Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2024, Netherlands's employment rates by educational attainment level increased by 0.6% compared to 2023, reaching 90.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 87.8%.

Netherlands ranks 10th 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 0.8% (from 89.7% in 2019).

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