Employment of older workers by country, 2025
Employed people aged 55 to 64 as a share of the total population of that age, from the EU Labour Force Survey.
34 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Iceland (81.8%). Lowest: Türkiye (38.1%). The median is 68.0%.
Highest 10
- 1. Iceland 81.8%
- 2. Czechia 78.3%
- 3. Sweden 78.3%
- 4. Estonia 77.0%
- 5. Netherlands 75.8%
- 6. Germany 75.3%
- 7. Switzerland 75.3%
- 8. Denmark 74.7%
- 9. Latvia 73.6%
- 10. Norway 72.6%
Lowest 10
- 34. Türkiye 38.1%
- 33. Bosnia and Herzegovina 41.9%
- 32. Luxembourg 48.9%
- 31. North Macedonia 50.2%
- 30. Croatia 54.9%
- 29. Romania 57.0%
- 28. Slovenia 57.6%
- 27. Greece 59.6%
- 26. Serbia 60.0%
- 25. Poland 60.1%
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Source: Eurostat.
In short
- Among the 34 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Iceland (81.8%) and the lowest Türkiye (38.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 68.0% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 29 countries and fell in 5.
- The figure for the European Union was 66.4% in 2025, against 59.0% in 2020 (+7.4 percentage points).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 81.8% | 2025 | |
| 2 | Czechia | 78.3% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Sweden | 78.3% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Estonia | 77.0% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | 75.8% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Germany | 75.3% | 2025 | |
| 7 | Switzerland | 75.3% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Denmark | 74.7% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Latvia | 73.6% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Norway | 72.6% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Finland | 72.3% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Hungary | 72.1% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 71.2% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Cyprus | 71.0% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Lithuania | 69.9% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Portugal | 69.5% | 2025 | |
| 17 | Ireland | 69.4% | 2025 | |
| 18 | Slovakia | 66.6% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Spain | 62.4%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 20 | France | 61.7%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 21 | Belgium | 61.5% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Malta | 61.4% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Italy | 61.2% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Austria | 60.9% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Poland | 60.1% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Serbia | 60.0% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Greece | 59.6% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Slovenia | 57.6% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Romania | 57.0% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Croatia | 54.9% | 2025 | |
| 31 | North Macedonia | 50.2% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 48.9% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.9% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Türkiye | 38.1% | 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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