Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2008, Netherlands's employment rates by educational attainment level increased by 0.7% compared to 2007, reaching 87.3%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 84.9%.

Netherlands ranks 7th 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 1.7% (from 85.8% in 2003).

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