Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2016, France's employment rates by educational attainment level increased by 1.2% compared to 2015, reaching 84.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 84.7%.

France ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.3% (from 83.8% in 2011).

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