{"id":196051,"date":"2026-02-10T14:43:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/02\/10\/kleine-stijging-werkloosheid-hoogopgeleiden\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:43:37","slug":"kleine-stijging-werkloosheid-hoogopgeleiden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/02\/10\/kleine-stijging-werkloosheid-hoogopgeleiden\/","title":{"rendered":"Small rise in unemployment among highly educated people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-intro-font-size\">Highly educated people found it slightly harder to get a job in 2025. This also applied to graduates up to the age of 35: 3.3 per cent were without work. Among women, the percentage was even higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/02\/27100711\/RachelSender-illustratie-careerweek-1600x1124.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/02\/27100711\/RachelSender-illustratie-careerweek-1600x1124.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139166 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/02\/27100711\/RachelSender-illustratie-careerweek-300x211.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139166 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/02\/27100711\/RachelSender-illustratie-careerweek-875x615.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139166 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/02\/27100711\/RachelSender-illustratie-careerweek-1280x900.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139166 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/02\/27100711\/RachelSender-illustratie-careerweek-150x105.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139166 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/02\/27100711\/RachelSender-illustratie-careerweek-225x158.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139166 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/rachel-sender\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Rachel Sender<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Young highly educated people (25 to 35-year-olds) found work slightly less often over the past year: 3.3 per cent were unemployed. In 2024, this was 3.1 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women were more often looking for work: 3.7 per cent of them had no job, compared with 2.9 per cent of men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even so, highly educated people in the Netherlands are still relatively likely to find work. The average unemployment rate among 25 to 35-year-olds is 3.7 per cent \u2013 higher, therefore, than among graduates from universities of applied sciences and research universities. Among low-educated people, it is as high as 7.1 per cent. The difference has become somewhat smaller in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/localfocus\" class=\"mt-6\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"overflow-hidden w-full\"\n\t\t\t\tframeborder=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"height: 600px;\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/localfocuswidgets.net\/698b2e19b6d1f\">\n\t\t\t<\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Unemployment in the Netherlands among the entire highly educated labour force (15 to 75 years) differed little from that among 25 to 35-year-olds. It also increased slightly: 3.1 per cent of them were without work in 2025, compared with 2.8 per cent the year before. 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