Employment rates of recent graduates

In 2025, Netherlands's employment rates of recent graduates decreased by 1.6% compared to 2024, reaching 90.1.

Netherlands accounts for 108.6% of the EU-27 total of 83.0.

Netherlands ranks 3rd 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 0.9% (from 89.3 in 2020).

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