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Table 6 Employment, unemployment, and inactivity rates of individuals aged 25–64 years by different education levels (in %)

From: The German labor market after the Great Recession: successful reforms and future challenges

 

Germany

EU-27

Total

Men

Women

Total

Men

Women

High education (ISCED1 level 5–6)

 Employed

87.9

91

84

83.7

87.4

80.4

 Unemployed

2.4

2.3

2.7

5.0

4.7

5.4

 Inactive

9.9

6.9

13.7

11.8

8.3

15.1

Low education (ISCED1 level 0–2)

 Employed

56.6

66.8

49.2

53.5

64.5

43.3

 Unemployed

13.9

15.7

12.1

14.8

14.7

14.9

 Inactive

34.4

20.8

43.9

37.2

24.5

49.2

  1. Source: EU-LFS 2011.
  2. Notes: 1 The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) of the OECD divides the levels of education in six categories: Pre-primary (level 1), primary (2), lower (3) and upper (4) secondary education, tertiary (5) education, and advanced research programs (6) leading to the award of an advanced research qualification.