tps00053 · 2014–2025

Employment rates of recent graduates

Eurostat tps00053 — Employment rates of recent graduates. Data range: 2014 to 2025.

At a glance

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for employment rates of recent graduates was 83.0 .

That is a 0.9% rose versus 2024 (82.3).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 5.5% higher.

Across member states, Malta reported the highest value (91.0, 2025) and Greece the lowest (62.4, 2025).

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00053; every value links back to the canonical source.

EU-27 · 2025
83.0
HIGHEST · 2025
Malta
91.0
LOWEST · 2025
Greece
62.4

Map · 2025

Finland: 79.5 FI 79.5 Sweden: 87.0 SE 87.0 Denmark: 85.5 DK 85.5 Estonia: 81.0 EE 81.0 Ireland: 89.1 IE 89.1 Netherlands: 90.1 NL 90.1 Germany: 90.6 DE 90.6 Poland: 84.6 PL 84.6 Latvia: 83.1 LV 83.1 Belgium: 82.9 BE 82.9 Luxembourg: 84.7 LU 84.7 Czechia: 86.5 CZ 86.5 Slovakia: 84.8 SK 84.8 Lithuania: 86.4 LT 86.4 France: 77.9 FR 77.9 Austria: 87.9 AT 87.9 Hungary: 86.7 HU 86.7 Romania: 72.7 RO 72.7 Portugal: 82.2 PT 82.2 Spain: 81.3 ES 81.3 Italy: 71.8 IT 71.8 Slovenia: 84.7 SI 84.7 Bulgaria: 81.2 BG 81.2 Cyprus: 82.3 CY 82.3 Malta: 91.0 MT 91.0 Croatia: 78.1 HR 78.1 Greece: 62.4 EL 62.4
62.4 91.0

Ranking · 2025

Malta MT 91 Germany DE 90.6 Netherlands NL 90.1 Ireland IE 89.1 Austria AT 87.9 Sweden SE 87 Hungary HU 86.7 Czechia CZ 86.5 Lithuania LT 86.4 Denmark DK 85.5 Slovakia SK 84.8 Luxembourg LU 84.7 Slovenia SI 84.7 Poland PL 84.6 Latvia LV 83.1 European Union (27) EU 83 Belgium BE 82.9 Cyprus CY 82.3 Portugal PT 82.2 Spain ES 81.3 Bulgaria BG 81.2 Estonia EE 81 Finland FI 79.5 Croatia HR 78.1 France FR 77.9 Romania RO 72.7 Italy IT 71.8 Greece EL 62.4
2025 ranking · 28 countries

Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27

71.3 77.83 84.35 90.87 97.4 2014 2016 2017 2019 2020 2022 2023 2025 Malta Germany Netherlands Ireland Austria Sweden Hungary Czechia Lithuania Denmark Slovakia Luxembourg European Union (27) Employment rates of recent graduates (value) MT DE NL IE AT SE HU CZ LT DK SK LU EU27_2020
  • Malta 91
  • Germany 90.6
  • Netherlands 90.1
  • Ireland 89.1
  • Austria 87.9
  • Sweden 87
  • Hungary 86.7
  • Czechia 86.5
  • Lithuania 86.4
  • Denmark 85.5
  • Slovakia 84.8
  • Luxembourg 84.7
  • European Union (27) 83

Country × year heatmap · all values

201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 Austria AT Austria · 2014: 87.2 Austria · 2015: 86.9 Austria · 2016: 87.6 Austria · 2017: 89.4 Austria · 2018: 88.6 Austria · 2019: 89.0 Austria · 2020: 88.4 Austria · 2021: 87.7 Austria · 2022: 88.4 Austria · 2023: 89.0 Austria · 2024: 86.5 Austria · 2025: 87.9 Belgium BE Belgium · 2014: 79.0 Belgium · 2015: 79.5 Belgium · 2016: 81.2 Belgium · 2017: 81.9 Belgium · 2018: 83.4 Belgium · 2019: 83.5 Belgium · 2020: 82.9 Belgium · 2021: 83.2 Belgium · 2022: 82.9 Belgium · 2023: 86.4 Belgium · 2024: 79.7 Belgium · 2025: 82.9 Bulgaria BG Bulgaria · 2014: 65.4 Bulgaria · 2015: 74.6 Bulgaria · 2016: 72.0 Bulgaria · 2017: 77.7 Bulgaria · 2018: 78.6 Bulgaria · 2019: 80.8 Bulgaria · 2020: 78.8 Bulgaria · 2021: 73.9 Bulgaria · 2022: 79.0 Bulgaria · 2023: 84.2 Bulgaria · 2024: 80.9 Bulgaria · 2025: 81.2 Croatia HR Croatia · 2014: 63.4 Croatia · 2015: 62.7 Croatia · 2016: 72.7 Croatia · 2017: 65.4 Croatia · 2018: 70.7 Croatia · 2019: 75.3 Croatia · 2020: 75.8 Croatia · 2021: 75.8 Croatia · 2022: 79.7 Croatia · 2023: 78.1 Croatia · 2024: 81.4 Croatia · 2025: 78.1 Cyprus CY Cyprus · 2014: 68.7 Cyprus · 2015: 68.9 Cyprus · 2016: 73.4 Cyprus · 2017: 71.6 Cyprus · 2018: 78.9 Cyprus · 2019: 80.8 Cyprus · 2020: 78.4 Cyprus · 2021: 80.9 Cyprus · 2022: 82.4 Cyprus · 2023: 80.0 Cyprus · 2024: 83.5 Cyprus · 2025: 82.3 Czechia CZ Czechia · 2014: 81.3 Czechia · 2015: 82.2 Czechia · 2016: 86.7 Czechia · 2017: 89.9 Czechia · 2018: 89.6 Czechia · 2019: 87.3 Czechia · 2020: 87.3 Czechia · 2021: 84.2 Czechia · 2022: 82.2 Czechia · 2023: 85.4 Czechia · 2024: 86.5 Czechia · 2025: 86.5 Denmark DK Denmark · 2014: 82.5 Denmark · 2015: 80.8 Denmark · 2016: 82.6 Denmark · 2017: 81.7 Denmark · 2018: 84.7 Denmark · 2019: 85.1 Denmark · 2020: 83.6 Denmark · 2021: 84.1 Denmark · 2022: 85.1 Denmark · 2023: 84.6 Denmark · 2024: 85.0 Denmark · 2025: 85.5 Estonia EE Estonia · 2014: 80.9 Estonia · 2015: 79.8 Estonia · 2016: 76.5 Estonia · 2017: 80.4 Estonia · 2018: 82.0 Estonia · 2019: 82.3 Estonia · 2020: 79.7 Estonia · 2021: 80.8 Estonia · 2022: 77.4 Estonia · 2023: 84.7 Estonia · 2024: 84.4 Estonia · 2025: 81.0 Finland FI Finland · 2014: 77.0 Finland · 2015: 75.5 Finland · 2016: 77.4 Finland · 2017: 77.0 Finland · 2018: 81.7 Finland · 2019: 84.4 Finland · 2020: 81.5 Finland · 2021: 81.5 Finland · 2022: 83.9 Finland · 2023: 84.0 Finland · 2024: 82.5 Finland · 2025: 79.5 France FR France · 2014: 75.5 France · 2015: 71.8 France · 2016: 72.6 France · 2017: 73.6 France · 2018: 77.9 France · 2019: 75.7 France · 2020: 74.9 France · 2021: 78.1 France · 2022: 78.6 France · 2023: 80.1 France · 2024: 76.8 France · 2025: 77.9 Germany DE Germany · 2014: 90.0 Germany · 2015: 90.4 Germany · 2016: 90.1 Germany · 2017: 90.9 Germany · 2018: 92.1 Germany · 2019: 92.7 Germany · 2020: 89.6 Germany · 2021: 91.2 Germany · 2022: 92.2 Germany · 2023: 91.6 Germany · 2024: 90.5 Germany · 2025: 90.6 Greece EL Greece · 2014: 44.3 Greece · 2015: 45.2 Greece · 2016: 49.2 Greece · 2017: 52.0 Greece · 2018: 55.3 Greece · 2019: 59.4 Greece · 2020: 54.9 Greece · 2021: 60.1 Greece · 2022: 66.1 Greece · 2023: 72.3 Greece · 2024: 73.2 Greece · 2025: 62.4 Hungary HU Hungary · 2014: 78.5 Hungary · 2015: 80.4 Hungary · 2016: 85.0 Hungary · 2017: 84.7 Hungary · 2018: 87.5 Hungary · 2019: 85.6 Hungary · 2020: 82.3 Hungary · 2021: 85.6 Hungary · 2022: 89.3 Hungary · 2023: 88.4 Hungary · 2024: 88.0 Hungary · 2025: 86.7 Ireland IE Ireland · 2014: 76.0 Ireland · 2015: 77.9 Ireland · 2016: 82.2 Ireland · 2017: 83.5 Ireland · 2018: 84.3 Ireland · 2019: 84.5 Ireland · 2020: 79.5 Ireland · 2021: 86.5 Ireland · 2022: 87.3 Ireland · 2023: 88.7 Ireland · 2024: 87.7 Ireland · 2025: 89.1 Italy IT Italy · 2014: 45.0 Italy · 2015: 48.5 Italy · 2016: 52.9 Italy · 2017: 55.2 Italy · 2018: 56.6 Italy · 2019: 58.8 Italy · 2020: 57.0 Italy · 2021: 57.9 Italy · 2022: 65.2 Italy · 2023: 67.5 Italy · 2024: 69.6 Italy · 2025: 71.8 Latvia LV Latvia · 2014: 77.0 Latvia · 2015: 78.8 Latvia · 2016: 81.4 Latvia · 2017: 78.0 Latvia · 2018: 84.1 Latvia · 2019: 84.1 Latvia · 2020: 79.1 Latvia · 2021: 78.1 Latvia · 2022: 85.3 Latvia · 2023: 85.2 Latvia · 2024: 76.9 Latvia · 2025: 83.1 Lithuania LT Lithuania · 2014: 80.7 Lithuania · 2015: 82.1 Lithuania · 2016: 82.4 Lithuania · 2017: 83.9 Lithuania · 2018: 84.7 Lithuania · 2019: 80.1 Lithuania · 2020: 74.5 Lithuania · 2021: 79.9 Lithuania · 2022: 83.4 Lithuania · 2023: 80.0 Lithuania · 2024: 78.1 Lithuania · 2025: 86.4 Luxembourg LU Luxembourg · 2014: 83.8 Luxembourg · 2015: 84.7 Luxembourg · 2016: 85.4 Luxembourg · 2017: 88.5 Luxembourg · 2018: 87.9 Luxembourg · 2019: 89.4 Luxembourg · 2020: 80.5 Luxembourg · 2021: 83.4 Luxembourg · 2022: 93.4 Luxembourg · 2023: 84.7 Luxembourg · 2024: 77.9 Luxembourg · 2025: 84.7 Malta MT Malta · 2014: 93.6 Malta · 2015: 95.1 Malta · 2016: 96.0 Malta · 2017: 93.8 Malta · 2018: 94.8 Malta · 2019: 93.3 Malta · 2020: 91.7 Malta · 2021: 87.6 Malta · 2022: 89.9 Malta · 2023: 95.8 Malta · 2024: 88.9 Malta · 2025: 91.0 Netherlands NL Netherlands · 2014: 86.2 Netherlands · 2015: 88.2 Netherlands · 2016: 90.1 Netherlands · 2017: 90.4 Netherlands · 2018: 92.0 Netherlands · 2019: 91.9 Netherlands · 2020: 89.3 Netherlands · 2021: 93.4 Netherlands · 2022: 92.9 Netherlands · 2023: 93.2 Netherlands · 2024: 91.6 Netherlands · 2025: 90.1 Poland PL Poland · 2014: 75.6 Poland · 2015: 77.4 Poland · 2016: 80.2 Poland · 2017: 82.1 Poland · 2018: 83.1 Poland · 2019: 84.5 Poland · 2020: 83.0 Poland · 2021: 77.9 Poland · 2022: 84.9 Poland · 2023: 85.8 Poland · 2024: 84.5 Poland · 2025: 84.6 Portugal PT Portugal · 2014: 69.5 Portugal · 2015: 72.2 Portugal · 2016: 74.1 Portugal · 2017: 80.8 Portugal · 2018: 81.1 Portugal · 2019: 80.5 Portugal · 2020: 76.0 Portugal · 2021: 75.8 Portugal · 2022: 82.1 Portugal · 2023: 82.5 Portugal · 2024: 79.7 Portugal · 2025: 82.2 Romania RO Romania · 2014: 66.2 Romania · 2015: 68.1 Romania · 2016: 69.3 Romania · 2017: 76.0 Romania · 2018: 77.4 Romania · 2019: 76.1 Romania · 2020: 76.7 Romania · 2021: 70.1 Romania · 2022: 69.9 Romania · 2023: 74.8 Romania · 2024: 75.0 Romania · 2025: 72.7 Slovakia SK Slovakia · 2014: 72.7 Slovakia · 2015: 75.2 Slovakia · 2016: 79.6 Slovakia · 2017: 81.5 Slovakia · 2018: 83.4 Slovakia · 2019: 83.9 Slovakia · 2020: 82.8 Slovakia · 2021: 79.5 Slovakia · 2022: 83.9 Slovakia · 2023: 84.5 Slovakia · 2024: 88.3 Slovakia · 2025: 84.8 Slovenia SI Slovenia · 2014: 70.1 Slovenia · 2015: 71.5 Slovenia · 2016: 76.7 Slovenia · 2017: 81.6 Slovenia · 2018: 84.2 Slovenia · 2019: 86.0 Slovenia · 2020: 82.8 Slovenia · 2021: 85.1 Slovenia · 2022: 84.2 Slovenia · 2023: 85.4 Slovenia · 2024: 84.6 Slovenia · 2025: 84.7 Spain ES Spain · 2014: 65.1 Spain · 2015: 65.2 Spain · 2016: 68.0 Spain · 2017: 71.9 Spain · 2018: 75.4 Spain · 2019: 73.0 Spain · 2020: 69.6 Spain · 2021: 72.3 Spain · 2022: 78.8 Spain · 2023: 78.7 Spain · 2024: 79.0 Spain · 2025: 81.3 Sweden SE Sweden · 2014: 85.0 Sweden · 2015: 85.9 Sweden · 2016: 86.7 Sweden · 2017: 88.3 Sweden · 2018: 88.1 Sweden · 2019: 88.7 Sweden · 2020: 86.4 Sweden · 2021: 87.1 Sweden · 2022: 88.4 Sweden · 2023: 87.9 Sweden · 2024: 85.8 Sweden · 2025: 87.0
44.3 96.0

Member states · ranked by latest value

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