Employment rates by educational attainment level

In 2024, Sweden's employment rates by educational attainment level decreased by 1.2% compared to 2023, reaching 89.4%.

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

Sweden ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.0% (from 90.3% in 2019).

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