EU regions (NUTS 2) by adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64
Hovedstaden had the highest adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64 of 232 regions in 2014, at 35.9%. Sud-Vest Oltenia had the lowest, at 0.7%. The median was 8.6% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 10.1%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2014
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2014 (%) | Change on 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hovedstaden | 35.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 2 | Stockholm | 31.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 3 | Västsverige | 31.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 4 | Midtjylland | 31.2 | +1.5 pts |
| 5 | Sydsverige | 30.1 | +1.3 pts |
| 6 | Syddanmark | 30 | +0.4 pts |
| 7 | Östra Mellansverige | 29.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 7 | Sjælland | 29.5 | 0 pts |
| 9 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 29.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 10 | Åland | 28.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 11 | Nordjylland | 27.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 12 | Småland med öarna | 26 | +0.4 pts |
| 13 | Mellersta Norrland | 24.7 | +0.8 pts |
| 14 | Övre Norrland | 24.6 | +1.1 pts |
| 15 | Midi-Pyrénées Series break | 24.1 | +2.4 pts |
| 16 | Rhône-Alpes Series break | 24 | +2.5 pts |
| 17 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 23.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 18 | Länsi-Suomi | 23.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 19 | Etelä-Suomi | 23.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 20 | Norra Mellansverige | 22.7 | 0 pts |
| 21 | Bretagne Series break | 21.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 22 | Limousin Series break | 20.9 | +2.3 pts |
| 22 | Pays de la Loire Series break | 20.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 24 | Noord-Holland | 20 | +0.4 pts |
| 25 | Groningen | 19.6 | +1.1 pts |
| 25 | Wien | 19.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 27 | Alsace Series break | 19 | -0.1 pts |
| 28 | Aquitaine Series break | 18.9 | +1.7 pts |
| 28 | Haute-Normandie Series break | 18.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 30 | Flevoland | 18.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 30 | Franche-Comté Series break | 18.8 | +1.6 pts |
| 32 | Nord-Pas de Calais Series break | 18.3 | +1 pts |
| 33 | Gelderland | 18.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 34 | Centre - Val de Loire Series break | 17.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 35 | Auvergne Series break | 17.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 35 | Ile-de-France Series break | 17.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 35 | Noord-Brabant | 17.5 | +1.5 pts |
| 38 | Overijssel | 17.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 39 | Bourgogne Series break | 17.1 | -1 pts |
| 39 | Languedoc-Roussillon Series break | 17.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 41 | Friesland (NL) | 17 | -0.3 pts |
| 41 | Zeeland | 17 | +0.6 pts |
| 43 | Poitou-Charentes Series break | 16.9 | +3.4 pts |
| 44 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Series break | 16.6 | 0 pts |
| 45 | Drenthe | 16.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 46 | Lorraine Series break | 16.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 47 | Limburg (NL) | 15.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 48 | Champagne-Ardenne Series break | 14.5 | -1.5 pts |
| 48 | Luxembourg | 14.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 50 | Basse-Normandie Series break | 14.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 51 | Vorarlberg | 13.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 52 | Tirol | 13.5 | 0 pts |
| 53 | Zahodna Slovenija | 13.3 | -0.9 pts |
| 54 | Picardie Series break | 13.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 55 | Oberösterreich | 13 | +0.3 pts |
| 55 | Steiermark | 13 | -0.2 pts |
| 57 | Niederösterreich | 12.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 58 | Salzburg | 12.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 58 | Severovýchod | 12.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 60 | Corse Low reliability | 12.7 | +4.3 pts |
| 61 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 12.3 | +1.5 pts |
| 62 | Kärnten | 12.2 | -0.8 pts |
| 63 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 12 | +2.8 pts |
| 64 | Basque Country Series break | 11.9 | -1.7 pts |
| 65 | Community of Madrid Series break | 11.8 | -1.7 pts |
| 66 | Valencian Community Series break | 11.7 | -1.7 pts |
| 67 | Eesti | 11.6 | -1 pts |
| 68 | Navarre Series break | 11.3 | -1.9 pts |
| 69 | Jihovýchod | 11.2 | +1.7 pts |
| 70 | Aragon Series break | 11.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 70 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 11.1 | +4.2 pts |
| 70 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 11.1 | 0 pts |
| 73 | Castile and León Series break | 10.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 74 | Region of Murcia Series break | 10.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 75 | Berlin | 10.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 75 | Gießen | 10.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 77 | La Rioja Series break | 10.6 | -2.1 pts |
| 78 | Castilla-La Mancha Series break | 10.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 79 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 10.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 80 | La Réunion Series break | 10.3 | |
| 81 | Burgenland | 10.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 81 | Warszawski stołeczny | 10.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 83 | Galicia Series break | 10 | -0.4 pts |
| 83 | Moravskoslezsko | 10 | -0.8 pts |
| 85 | Dresden | 9.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 85 | Leipzig | 9.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 85 | Umbria | 9.8 | +1.4 pts |
| 88 | Canary Islands Series break | 9.7 | -1.9 pts |
| 88 | Hamburg | 9.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 88 | Sardegna | 9.7 | +2.2 pts |
| 88 | Stuttgart | 9.7 | +0.8 pts |
| 92 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 9.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 93 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 9.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 93 | Tübingen | 9.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 95 | Emilia-Romagna | 9.4 | +2.8 pts |
| 95 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 9.4 | 0 pts |
| 97 | Marche | 9.3 | +2 pts |
| 98 | Cantabria Series break | 9.2 | -1.3 pts |
| 98 | Extremadura Series break | 9.2 | -1 pts |
| 98 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 9.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 101 | Andalusia Series break | 9.1 | -1 pts |
| 101 | Jihozápad | 9.1 | -1.6 pts |
| 101 | Karlsruhe | 9.1 | 0 pts |
| 101 | Martinique Series break | 9.1 | |
| 101 | Melilla Low reliability | 9.1 | +2.8 pts |
| 106 | Lombardia | 9 | +2.4 pts |
| 107 | Darmstadt | 8.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 107 | Lazio | 8.9 | +1.7 pts |
| 107 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 8.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 110 | Asturias Series break | 8.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 110 | Toscana | 8.8 | +1.9 pts |
| 112 | Algarve | 8.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 112 | Bremen | 8.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 112 | Liguria | 8.7 | +2.4 pts |
| 112 | Norte | 8.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 116 | Oberfranken | 8.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 116 | Střední Čechy | 8.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 118 | Braunschweig | 8.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 118 | Guadeloupe Series break | 8.4 | |
| 120 | Abruzzo | 8.3 | +1.9 pts |
| 120 | Balearic Islands Series break | 8.3 | -1.9 pts |
| 120 | Catalonia Series break | 8.3 | -1.2 pts |
| 120 | Freiburg | 8.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 120 | Thüringen | 8.3 | 0 pts |
| 125 | Ceuta Low reliability | 8.2 | -2.4 pts |
| 126 | Oberbayern | 8.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 126 | Veneto | 8.1 | +2.4 pts |
| 128 | Köln | 8 | +0.3 pts |
| 128 | Praha | 8 | -1.1 pts |
| 128 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 8 | +1.2 pts |
| 131 | Eastern and Midland | 7.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 131 | Piemonte | 7.9 | +1.9 pts |
| 131 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 7.9 | +1.9 pts |
| 134 | Severozápad | 7.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 134 | Střední Morava | 7.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 136 | Malta | 7.7 | 0 pts |
| 136 | Trier | 7.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 138 | Bratislavský kraj | 7.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 138 | Guyane Series break | 7.6 | |
| 140 | Hannover | 7.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 141 | Basilicata | 7.4 | +1.6 pts |
| 141 | Detmold | 7.4 | +1 pts |
| 141 | Schleswig-Holstein | 7.4 | 0 pts |
| 141 | Unterfranken | 7.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 145 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 7.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 145 | Oberpfalz | 7.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 145 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 7.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 148 | Düsseldorf | 7.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 149 | Arnsberg | 7.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 149 | Kýpros | 7.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 151 | Koblenz | 7 | +0.3 pts |
| 151 | Molise | 7 | +1.1 pts |
| 151 | Münster | 7 | -0.5 pts |
| 154 | Kassel | 6.8 | -1.6 pts |
| 154 | Mittelfranken | 6.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 154 | Schwaben | 6.8 | 0 pts |
| 157 | Calabria | 6.7 | +1.3 pts |
| 157 | Prov. Liège | 6.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 159 | Chemnitz | 6.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 160 | Saarland | 6.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 161 | Brandenburg | 6.4 | 0 pts |
| 161 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 6.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 163 | Lüneburg | 6.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 163 | Northern and Western | 6.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 163 | Puglia | 6.3 | +1.5 pts |
| 166 | Southern | 6.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 167 | Weser-Ems | 6 | -0.2 pts |
| 168 | Prov. Antwerpen | 5.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 169 | Campania | 5.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 169 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 5.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 171 | Latvija | 5.6 | -1.2 pts |
| 171 | Niederbayern | 5.6 | -0.8 pts |
| 173 | Pomorskie | 5.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 173 | Sostinės regionas | 5.3 | -1 pts |
| 175 | Sicilia | 5.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 176 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 5.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 177 | Prov. Namur | 5 | +0.5 pts |
| 178 | Budapest | 4.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 179 | Attiki | 4.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 180 | Észak-Alföld | 4.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 180 | Lubelskie | 4.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 180 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 4.5 | -1.3 pts |
| 183 | Dytiki Makedonia | 4.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 183 | Prov. Hainaut | 4.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 185 | Dolnośląskie | 4.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 185 | Małopolskie | 4.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 187 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 3.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 187 | Yugozapaden | 3.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 189 | Śląskie | 3.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 190 | Dél-Dunántúl | 3.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 191 | Wielkopolskie | 3.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 191 | Zachodniopomorskie | 3.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 193 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 3.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 193 | Podlaskie | 3.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 193 | Świętokrzyskie | 3.1 | 0 pts |
| 196 | Thessalia | 3 | +0.3 pts |
| 197 | Észak-Magyarország | 2.9 | +0.7 pts |
| 197 | Kentriki Makedonia | 2.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 197 | Stredné Slovensko | 2.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 200 | Pest | 2.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 201 | Łódzkie | 2.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 201 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 2.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 203 | Dél-Alföld | 2.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 203 | Nord-Est | 2.6 | -1.8 pts |
| 203 | Opolskie Low reliability | 2.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 203 | Západné Slovensko | 2.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 207 | Dytiki Elláda | 2.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 207 | Közép-Dunántúl | 2.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 207 | Lubuskie Low reliability | 2.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 207 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 2.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 207 | Sud-Muntenia | 2.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 212 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 2.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 213 | Kriti | 2.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 213 | Východné Slovensko | 2.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 215 | Podkarpackie | 2 | -0.6 pts |
| 215 | Voreio Aigaio Low reliability | 2 | -0.9 pts |
| 217 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 1.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 217 | Severoiztochen | 1.9 | 0 pts |
| 219 | Ionia Nisia Low reliability | 1.7 | |
| 219 | Sud-Est | 1.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 221 | Ipeiros Low reliability | 1.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 221 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 1.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 223 | Notio Aigaio Low reliability | 1.3 | 0 pts |
| 223 | Peloponnisos | 1.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 225 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 1.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 225 | Severen tsentralen Low reliability | 1.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 225 | Sterea Elláda | 1.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 228 | Yugoiztochen Low reliability | 1.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 229 | Nord-Vest | 1 | 0 pts |
| 230 | Vest Low reliability | 0.9 | 0 pts |
| 231 | Centru Low reliability | 0.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 232 | Sud-Vest Oltenia Low reliability | 0.7 | -0.4 pts |
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About this ranking
People aged 25 to 64 who took part in formal or non-formal education or training in the four weeks before the survey, as a percentage of all people aged 25 to 64 (EU Labour Force Survey).
The four-week window gives much lower rates than the twelve-month measure of the Adult Education Survey, which the EU uses for its 2030 adult learning target.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 12 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
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Eurostat. Participation rate in education and training in the last 4 weeks by NUTS 2 region, 25 to 64 years (trng_lfse_04). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/trng_lfse_04/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Participation rate in education and training in the last 4 weeks by NUTS 2 region, 25 to 64 years (trng_lfse_04) (EU regions (NUTS 2) by adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/trng_lfse_04/default/table
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Which region has the highest adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64?
Hovedstaden, with 35.9% in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64?
Sud-Vest Oltenia, with 0.7% in 2014.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Participation rate in education and training in the last 4 weeks by NUTS 2 region, 25 to 64 years (trng_lfse_04). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 12 regions have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.