EU Recent Graduate Employment Reaches 83.0% in 2025, Up 0.7 Point

1 articles · Updated · European Commission · Jun 15

83.0% of EU recent graduates aged 20-34 were employed in 2025, up from 82.3% in 2024 and 7.5 percentage points higher than 11 years earlier.
87.0% of tertiary-educated recent graduates had jobs, compared with 77.2% for those with medium education, underscoring a nearly 10-point qualification gap.
Malta led national employment rates at 91.0%, followed by Germany at 90.6% and the Netherlands at 90.1%, while Greece lagged at 62.4%, ahead of Italy and Romania.
84.4% of men were employed versus 81.5% of women across the EU; men had higher rates in 18 countries, with the widest gaps in Czechia, Latvia and Slovenia.