Greece's Graduate Employment Rate Falls to 62.4%, Last in EU as Bloc Reaches 83%
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Updated · tovima.com · Jun 24
Greece's Graduate Employment Rate Falls to 62.4%, Last in EU as Bloc Reaches 83%
3 articles · Updated · tovima.com · Jun 24
Summary
Only 62.4% of Greece's recent graduates were employed in 2025, down from 72.7% in 2024 and more than 20 points below the EU average.
Eurostat's data point to a mismatch between higher education and hiring, with job growth concentrated in older workers and in tourism and hospitality roles that often do not require degrees.
That leaves Greece short of high-quality openings for skilled young professionals, while brain drain and population ageing continue to shrink the domestic pool of qualified talent.
Across the EU, the trend moved the other way: recent graduate employment rose to 83% from 82.3%, with Greece still trailing leaders such as Malta, Germany and the Netherlands.
Greek women outperformed men among recent graduates—68.6% versus 56.8% employed—though female graduates still rank among the least likely in Europe to find work.