Employment rates of recent graduates

In 2025, Italy's employment rates of recent graduates increased by 3.2% compared to 2024, reaching 71.8.

Italy accounts for 86.5% of the EU-27 total of 83.0.

Italy ranks 26th 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 26.0% (from 57.0 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00053, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.