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Employed people usually working from home in European Union (27)

Employed people usually working from home in the European Union (27) was 8.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.1 pts from 2024.

20258.8%
Change on 2024-0.1 pts
Series high13.32021
Series low4.62006

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Employed people usually working from home in European Union (27), 2006 to 2025

46810121420062009201220152018202120252006: 4.6 %2007: 4.6 %2008: 4.9 %2009: 4.9 %2010: 5 %2011: 5.4 %2012: 5.5 %2013: 4.9 %2014: 4.8 %2015: 4.9 %2016: 4.8 %2017: 5.1 %2018: 5.2 %2019: 5.4 %2020: 12.1 %2021: 13.3 %2022: 10 %2023: 8.9 %2024: 8.9 %2025: 8.8 %2.557.51012.5152006201320252006: 4.6 %2007: 4.6 %2008: 4.9 %2009: 4.9 %2010: 5 %2011: 5.4 %2012: 5.5 %2013: 4.9 %2014: 4.8 %2015: 4.9 %2016: 4.8 %2017: 5.1 %2018: 5.2 %2019: 5.4 %2020: 12.1 %2021: 13.3 %2022: 10 %2023: 8.9 %2024: 8.9 %2025: 8.8 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-09-10.
All 20 values
Period%
20258.8
20248.9
20238.9
202210
202113.3 Series break
202012.1
20195.4
20185.2
20175.1
20164.8
20154.9
20144.8
20134.9
20125.5
20115.4
20105
20094.9
20084.9
20074.6
20064.6

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Definition

Employed people aged 15 to 64 who usually work from home, as a percentage of all employed people aged 15 to 64. Since 2021, usually means at least half of the days worked in a reference period of four weeks.

People who work from home only sometimes are not included. The 2021 change in the survey question breaks the series for most countries. From the EU labour force survey. Eurostat flags series breaks (most in 2021, under the new framework regulation for social statistics); they are stored as status break.

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Eurostat. Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp) (Employed people usually working from home, European Union (27), 2006 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table

MLA 9

Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp), Employed people usually working from home, European Union (27), 2006 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/working-from-home-share/european-union. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp). Employed people usually working from home, European Union (27), 2006 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/working-from-home-share/european-union.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp), Employed people usually working from home, European Union (27), 2006 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/working-from-home-share/european-union (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa\_ehomp): Employed people usually working from home, European Union (27), 2006 to 2025}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/working-from-home-share/european-union. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa\_ehomp). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa\_ehomp/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
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What is the employed people usually working from home in European Union (27)?

Employed people usually working from home in the European Union (27) was 8.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.1 pts from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest employed people usually working from home in European Union (27)?

13.3% in 2021, the highest value since 2006 in this series.

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