„In 2016, only 44.0 % of young people (18-24) who had finished school below the upper secondary level were employed. And in the general population (15-64), unemployment is much more prevalent among those with only basic education (16.6 %) than for the tertiary educated (5.1 %).“
EU-Kommission (Hrsg.), „Education and Training Monitor 2017“ (2017), S. 9