment rate of recent graduates in European Union (27), 2002 to 2025

74767880828420022006201020142018202220252002: 75.1 %2003: 75.6 %2004: 74.5 %2005: 75.3 %2006: 78.1 %2007: 80.2 %2008: 81.8 %2009: 78 %2010: 76.8 %2011: 76.4 %2012: 75.1 %2013: 74.3 %2014: 75 %2015: 75.5 %2016: 77.4 %2017: 79 %2018: 80.9 %2019: 81 %2020: 78.7 %2021: 79.4 %2022: 82.4 %2023: 83.3 %2024: 82.2 %2025: 82.9 %72.57577.58082.58520022010201820252002: 75.1 %2003: 75.6 %2004: 74.5 %2005: 75.3 %2006: 78.1 %2007: 80.2 %2008: 81.8 %2009: 78 %2010: 76.8 %2011: 76.4 %2012: 75.1 %2013: 74.3 %2014: 75 %2015: 75.5 %2016: 77.4 %2017: 79 %2018: 80.9 %2019: 81 %2020: 78.7 %2021: 79.4 %2022: 82.4 %2023: 83.3 %2024: 82.2 %2025: 82.9 %
%. Source: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-09-10.
All 24 values
Period%
202582.9
202482.2
202383.3
202282.4
202179.4 Series break
202078.7
201981
201880.9
201779
201677.4
201575.5
201475 Series break
201374.3
201275.1
201176.4
201076.8
200978
200881.8
200780.2
200678.1 Series break
200575.3
200474.5
200375.6 Series break
200275.1

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Definition

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.

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.

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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.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). 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) (Employment rate of recent graduates, European Union (27), 2002 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_24/default/table

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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), Employment rate of recent graduates, European Union (27), 2002 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_24/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/recent-graduates-employment-rate/european-union. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. 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). Employment rate of recent graduates, European Union (27), 2002 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_24/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/recent-graduates-employment-rate/european-union.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) 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), Employment rate of recent graduates, European Union (27), 2002 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/edat_lfse_24/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/recent-graduates-employment-rate/european-union (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
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What is the employment rate of recent graduates in European Union (27)?

Employment rate of recent graduates in the European Union (27) was 82.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 0.7 pts from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. 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). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest employment rate of recent graduates in European Union (27)?

83.3% in 2023, the highest value since 2002 in this series.

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