# EU countries by activity rate, 2025

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `activity_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Labour force (employed plus unemployed) as a percentage of the population aged 16 and over (Spain, EPA) or 15 to 64 (EU).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Employment and activity by sex and age, annual data, activity rate 15 to 64 (lfsi_emp_a) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_emp_a/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Employment and activity by sex and age, annual data, activity rate 15 to 64 (lfsi_emp_a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_emp_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/activity-rate/eu-countries
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/activity-rate/eu-countries.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Netherlands | 85.6 |
| 2 | Sweden | 84 |
| 3 | Malta | 82.6 |
| 4 | Denmark | 82.3 |
| 5 | Estonia | 81.7 |
| 6 | Cyprus | 80.4 |
| 7 | Germany | 80.3 |
| 8 | Finland | 79.7 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 79.7 |
| 10 | Austria | 78.9 |
| 11 | Portugal | 78.8 |
| 12 | Hungary | 78.6 |
| 13 | Ireland | 78.4 |
| 14 | Czechia | 78 |
| 15 | Latvia | 77.6 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 76.5 |
| 17 | Slovenia | 75.8 |
| 18 | Poland | 75.2 |
| 19 | France | 75.1 |
| 20 | Spain | 74.9 |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 74.3 |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 73.5 |
| 23 | Croatia | 72.4 |
| 24 | Belgium | 71.9 |
| 25 | Greece | 70.9 |
| 26 | Romania | 67.1 |
| 27 | Italy | 66.7 |