Employment rate, ages 20 to 64 by country, 2025
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 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Iceland (85.8%). Lowest: Türkiye (58.1%). The median is 78.3%.
Highest 10
- 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%
Lowest 10
- 34. Türkiye 58.1%
- 33. Bosnia and Herzegovina 59.5%
- 32. North Macedonia 63.7%
- 31. Italy 67.6%
- 30. Romania 69.0%
- 29. Greece 71.0%
- 28. Serbia 71.6%
- 27. Spain 72.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 26. Belgium 72.8%
- 25. Luxembourg 73.6%
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Source: Eurostat.
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).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 85.8% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Malta | 83.6% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Netherlands | 83.4% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Czechia | 82.9% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Switzerland | 82.4% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Sweden | 81.8% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Estonia | 81.7% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Cyprus | 81.3% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Germany | 81.1% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Hungary | 81.1% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Ireland | 80.2% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Lithuania | 80.0% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Denmark | 79.8% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Portugal | 79.6% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Norway | 79.5% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Poland | 78.8% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Slovenia | 78.3% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Latvia | 78.2% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Slovakia | 78.1% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Austria | 77.6% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 77.0% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Finland | 76.3% | 2025 | |
| 23 | France | 75.4%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 24 | Croatia | 74.4% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 73.6% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Belgium | 72.8% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Spain | 72.4%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 28 | Serbia | 71.6% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Greece | 71.0% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Romania | 69.0% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Italy | 67.6% | 2025 | |
| 32 | North Macedonia | 63.7% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 59.5% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Türkiye | 58.1% | 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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