People > International migration > Migration and employment > Employment rates of native-born population > Low education: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: The employment rate is calculated as the share of employed persons aged 15-64 in the total population (active and inactive persons) in the same age range. In accordance with ILO definitions, employed persons are those who worked at least one hour or who had a job during the reference week. The educational classification shown is a regrouping of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) categories. Generally speaking, “low” corresponds to less than upper secondary education, “intermediate” to upper secondary education and “high” to tertiary education. The latter includes high-level vocational education feeding into technical or semi-professional occupations.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Portugal	65.85%	2009
2	Denmark	61.49%	2009
3	Netherlands	60.71%	2009
4	Norway	56.41%	2009
5	Spain	55.3%	2009
6	Switzerland	55.28%	2009
7	Sweden	54.74%	2009
8	Canada	50.55%	2009
9	Ireland	48.92%	2009
10	Greece	48.59%	2009
11	Austria	47.69%	2009
12	Finland	47.41%	2009
13	France	46.5%	2009
14	Italy	45.14%	2009
15	Germany	43.04%	2009
16	Turkey	41.79%	2009
17	Belgium	41.1%	2009
18	Luxembourg	37.8%	2009
19	United States	35.17%	2009
20	Hungary	27.52%	2009
21	Poland	23.34%	2009
22	Czech Republic	22.87%	2009
23	Slovakia	14.52%	2009

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