Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2024, Austria's employment rates by educational attainment level decreased by 0.5% compared to 2023, reaching 86.4%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 87.8%.

Austria ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.1% (from 86.5% in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_ergaed, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.