Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2010, Germany's employment rates by educational attainment level increased by 0.7% compared to 2009, reaching 87.0%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 83.6%.

Germany ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.8% (from 83.0% in 2005).

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