Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2007, Sweden's employment rates by educational attainment level increased by 1.4% compared to 2006, reaching 88.5%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 84.6%.

Sweden ranks 2nd 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 1.0% (from 87.6% in 2002).

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