Adult participation in learning
People aged 25 to 64 who took part in formal or non-formal education or training in the four weeks before the Labour Force Survey interview.
34 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of population aged 25 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.7% | 9.3% | 15.5% | 15.8% |
| 2024 | 13.5% | 9.3%b (break in time series) | 15.1%b (break in time series) | 16.0% |
| 2023 | 12.8% | 8.1% | 14.9% | 15.8% |
| 2022 | 11.9% | 8.1% | 13.3% | 15.2% |
| 2021 | 10.9%b (break in time series) | 7.7%b (break in time series) | 11.0%b (break in time series) | 14.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 9.1% | 7.7%b (break in time series) | 13.0% | 11.0% |
| 2019 | 10.8% | 8.2% | 19.5% | 10.6% |
| 2018 | 10.7% | 8.2% | 18.6% | 10.5% |
| 2017 | 10.4% | 8.4% | 18.7% | 9.9% |
| 2016 | 10.3% | 8.5% | 18.8% | 9.4% |
| 2015 | 10.1% | 8.1% | 18.6% | 9.9% |
| 2014 | 10.1% | 8.0% | 18.4%b (break in time series) | 10.1%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 9.9% | 7.9% | 17.8%b (break in time series) | 11.4% |
| 2012 | 8.2% | 7.9%b (break in time series) | 5.7% | 11.2% |
| 2011 | 8.1% | 7.9% | 5.5% | 11.2% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | 7.8%b (break in time series) | 5.0% | 11.2% |
| 2009 | 7.9% | 8.0% | 5.7% | 10.8% |
| 2008 | 8.0% | 8.1%b (break in time series) | 6.0% | 10.7% |
| 2007 | 7.9% | 7.8% | 6.1% | 10.8% |
| 2006 | 7.8%b (break in time series) | 7.5% | 6.4% | 10.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2005 | 7.7% | 7.7%b (break in time series) | 5.9% | 10.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | 7.1% | 7.4% | 6.0% | 4.8% |
| 2003 | 6.4%b (break in time series) | 6.0%b (break in time series) | 6.8%b (break in time series) | 4.8%b (break in time series) |
| 2002 | 5.3% | 5.8% | 2.7% | 4.5% |
| 2001 | – | 5.2% | 2.7% | 4.4% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 34 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Sweden (38.2%) and the lowest Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.8%).
- Half of the countries are above 13.3% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 16 countries and fell in 16.
- The figure for the European Union was 13.7% in 2025, against 9.1% in 2020 (+4.6 percentage points). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
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All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Sweden 38.2%
- 2 Denmark 31.0%b (break in time series)
- 3 Finland 28.1%
- 4 Iceland 27.3%
- 5 Switzerland 26.3%
- 6 Netherlands 25.9%
- 7 Estonia 23.8%
- 8 Slovenia 22.8%
- 9 Norway 21.5%
- 10 Malta 19.7%
- 11 Belgium 18.0%
- 12 Luxembourg 17.4%
- 13 Portugal 16.9%
- 14 Austria 16.1%
- 15 Spain 15.8%
- 16 France 15.5%
- 17 Ireland 14.6%
- 18 Cyprus 12.0%
- 19 Slovakia 11.9%
- 20 Latvia 11.4%
- 21 Czechia 11.1%
- 22 Italy 10.8%
- 23 Hungary 10.6%
- 24 Lithuania 10.4%
- 25 Romania 10.2%
- 26 Germany 9.3%
- 27 Poland 8.8%
- 28 Türkiye 7.5%
- 29 Croatia 6.5%
- 30 Bulgaria 6.1%
- 31 Greece 5.2%
- 32 Serbia 5.2%
- 33 North Macedonia 2.6%
- 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.8%
- European Union 13.7%
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.