The second lowest employment rate in the E.U. records the Hellas in 2023, while Greek men and women are among Europeans with qualifications higher than those required for their employment positions, according to Eurostat data released today.
Specifically, the employment rate of citizens in the E.U. in 2023 it set a new record high, with employed people aged 20 to 64 exceeding 75% (195.3 million), according to Eurostat data. The employment rate in the E.U. in 2023 is the highest since records began in 2009 and marks three consecutive years of growth, after employment fell to 72% in 2020 due to the pandemic.
Among the EU countries with the highest employment rates are the Netherlands (84%), Sweden (83%) and Estonia (82%), while the lowest rates were recorded in Italy (66%), in Greece (67%) and in Romania (69%).
In 2023, the percentage of employed people in the E.U. with high qualifications (overqualified) was 22%, with 21% for men and 23% for women. It is noted that “highly qualified” employees are defined as persons with higher education who are employed in professions that do not require such a high level of education.
The highest percentages of overqualifications in the E.U. recorded in Spain (36%), Greece (31%) and Cyprus (30%)while the lowest percentages were recorded in Luxembourg (5%), Denmark and the Czech Republic (13%).
In 18 of the 27 EU countries, women had higher overqualification rates than men, with the biggest differences in Malta and Slovakia (both +8 percentage points) and Italy (+7 percentage points) ). However, in nine EU countries, men had higher overqualification rates, with the biggest differences in Lithuania (+5 percentage points), Latvia (+4 percentage points) and Bulgaria (+3 percentage points).
With information from APE
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