Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2025, Germany's employment rates by educational attainment level decreased by 0.2% compared to 2024, reaching 88.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 88.1%.

Germany ranks 17th 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 0.8% (from 87.5% in 2020).

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