Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2006, Netherlands's employment rates by educational attainment level increased by 0.8% compared to 2005, reaching 85.1%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 84.0%.

Netherlands ranks 14th 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 2.1% (from 86.9% in 2001).

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