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 231 regions in 2015, at 35.3%. Sud-Est had the lowest, at 0.8%. The median was 8.3% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 10.1%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2015
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2015 (%) | Change on 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hovedstaden | 35.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 2 | Stockholm | 31.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 3 | Midtjylland | 30.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 4 | Västsverige | 30.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 5 | Syddanmark | 29.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 6 | Sjælland | 29.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 7 | Sydsverige | 29.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 8 | Östra Mellansverige | 29.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 9 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 28.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 10 | Nordjylland | 28.3 | +0.6 pts |
| 11 | Övre Norrland | 27.9 | +3.3 pts |
| 12 | Åland | 27.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 13 | Småland med öarna | 27 | +1 pts |
| 14 | Mellersta Norrland | 26.7 | +2 pts |
| 15 | Norra Mellansverige | 26.2 | +3.5 pts |
| 16 | Etelä-Suomi | 24.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 17 | Länsi-Suomi | 23.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 18 | Midi-Pyrénées | 23.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 19 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 23.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 20 | Rhône-Alpes | 23 | -1 pts |
| 21 | Alsace | 21.9 | +2.9 pts |
| 22 | Bretagne | 21.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 23 | Limousin | 21.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 24 | Pays de la Loire | 20.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 25 | Groningen | 20.3 | +0.7 pts |
| 26 | Noord-Holland | 20.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 27 | Flevoland | 19.5 | +0.7 pts |
| 28 | Aquitaine | 19.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 29 | Haute-Normandie | 18.9 | 0 pts |
| 30 | Gelderland | 18.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 30 | Wien | 18.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 32 | Lorraine | 18.6 | +2.5 pts |
| 33 | Ile-de-France | 18.5 | +1 pts |
| 34 | Luxembourg Series break | 18 | +3.5 pts |
| 34 | Zeeland | 18 | +1 pts |
| 36 | Centre - Val de Loire | 17.8 | 0 pts |
| 36 | Noord-Brabant | 17.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 38 | Auvergne | 17.5 | 0 pts |
| 38 | Friesland (NL) | 17.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 38 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 17.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 41 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 17.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 41 | Overijssel | 17.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 43 | Bourgogne | 17.1 | 0 pts |
| 43 | Limburg (NL) | 17.1 | +1.3 pts |
| 45 | Franche-Comté | 17 | -1.8 pts |
| 46 | Basse-Normandie | 16.5 | +2.3 pts |
| 47 | Drenthe | 16 | -0.4 pts |
| 47 | Poitou-Charentes | 16 | -0.9 pts |
| 49 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 15.8 | -1.3 pts |
| 50 | Vorarlberg | 14 | +0.3 pts |
| 51 | Champagne-Ardenne | 13.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 51 | Steiermark | 13.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 53 | Niederösterreich | 13.5 | +0.6 pts |
| 53 | Zahodna Slovenija | 13.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 55 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 13.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 55 | Tirol | 13.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 57 | Picardie | 13.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 58 | Salzburg | 13.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 59 | Oberösterreich | 13 | 0 pts |
| 60 | Basque Country | 12.9 | +1 pts |
| 61 | Kärnten | 12.2 | 0 pts |
| 61 | Navarre | 12.2 | +0.9 pts |
| 63 | Eesti | 11.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 64 | Ceuta | 11.5 | +3.3 pts |
| 65 | Valencian Community | 11.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 66 | Aragon | 11.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 66 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 11.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 68 | Community of Madrid | 11.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 69 | Berlin | 10.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 69 | Castile and León | 10.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 71 | Cantabria | 10.7 | +1.5 pts |
| 71 | Jihovýchod | 10.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 73 | Budapest Series break | 10.6 | +5.9 pts |
| 73 | La Réunion | 10.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 73 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 10.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 76 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 10.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 76 | Leipzig | 10.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 78 | Burgenland | 10.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 79 | Galicia | 10.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 80 | Dresden | 10 | +0.2 pts |
| 80 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 10 | -2 pts |
| 82 | Region of Murcia | 9.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 83 | Gießen | 9.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 83 | Karlsruhe | 9.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 83 | La Rioja | 9.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 83 | Stuttgart | 9.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 87 | Melilla Low reliability | 9.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 87 | Severovýchod | 9.7 | -3.1 pts |
| 89 | Castilla-La Mancha | 9.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 89 | Hamburg | 9.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 89 | Martinique | 9.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 89 | Tübingen | 9.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 93 | Extremadura | 9.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 93 | Warszawski stołeczny | 9.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 95 | Közép-Dunántúl Series break | 9.4 | +6.9 pts |
| 96 | Balearic Islands | 9.3 | +1 pts |
| 97 | Andalusia | 9.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 97 | Darmstadt | 9.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 97 | Moravskoslezsko | 9.2 | -0.8 pts |
| 97 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 9.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 101 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 9.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 101 | Toscana | 9.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 103 | Guadeloupe | 9 | +0.6 pts |
| 104 | Asturias | 8.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 104 | Canary Islands | 8.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 104 | Freiburg | 8.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 107 | Emilia-Romagna | 8.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 107 | Jihozápad | 8.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 109 | Oberbayern | 8.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 109 | Trier | 8.6 | +0.9 pts |
| 111 | Guyane | 8.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 111 | Umbria | 8.5 | -1.3 pts |
| 113 | Bremen | 8.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 113 | Corse Low reliability | 8.4 | -4.3 pts |
| 115 | Lazio | 8.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 115 | Oberfranken | 8.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 115 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 8.3 | -1.2 pts |
| 118 | Norte | 8.2 | -0.5 pts |
| 118 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 8.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 118 | Schleswig-Holstein | 8.2 | +0.8 pts |
| 121 | Köln | 8.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 121 | Lombardia | 8.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 121 | Thüringen | 8.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 124 | Braunschweig | 8 | -0.4 pts |
| 124 | Kassel | 8 | +1.2 pts |
| 126 | Algarve | 7.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 126 | Unterfranken | 7.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 128 | Arnsberg | 7.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 128 | Sardegna | 7.8 | -1.9 pts |
| 130 | Hannover | 7.7 | +0.2 pts |
| 130 | Molise | 7.7 | +0.7 pts |
| 132 | Catalonia | 7.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 132 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 7.6 | -2 pts |
| 132 | Střední Čechy | 7.6 | -1 pts |
| 132 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 7.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 136 | Eastern and Midland | 7.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 136 | Kýpros | 7.5 | +0.4 pts |
| 136 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 7.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 136 | Pest Series break | 7.5 | +4.7 pts |
| 140 | Malta | 7.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 140 | Marche | 7.4 | -1.9 pts |
| 140 | Piemonte | 7.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 143 | Düsseldorf | 7.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 143 | Mittelfranken | 7.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 145 | Liguria | 7.2 | -1.5 pts |
| 145 | Münster | 7.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 145 | Veneto | 7.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 148 | Abruzzo | 7.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 148 | Chemnitz | 7.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 148 | Észak-Alföld Series break | 7.1 | +2.6 pts |
| 148 | Koblenz | 7.1 | +0.1 pts |
| 148 | Střední Morava | 7.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 153 | Bratislavský kraj | 6.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 153 | Praha | 6.9 | -1.1 pts |
| 153 | Severozápad | 6.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 156 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 6.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 157 | Detmold | 6.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 157 | Schwaben | 6.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 159 | Brandenburg | 6.4 | 0 pts |
| 159 | Oberpfalz | 6.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 159 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 6.4 | -1.6 pts |
| 162 | Prov. Antwerpen | 6.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 162 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 6.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 164 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 6.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 165 | Dél-Alföld Series break | 6.1 | +3.5 pts |
| 165 | Lüneburg | 6.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 165 | Prov. Liège | 6.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 168 | Basilicata | 6 | -1.4 pts |
| 169 | Calabria | 5.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 169 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 5.9 | +1.4 pts |
| 169 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 5.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 172 | Niederbayern | 5.8 | +0.2 pts |
| 172 | Weser-Ems | 5.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 174 | Észak-Magyarország Series break | 5.7 | +2.8 pts |
| 174 | Latvija | 5.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 174 | Southern | 5.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 177 | Puglia | 5.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 177 | Saarland | 5.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 179 | Northern and Western | 5.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 179 | Sostinės regionas | 5.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 181 | Campania | 5.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 182 | Pomorskie | 5 | -0.3 pts |
| 183 | Attiki | 4.9 | +0.3 pts |
| 184 | Nyugat-Dunántúl Series break | 4.7 | +2.8 pts |
| 184 | Sicilia | 4.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 186 | Prov. Namur | 4.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 187 | Dytiki Makedonia | 4.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 188 | Prov. Hainaut | 4 | -0.3 pts |
| 189 | Małopolskie | 3.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 190 | Dolnośląskie | 3.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 191 | Yugozapaden | 3.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 192 | Dél-Dunántúl Series break | 3.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 192 | Lubelskie | 3.3 | -1.2 pts |
| 192 | Podlaskie | 3.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 195 | Dytiki Elláda | 3.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 196 | Ionia Nisia Low reliability | 3.1 | +1.4 pts |
| 196 | Śląskie | 3.1 | -0.6 pts |
| 196 | Západné Slovensko | 3.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 199 | Kentriki Makedonia | 2.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 199 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 2.8 | -1 pts |
| 201 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 2.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 202 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 2.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 202 | Stredné Slovensko | 2.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 202 | Zachodniopomorskie | 2.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 205 | Lubuskie Low reliability | 2.5 | 0 pts |
| 205 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 2.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 207 | Łódzkie | 2.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 207 | Opolskie Low reliability | 2.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 207 | Świętokrzyskie | 2.4 | -0.7 pts |
| 207 | Thessalia | 2.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 207 | Wielkopolskie | 2.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 212 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 2.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 213 | Kriti | 2 | -0.1 pts |
| 214 | Podkarpackie | 1.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 214 | Severoiztochen | 1.9 | 0 pts |
| 214 | Sud-Muntenia | 1.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 217 | Ipeiros Low reliability | 1.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 217 | Východné Slovensko | 1.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 219 | Vest | 1.7 | +0.8 pts |
| 220 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 1.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 220 | Notio Aigaio Low reliability | 1.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 222 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 1.5 | 0 pts |
| 223 | Yugoiztochen | 1.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 224 | Nord-Vest | 1.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 225 | Peloponnisos | 1.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 226 | Centru | 1.1 | +0.3 pts |
| 227 | Nord-Est | 1 | -1.6 pts |
| 227 | Sterea Elláda Low reliability | 1 | -0.2 pts |
| 227 | Sud-Vest Oltenia Low reliability | 1 | +0.3 pts |
| 230 | Severen tsentralen Low reliability | 0.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 231 | Sud-Est Low reliability | 0.8 | -0.9 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. 13 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/trng_lfse_04/default/table
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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, 2015. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/trng_lfse_04/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-learning-participation-25-64/eu-regions?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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Which region has the highest adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64?
Hovedstaden, with 35.3% in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64?
Sud-Est, with 0.8% in 2015.
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. 13 regions have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.