Adult participation in learning by country, 2025
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 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Sweden (38.2%). Lowest: Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.8%). The median is 13.3%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 34. Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.8%
- 33. North Macedonia 2.6%
- 32. Serbia 5.2%
- 31. Greece 5.2%
- 30. Bulgaria 6.1%
- 29. Croatia 6.5%
- 28. Türkiye 7.5%
- 27. Poland 8.8%
- 26. Germany 9.3%
- 25. Romania 10.2%
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Source: Eurostat.
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.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 38.2% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Denmark | 31.0%b (break in time series) | 2025 | |
| 3 | Finland | 28.1% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Iceland | 27.3% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Switzerland | 26.3% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Netherlands | 25.9% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Estonia | 23.8% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Slovenia | 22.8% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Norway | 21.5% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Malta | 19.7% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Belgium | 18.0% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 17.4% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Portugal | 16.9% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Austria | 16.1% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Spain | 15.8% | 2025 | |
| 16 | France | 15.5% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Ireland | 14.6% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Cyprus | 12.0% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Slovakia | 11.9% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Latvia | 11.4% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Czechia | 11.1% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Italy | 10.8% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Hungary | 10.6% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Lithuania | 10.4% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Romania | 10.2% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Germany | 9.3% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Poland | 8.8% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Türkiye | 7.5% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Croatia | 6.5% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 6.1% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Greece | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Serbia | 5.2% | 2025 | |
| 33 | North Macedonia | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.8% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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