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Employability rates in Catalonia of university graduates one year following the year of graduation. Total graduates and graduates residing in Catalonia

Employability rates in Catalonia of university graduates one year following the year of graduation. Total graduates and graduates residing in Catalonia Catalonia
Total graduates Graduates residents in Catalonia
Cumulative employability rate Employability rate Cumulative employability rate Employability rate
SY 2022/23 79.3 64.2 88.2 72.1
SY 2021/22 79.2 64.0 87.7 71.5
SY 2020/21 79.3 63.1 87.3 70.0
SY 2019/20 77.1 61.8 85.0 68.8
SY 2018/19 73.8 58.5 81.3 65.0
SY 2017/18 76.1 61.2 83.1 67.6
SY 2016/17 75.4 62.4 82.6 68.9
SY 2015/16 74.5 61.8 81.9 68.4
SY 2014/15 72.7 59.5 80.6 66.4
SY 2013/14 70.8 57.9 77.6 63.9
SY 2012/13 68.8 55.8 75.6 61.9
Units: Percentage.
Source: Idescat. Statistics on the Employability of University Graduates.
Note: employability rate refers to the proportion of graduates in each cohort who have been contributing to Social Security in Catalonia at any time between the last working day of September of the graduation year and the time of analysis. The employability rate refers to the proportion of university graduates in each cohort who are contributing to the Social Security system in Catalonia at the time of analysis. The data refer to the last working day of September of the year following the year of graduation.

Last update: June 26, 2025.

Methodological note

The main objective of the Statistics on the Employability of University Graduates is to provide data on the employability in Catalonia of graduates from Catalan universities. Employability is analysed on the basis of affiliation to the Social Security system and its characteristics in the graduation year and in the following five years. Data are available from the cohort regarding the school year 2012/2013 onwards.

Employability rate

Proportion of graduates in each cohort who are contributing to the Social Security in Catalonia at each time of analysis.

Cumulative employability rate

Proportion of graduates in each cohort who have been contributing to the Social Security in Catalonia at any time between the last working day of September of the graduation year and the time of analysis.

The data are provided for all graduates, and also for those graduates who reside in Catalonia at each time of analysis, as place of residence has a major impact on employability rates.

The difference between the cumulative employability rate and the employability rate provides data on the proportion of graduates who have been contributing to the Social Security at any time since the graduation but are no longer contributing to the Social Security at the reference date of the analysis.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.