Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
Employed people aged 20 to 64 as a share of the total population of the same age, based on the EU Labour Force Survey.
34 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of population aged 20 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76.1% | 81.1% | 72.4%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2024 | 75.7% | 81.1% | 71.4%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2023 | 75.3% | 81.1% | 70.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2022 | 74.6% | 80.8% | 69.3%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2021 | 73.0% | 79.6% | 67.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2020 | 71.7% | 78.3%b (break in time series) | 65.7% |
| 2019 | 72.7% | 79.7% | 68.0% |
| 2018 | 71.9% | 79.0% | 67.0% |
| 2017 | 70.9% | 78.3% | 65.5% |
| 2016 | 69.6% | 77.6% | 63.9% |
| 2015 | 68.5% | 77.0% | 62.0% |
| 2014 | 67.5% | 76.7% | 59.9% |
| 2013 | 66.7% | 76.3% | 58.6% |
| 2012 | 66.9% | 75.8% | 59.6% |
| 2011 | 67.1% | 75.4%b (break in time series) | 62.0% |
| 2010 | 67.0% | 74.0%b (break in time series) | 62.8% |
| 2009 | 67.3% | 73.2% | 64.0% |
Flags: b break in time series; d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 34 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Iceland (85.8%) and the lowest Türkiye (58.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 78.3% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 19 countries and fell in 11.
- The figure for the European Union was 76.1% in 2025, against 71.7% in 2020 (+4.4 percentage points).
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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 Iceland 85.8%
- 2 Malta 83.6%
- 3 Netherlands 83.4%
- 4 Czechia 82.9%
- 5 Switzerland 82.4%
- 6 Sweden 81.8%
- 7 Estonia 81.7%
- 8 Cyprus 81.3%
- 9 Germany 81.1%
- 10 Hungary 81.1%
- 11 Ireland 80.2%
- 12 Lithuania 80.0%
- 13 Denmark 79.8%
- 14 Portugal 79.6%
- 15 Norway 79.5%
- 16 Poland 78.8%
- 17 Slovenia 78.3%
- 18 Latvia 78.2%
- 19 Slovakia 78.1%
- 20 Austria 77.6%
- 21 Bulgaria 77.0%
- 22 Finland 76.3%
- 23 France 75.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 24 Croatia 74.4%
- 25 Luxembourg 73.6%
- 26 Belgium 72.8%
- 27 Spain 72.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 28 Serbia 71.6%
- 29 Greece 71.0%
- 30 Romania 69.0%
- 31 Italy 67.6%
- 32 North Macedonia 63.7%
- 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59.5%
- 34 Türkiye 58.1%
- European Union 76.1%
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.