°Further education
	Further education 1996–2006, in %
Population aged 20–74 years	Employed	Unemployed	Econ. inactive	Total
1996	43.0	29.0	21.8	37.1
1999	44.8	38.9	19.2	38.0
2003	41.6	35.9	17.6	35.3
2006	34.7	29.8	14.2	29.3
25–64 year-olds in employment	Compulsory schooling	Apprenticeship	"Matura", etc.	Higher vocational training	University/ University of applied sciences	Total
1996	21.5	42.8	58.5	60.3	56.2	44.1
1999	21.3	45.6	61.1	58.4	56.7	45.8
2003	19.3	40.3	54.0	55.6	55.4	42.5
2006	17.1	32.8	41.6	45.6	46.1	35.5
	Further education by purpose 2006, in %
Population aged 20–74 years	Employed	Unemployed	Econ. inactive
Professional only	37.8	25.4	4.8
Prof. & non-prof.	5.9	3.3	0.9
Non-professional only	6.9	9.5	15.3
25–64 year-olds in employment	Low education	Intermediate	High education
Professional only	15.2	34.9	55.9
Prof. & non-prof.	1.8	5.5	9.0
Non-professional only	5.3	8.1	5.5
	Further education of 25–64 year-olds in employment by type, education and country 2003, in %
		Formal	Non-formal	Informal
CH	Low education	0.9	20.4	18.9
	Intermediate	5.2	55.0	49.3
	High education	12.2	80.0	75.0
DE	Low education	1.4	4.5	17.6
	Intermediate	2.7	12.9	38.4
	High education	3.0	28.2	62.5
FR	Low education	0.3	14.7	32.0
	Intermediate	0.2	23.1	51.1
	High education	1.1	39.0	82.7
ES	Low education	1.9	5.9	8.0
	Intermediate	4.7	13.0	18.8
	High education	6.4	21.2	33.6
SE	Low education	3.8	33.4	30.9
	Intermediate	6.4	50.0	48.3
	High education	16.5	69.9	75.4
UK	Low education	1.8	15.4
	Intermediate	7.2	37.6
	High education	13.5	59.8