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Employment rate of recent graduates in Spain

Employment rate of recent graduates in Spain was 81.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 2.6 pts from 2024. That is the 19th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

202581.2%
Change on 2024+2.6 pts
Rank19th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high862007
Series low59.92013

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Employment rate of recent graduates in Spain, 2000 to 2025

506070809020002004200820122016202020252000: 76.5 %2001: 75.2 %2002: 77.2 %2003: 77.7 %2004: 78.2 %2005: 78.2 %2006: 82.9 %2007: 86 %2008: 82.1 %2009: 73 %2010: 70.6 %2011: 67.1 %2012: 63.6 %2013: 59.9 %2014: 65.1 %2015: 65.2 %2016: 68 %2017: 71.9 %2018: 75.4 %2019: 73 %2020: 69.6 %2021: 71.2 %2022: 78.8 %2023: 77.7 %2024: 78.6 %2025: 81.2 %506070809020002009201820252000: 76.5 %2001: 75.2 %2002: 77.2 %2003: 77.7 %2004: 78.2 %2005: 78.2 %2006: 82.9 %2007: 86 %2008: 82.1 %2009: 73 %2010: 70.6 %2011: 67.1 %2012: 63.6 %2013: 59.9 %2014: 65.1 %2015: 65.2 %2016: 68 %2017: 71.9 %2018: 75.4 %2019: 73 %2020: 69.6 %2021: 71.2 %2022: 78.8 %2023: 77.7 %2024: 78.6 %2025: 81.2 %
%. 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 26 values
Period%
202581.2
202478.6
202377.7
202278.8
202171.2 Series break
202069.6
201973
201875.4
201771.9
201668
201565.2
201465.1 Series break
201359.9
201263.6
201167.1
201070.6
200973
200882.1
200786
200682.9 Series break
200578.2 Series break
200478.2
200377.7 Series break
200277.2
200175.2
200076.5

Compared with European Union (27)

Place2025
Spain81.2
European Union (27)82.9

Spain compared with nearby places

Austria: 87.9 %Belgium: 82.9 %Bulgaria: 81.2 %Cyprus: 82.3 %Czechia: 86.5 %Germany: 90.6 %Denmark: 85.5 %Estonia: 81 %Spain: 81.2 %Finland: 79.5 %France: 77.8 %Greece: 62.4 %Croatia: 78.1 %Hungary: 86.7 %Ireland: 89.1 %Italy: 71.8 %Lithuania: 86.4 %Luxembourg: 84.8 %Latvia: 83.1 %Malta: 91 %Netherlands: 90.1 %Poland: 84.6 %Portugal: 82.2 %Romania: 72.7 %Sweden: 87 %Slovenia: 84.7 %Slovakia: 84.8 %
  • Under 80
  • 80 to 83
  • 83 to 85
  • 85 to 87
  • 87 and over
Employment rate of recent graduates, 2025, %. Spain is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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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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, Spain, 2000 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, Spain, 2000 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/spain. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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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, Spain, 2000 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/spain.

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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, Spain, 2000 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/spain (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the employment rate of recent graduates in Spain?

Employment rate of recent graduates in Spain was 81.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 2.6 pts from 2024. That is the 19th highest of 27 EU countries in 2025.

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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 Spain?

86% in 2007, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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