# EU regions (NUTS 2) by activity rate, 2025

All 244 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, Activity rates by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 64 (lfst_r_lfp2actrt) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfp2actrt/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Activity rates by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 64 (lfst_r_lfp2actrt). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfp2actrt/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/activity-rate/eu-regions
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/activity-rate/eu-regions.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Utrecht | 87.6 |
| 2 | Flevoland | 86.6 |
| 2 | Overijssel | 86.6 |
| 4 | Noord-Holland | 86.4 |
| 5 | Noord-Brabant | 86.3 |
| 6 | Gelderland | 86.2 |
| 7 | Stockholm | 85.8 |
| 8 | Zeeland | 85.7 |
| 9 | Drenthe | 85.6 |
| 9 | Friesland (NL) | 85.6 |
| 11 | Hovedstaden | 84.9 |
| 11 | Mellersta Norrland | 84.9 |
| 13 | Åland | 84.3 |
| 13 | Zuid-Holland | 84.3 |
| 15 | Västsverige | 84.1 |
| 16 | Oberbayern | 83.9 |
| 17 | Dresden | 83.8 |
| 18 | Övre Norrland | 83.6 |
| 18 | Schwaben | 83.6 |
| 18 | Småland med öarna | 83.6 |
| 21 | Niederbayern | 83.5 |
| 22 | Sydsverige | 83.4 |
| 23 | Tübingen | 83.3 |
| 24 | Norra Mellansverige | 83.2 |
| 25 | Groningen | 83.1 |
| 25 | Limburg (NL) | 83.1 |
| 27 | Oberpfalz | 83 |
| 27 | Warszawski stołeczny | 83 |
| 29 | Mittelfranken | 82.9 |
| 30 | Malta | 82.6 |
| 30 | Oberfranken | 82.6 |
| 30 | Stuttgart | 82.6 |
| 30 | Unterfranken | 82.6 |
| 34 | Freiburg | 82.3 |
| 34 | Östra Mellansverige | 82.3 |
| 36 | Trier | 82.2 |
| 37 | Sostinės regionas | 82 |
| 37 | Tirol | 82 |
| 39 | Midtjylland | 81.9 |
| 40 | Koblenz | 81.8 |
| 40 | Weser-Ems | 81.8 |
| 42 | Eesti | 81.7 |
| 43 | Salzburg | 81.5 |
| 44 | Budapest | 81.4 |
| 44 | Karlsruhe | 81.4 |
| 46 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 81.3 |
| 47 | Oberösterreich | 81.2 |
| 48 | Grande Lisboa | 81.1 |
| 48 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 81.1 |
| 50 | Nordjylland | 80.8 |
| 51 | Kassel | 80.7 |
| 51 | Leipzig | 80.7 |
| 53 | Bratislavský kraj | 80.6 |
| 53 | Sjælland | 80.6 |
| 55 | Chemnitz | 80.5 |
| 55 | Praha | 80.5 |
| 55 | Thüringen | 80.5 |
| 58 | Kýpros | 80.4 |
| 58 | Vorarlberg | 80.4 |
| 60 | Detmold | 80.3 |
| 60 | Schleswig-Holstein | 80.3 |
| 62 | Lüneburg | 80.2 |
| 62 | Syddanmark | 80.2 |
| 64 | Brandenburg | 80 |
| 64 | Länsi-Suomi | 80 |
| 64 | Península de Setúbal | 80 |
| 67 | Algarve | 79.7 |
| 68 | Közép-Dunántúl | 79.6 |
| 69 | Niederösterreich | 79.4 |
| 70 | Etelä-Suomi | 79.3 |
| 71 | Pest | 79.2 |
| 72 | Münster | 79.1 |
| 73 | Aquitaine | 79 |
| 73 | Braunschweig | 79 |
| 73 | Centro (PT) | 79 |
| 73 | Eastern and Midland | 79 |
| 77 | Hannover | 78.9 |
| 77 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 78.9 |
| 79 | Alentejo | 78.8 |
| 79 | Dél-Alföld | 78.8 |
| 79 | Köln | 78.8 |
| 79 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 78.8 |
| 79 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 78.8 |
| 84 | Gießen | 78.7 |
| 84 | Hamburg | 78.7 |
| 84 | Steiermark | 78.7 |
| 84 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 78.7 |
| 88 | Darmstadt | 78.6 |
| 89 | Community of Madrid | 78.3 |
| 90 | Jihozápad | 78.1 |
| 91 | Southern | 78 |
| 92 | Saarland | 77.9 |
| 92 | Stredné Slovensko | 77.9 |
| 94 | Norte | 77.8 |
| 94 | Střední Čechy | 77.8 |
| 94 | Střední Morava | 77.8 |
| 97 | Berlin | 77.7 |
| 97 | Jihovýchod | 77.7 |
| 99 | Kärnten | 77.6 |
| 99 | Latvija | 77.6 |
| 99 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 77.6 |
| 99 | Severovýchod | 77.6 |
| 103 | Northern and Western | 77.5 |
| 104 | Arnsberg | 77.4 |
| 104 | Catalonia | 77.4 |
| 104 | La Rioja | 77.4 |
| 104 | Rhône-Alpes | 77.4 |
| 108 | Balearic Islands | 77.3 |
| 108 | Grad Zagreb | 77.3 |
| 110 | Auvergne | 77.2 |
| 110 | Moravskoslezsko | 77.2 |
| 112 | Dolnośląskie | 77.1 |
| 112 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 77.1 |
| 112 | Pays de la Loire | 77.1 |
| 115 | Észak-Alföld | 77 |
| 116 | Burgenland | 76.9 |
| 116 | Midi-Pyrénées | 76.9 |
| 118 | Basse-Normandie | 76.8 |
| 118 | Düsseldorf | 76.8 |
| 118 | Zahodna Slovenija | 76.8 |
| 121 | Alsace | 76.7 |
| 121 | Dél-Dunántúl | 76.7 |
| 121 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 76.7 |
| 121 | Severozápad | 76.7 |
| 121 | Západné Slovensko | 76.7 |
| 126 | Ile-de-France | 76.6 |
| 126 | Łódzkie | 76.6 |
| 128 | Pomorskie | 76.5 |
| 128 | Yugozapaden | 76.5 |
| 130 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 76.4 |
| 131 | Centre - Val de Loire | 76.3 |
| 131 | Limousin | 76.3 |
| 133 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 76.2 |
| 134 | Aragon | 76.1 |
| 135 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 76 |
| 135 | Wielkopolskie | 76 |
| 137 | Bretagne | 75.7 |
| 137 | Castile and León | 75.7 |
| 139 | Opolskie | 75.6 |
| 139 | Severoiztochen | 75.6 |
| 141 | Bremen | 75.4 |
| 141 | Wien | 75.4 |
| 143 | Észak-Magyarország | 75.3 |
| 143 | Navarre | 75.3 |
| 145 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 75.2 |
| 145 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 75.2 |
| 147 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 75.1 |
| 148 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 74.9 |
| 149 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 74.8 |
| 149 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 74.8 |
| 151 | Basque Country | 74.6 |
| 151 | Prov. Antwerpen | 74.6 |
| 153 | Emilia-Romagna | 74.5 |
| 153 | Lubelskie | 74.5 |
| 155 | Castilla-La Mancha | 74.4 |
| 155 | Peloponnisos | 74.4 |
| 155 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 74.4 |
| 155 | Świętokrzyskie | 74.4 |
| 159 | Bourgogne | 74.3 |
| 159 | Haute-Normandie | 74.3 |
| 161 | Poitou-Charentes | 74.1 |
| 161 | Valencian Community | 74.1 |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 74 |
| 164 | Asturias | 73.8 |
| 164 | Cantabria | 73.8 |
| 166 | Galicia | 73.7 |
| 166 | Toscana | 73.7 |
| 168 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 73.6 |
| 169 | Attiki | 73.5 |
| 169 | Franche-Comté | 73.5 |
| 169 | Piemonte | 73.5 |
| 172 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 73.4 |
| 173 | Východné Slovensko | 73.3 |
| 173 | Zachodniopomorskie | 73.3 |
| 175 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 73.2 |
| 176 | Canary Islands | 73.1 |
| 176 | Małopolskie | 73.1 |
| 176 | Picardie | 73.1 |
| 176 | Śląskie | 73.1 |
| 180 | Podlaskie | 73 |
| 180 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 73 |
| 182 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 72.8 |
| 182 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 72.8 |
| 184 | Extremadura | 72.7 |
| 185 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 72.6 |
| 185 | Region of Murcia | 72.6 |
| 185 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 72.6 |
| 188 | Umbria | 72.5 |
| 188 | Yugoiztochen | 72.5 |
| 190 | Champagne-Ardenne | 72.4 |
| 190 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 72.4 |
| 192 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 72.3 |
| 192 | Lorraine | 72.3 |
| 192 | Lubuskie | 72.3 |
| 195 | Liguria | 72.2 |
| 196 | Severen tsentralen | 72.1 |
| 197 | Kriti | 72 |
| 198 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 71.9 |
| 199 | Veneto | 71.8 |
| 200 | Lombardia | 71.7 |
| 201 | Andalusia | 71.4 |
| 202 | Marche | 71.3 |
| 203 | Severozapaden | 70.9 |
| 204 | Ionia Nisia | 70.8 |
| 204 | Martinique | 70.8 |
| 206 | Kentriki Makedonia | 70.7 |
| 207 | Prov. Namur | 70.6 |
| 208 | Sterea Elláda | 70.4 |
| 209 | Ipeiros | 69.9 |
| 209 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 69.9 |
| 211 | Podkarpackie | 69.5 |
| 212 | Ceuta | 69.2 |
| 213 | Corse | 68.8 |
| 214 | Voreio Aigaio | 68.6 |
| 215 | Nord-Vest | 68.4 |
| 215 | Sud-Muntenia | 68.4 |
| 217 | Panonska Hrvatska | 68.1 |
| 218 | Lazio | 68 |
| 219 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 67.7 |
| 219 | Notio Aigaio | 67.7 |
| 221 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 67.1 |
| 222 | Abruzzo | 67 |
| 223 | Dytiki Makedonia | 66.6 |
| 224 | Dytiki Elláda | 66.4 |
| 225 | Centru | 66.3 |
| 226 | Guadeloupe | 65.9 |
| 226 | Nord-Est | 65.9 |
| 228 | Thessalia | 65.7 |
| 229 | Prov. Hainaut | 65.6 |
| 229 | Prov. Liège | 65.6 |
| 231 | Vest | 64.5 |
| 232 | Sardegna | 64.4 |
| 233 | La Réunion | 64.2 |
| 234 | Sud-Est | 63.8 |
| 235 | Melilla | 63.3 |
| 236 | Molise | 61.8 |
| 237 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 60.8 |
| 238 | Basilicata | 60.7 |
| 239 | Puglia | 56.8 |
| 240 | Campania | 54.4 |
| 241 | Sicilia | 54.1 |
| 242 | Calabria | 51.7 |
| 243 | Guyane | 50.9 |
| 244 | Mayotte | 40.4 |