SE · 2016 · lfsa_ergaed

Employment rates by educational attainment level

Sweden, 2016

Employment rates by educational attainment level
89.5%
Sweden, 2016
▲ 0.2% vs 2015 (89.3%)
Analysis

In 2016, Sweden's employment rates by educational attainment level increased by 0.2% compared to 2015, reaching 89.5%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 84.7%.

Sweden 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 1.4% (from 88.3% in 2011).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#3 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
105.7%
EU-27: 84.7%
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
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