Employment Rates by Educational Attainment Level in Slovenia

Key Insights:

• Strong Correlation Between Education and Employment: Employment rates show a clear positive relationship with educational attainment – tertiary education (ED5-8) achieves 34.6% in 2024, while lower education (ED0-2) only reaches 11.0%.
• Marginal Improvement in 2024: All education levels show slight improvements from 2023 to 2024, with tertiary education increasing by 0.9 percentage points.
• Upper Secondary Education Dominates: The ED3-8 category shows the highest employment rates at 89.0% in 2024, indicating the importance of upper secondary and higher education in the Slovenian labor market.
• Gender Disparities: Female employment rates in tertiary education (37.4%) exceed male rates (26.5%), showing Slovenia’s success in female higher education employment.

Legend Description:

Educational Levels:

• ● ED0-2: Pre-primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0-2)
• ● ED3-8: Upper secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education (levels 3-8)
• ● ED5-8: Tertiary education (levels 5-8)

Values represent employment rates as percentages of the total population in each educational category.