Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2020, Sweden's employment rates by educational attainment level decreased by 1.1% compared to 2019, reaching 89.3%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 85.4%.

Sweden ranks 5th 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 0.0% (from 89.3% in 2015).

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