The research, based on Eurostat data from 2016, examined the percentage of graduates aged between 20 and 34 who are employed soon after graduating.

The top-ranking country was Malta with 96.6% of new graduates employed, followed by Iceland (94.7%) and Germany, the Netherlands and Norway (all 90.1%).

Slovenia ranked 22nd at 76.7%. Compared to the top-ranked country, Slovenia lagged behind by almost 20 percentage points.

The countries with the lowest employment rate as a percentage of recent graduates were Bulgaria (72%), Romania (69.3%), Spain (68%), Italy (52.9%) and Greece (49.2%).

Data show that the proportion of young people who are not employed or involved into education or training has been decreasing by the year, TheKnowlegeAcademy.com co-founder Barinder Hothi said.

Many countries, including Slovenia thus still have a long way to go to catch up with the European countries with the highest rates of population with post-secondary education and employed new graduates.

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