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EU Graduate Employment Rates: Bulgaria Tops, Turkey Struggles
10/15/2025
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Story summary
- In 2024, about 85% of recent European Union (EU) university graduates were employed.
- Bulgaria led with 93.7% employment among graduates.
- Turkey had a 63.5% employment rate and the highest European labor slack at 25.8%.
- Albania reported 19,000 unemployed graduates last year and highlighted similar challenges.
- Across the EU, men generally have higher employment rates than women.
