EU regions (NUTS 2) by adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64

Stockholm had the highest adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64 of 236 regions in 2017, at 31.6%. Sud-Est had the lowest, at 0.6%. The median was 8.6% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 10.4%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest31.6Stockholm

Lowest0.6Sud-Est

Median8.6236 regions

European Union (27)10.4History

Top 40 regions, 2017

%. Source: Eurostat, 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.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2017 (%)	Change on 2016
1	Stockholm	31.6	+0.3 pts
1	Sydsverige	31.6	+1.6 pts
3	Västsverige	31.3	+1.2 pts
4	Östra Mellansverige	30.8	+0.2 pts
5	Hovedstaden Series break	30.7	-0.8 pts
6	Helsinki-Uusimaa	30.4	+0.2 pts
7	Småland med öarna	27.9	+0.9 pts
8	Norra Mellansverige	27.8	+1.7 pts
9	Övre Norrland	27.5	+0.3 pts
10	Mellersta Norrland	27.2	+1.2 pts
11	Länsi-Suomi	26.4	+1.4 pts
12	Midtjylland Series break	26.3	-1.7 pts
13	Etelä-Suomi	26.1	+1.5 pts
14	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	25.4	+1.1 pts
15	Syddanmark Series break	24.8	-0.8 pts
16	Rhône-Alpes	24.6	+0.8 pts
17	Åland Low reliability	24.5	-3.1 pts
18	Sjælland Series break	24.3	-2.2 pts
19	Nordjylland Series break	23.9	+0.1 pts
20	Midi-Pyrénées	23.8	+1 pts
21	Pays de la Loire	21.6	+0.9 pts
22	Groningen	21.5	+0.8 pts
23	Wien	20.8	+1.2 pts
24	Bretagne	20.5	-1.2 pts
25	Noord-Holland	20.4	+0.2 pts
26	Limousin	20.3	-1.1 pts
27	Aquitaine	20.2	-0.1 pts
28	Gelderland	19.2	+1 pts
28	Languedoc-Roussillon	19.2	+1.1 pts
30	Flevoland	19.1	-0.1 pts
31	Auvergne	18.8	-1.6 pts
32	Centre - Val de Loire	18.4	+0.3 pts
33	Poitou-Charentes	18.3	+1.6 pts
34	Ile-de-France	18	+0.8 pts
34	Overijssel	18	+0.3 pts
36	Noord-Brabant	17.9	+0.5 pts
37	Alsace	17.8	-3.1 pts
37	Franche-Comté	17.8	-2 pts
39	Nord-Pas de Calais	17.7	-0.7 pts
40	Bourgogne	17.3	-0.7 pts
41	Luxembourg	17.2	+0.4 pts
42	Haute-Normandie	17	-1.7 pts
42	Limburg (NL)	17	+1 pts
44	Lorraine	16.9	-1.5 pts
45	Eesti	16.8	+1.5 pts
46	Friesland (NL)	16.4	+0.3 pts
47	Drenthe	16.2	-0.7 pts
47	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	16.2	-1.6 pts
49	Basse-Normandie	15.9	-0.1 pts
49	Champagne-Ardenne	15.9	+0.2 pts
51	Vorarlberg	15.2	+0.5 pts
51	Zeeland	15.2	-2.2 pts
53	Steiermark	15.1	+0.9 pts
53	Tirol	15.1	+0.5 pts
55	Niederösterreich	14.3	+0.9 pts
56	Oberösterreich	14.2	+0.7 pts
56	Salzburg	14.2	+0.3 pts
58	Zahodna Slovenija	13.6	+0.6 pts
59	Basque Country	13.2	+1.5 pts
59	Kärnten	13.2	+1.2 pts
61	Picardie	12.6	-1.3 pts
61	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Series break	12.6	+2.6 pts
63	Melilla	12.2	+4.8 pts
64	Aragon	12.1	+0.7 pts
65	Gießen	11.9	+0.2 pts
66	Valencian Community	11.6	+0.8 pts
67	Burgenland	11.5	+0.7 pts
67	Community of Madrid	11.5	+0.7 pts
67	Region of Murcia	11.5	+1.4 pts
70	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	11.4	-0.5 pts
71	Praha	11.3	+2.6 pts
72	La Réunion	11.2	-0.9 pts
72	Moravskoslezsko	11.2	+0.4 pts
72	Navarre	11.2	-0.6 pts
75	Berlin	10.8	+0.2 pts
76	Cantabria	10.7	+1.7 pts
77	Malta Series break	10.6	+2.8 pts
77	Vzhodna Slovenija	10.6	+0.1 pts
79	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	10.5	-1.3 pts
80	Hamburg	10.4	-0.5 pts
81	Jihovýchod	10.3	+0.7 pts
81	Jihozápad	10.3	+1.3 pts
83	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Series break	10.2	+1.1 pts
84	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	10.1	-1 pts
85	Dresden	10	-0.4 pts
85	Emilia-Romagna	10	0 pts
85	Střední Morava	10	+2.8 pts
88	Severovýchod	9.9	+1.5 pts
89	Braunschweig	9.8	+1.1 pts
89	Bremen	9.8	-0.3 pts
89	Castile and León	9.8	+0.2 pts
89	Eastern and Midland Series break	9.8	+2.8 pts
89	La Rioja	9.8	0 pts
94	Ceuta Low reliability	9.7	-0.4 pts
94	Leipzig	9.7	-0.6 pts
94	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Series break	9.7	+2.2 pts
97	Karlsruhe	9.6	-0.3 pts
97	Prov. Brabant wallon Series break	9.6	+1.2 pts
99	Darmstadt	9.5	+0.2 pts
99	Martinique	9.5	-0.6 pts
99	Tübingen	9.5	-0.5 pts
102	Galicia	9.4	+0.2 pts
102	Stuttgart	9.4	-0.7 pts
104	Extremadura	9.3	+0.2 pts
104	Liguria	9.3	+0.1 pts
106	Canary Islands	9.2	+0.8 pts
106	Castilla-La Mancha	9.2	+0.3 pts
106	Warszawski stołeczny	9.2	+0.3 pts
109	Budapest	9.1	-0.5 pts
109	Freiburg	9.1	-0.9 pts
109	Veneto	9.1	+0.6 pts
112	Asturias	9	+0.6 pts
112	Lazio	9	+0.2 pts
112	Toscana	9	-1.3 pts
112	Umbria	9	-1.3 pts
116	Lombardia	8.7	-0.6 pts
116	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	8.7	-0.9 pts
118	Algarve	8.6	+0.6 pts
118	Andalusia	8.6	-0.1 pts
118	Balearic Islands	8.6	-0.1 pts
118	Kassel	8.6	-0.3 pts
118	Köln	8.6	-0.1 pts
118	Thüringen	8.6	+0.2 pts
118	Unterfranken	8.6	+0.2 pts
125	Arnsberg	8.5	0 pts
125	Norte	8.5	+0.3 pts
125	Oberbayern	8.5	0 pts
125	Sardegna	8.5	-1.4 pts
125	Schleswig-Holstein	8.5	+0.3 pts
125	Southern Series break	8.5	+2.3 pts
131	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	8.4	-0.4 pts
131	Prov. Limburg (BE) Series break	8.4	+2.5 pts
131	Prov. Namur Series break	8.4	+4 pts
134	Oberfranken	8.3	-0.4 pts
135	Prov. West-Vlaanderen Series break	8.2	+1.2 pts
135	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	8.2	+0.4 pts
137	Münster	8.1	+0.1 pts
138	Corse Low reliability	8	-1.1 pts
138	Hannover	8	+0.1 pts
138	Střední Čechy	8	-0.4 pts
141	Guyane	7.9	+0.6 pts
141	Piemonte	7.9	-0.5 pts
141	Região Autónoma da Madeira	7.9	0 pts
144	Catalonia	7.7	+0.3 pts
144	Trier	7.7	-0.7 pts
146	Detmold	7.6	0 pts
146	Saarland	7.6	+1.5 pts
148	Guadeloupe	7.5	-1.6 pts
148	Latvija	7.5	+0.2 pts
148	Northern and Western Series break	7.5	+2.1 pts
151	Koblenz	7.4	-0.1 pts
151	Marche	7.4	-1.2 pts
153	Düsseldorf	7.3	-0.2 pts
153	Mittelfranken	7.3	+0.1 pts
153	Prov. Antwerpen Series break	7.3	+1 pts
156	Basilicata	7.2	-0.4 pts
156	Sachsen-Anhalt	7.2	+0.1 pts
158	Molise	7.1	+0.6 pts
158	Prov. Luxembourg (BE) Series break	7.1	+0.1 pts
160	Chemnitz	7	-0.6 pts
160	Oberpfalz	7	+0.1 pts
160	Prov. Liège Series break	7	+0.1 pts
163	Kýpros	6.9	0 pts
163	Lüneburg	6.9	+0.4 pts
165	Észak-Alföld	6.8	+0.5 pts
165	Severozápad	6.8	-1.1 pts
167	Attiki	6.6	+0.7 pts
167	Brandenburg	6.6	-0.5 pts
169	Schwaben	6.4	+0.3 pts
170	Campania	6.3	+0.5 pts
171	Dél-Alföld	6.2	+0.3 pts
172	Abruzzo	6.1	-1.3 pts
172	Pest	6.1	+0.5 pts
172	Weser-Ems	6.1	+0.6 pts
175	Calabria	6	+0.3 pts
176	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	5.9	-0.1 pts
177	Bratislavský kraj	5.8	-1.4 pts
177	Małopolskie	5.8	+2 pts
177	Região Autónoma dos Açores	5.8	-0.5 pts
177	Sostinės regionas	5.8	-0.1 pts
181	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	5.6	+0.3 pts
182	Niederbayern	5.3	-0.2 pts
182	Pomorskie	5.3	-0.2 pts
182	Puglia	5.3	-1 pts
185	Dytiki Makedonia	5.2	+0.4 pts
186	Sicilia	5.1	+0.1 pts
187	Közép-Dunántúl	5	-2.5 pts
188	Dél-Dunántúl	4.8	0 pts
188	Prov. Hainaut Series break	4.8	+0.7 pts
190	Nyugat-Dunántúl	4.7	+0.1 pts
191	Śląskie	4.5	+0.9 pts
192	Lubelskie	4.3	+0.1 pts
193	Észak-Magyarország	4.2	0 pts
193	Grad Zagreb	4.2	-0.7 pts
195	Kentriki Makedonia	4	+0.8 pts
195	Yugozapaden	4	+0.2 pts
197	Kriti	3.8	+0.7 pts
197	Kujawsko-pomorskie	3.8	+0.5 pts
199	Voreio Aigaio	3.7	n/a
200	Dytiki Elláda	3.5	+0.1 pts
201	Podlaskie	3.4	-0.2 pts
202	Dolnośląskie	3.3	-1 pts
202	Opolskie	3.3	+0.7 pts
202	Východné Slovensko	3.3	+1.5 pts
205	Západné Slovensko	3.2	+0.7 pts
206	Świętokrzyskie	2.9	0 pts
207	Łódzkie	2.8	0 pts
207	Wielkopolskie	2.8	+0.4 pts
207	Zachodniopomorskie	2.8	+0.2 pts
210	Stredné Slovensko	2.6	-0.1 pts
211	Ionia Nisia Low reliability	2.5	-2.2 pts
211	Thessalia	2.5	+0.5 pts
213	Warmińsko-mazurskie	2.4	0 pts
214	Sjeverna Hrvatska	2.3	-0.4 pts
215	Lubuskie Low reliability	2.1	-0.4 pts
215	Podkarpackie	2.1	+0.1 pts
217	Ipeiros Low reliability	1.9	-0.8 pts
217	Mazowiecki regionalny	1.9	-0.3 pts
219	Jadranska Hrvatska	1.8	-0.8 pts
219	Severen tsentralen	1.8	+0.5 pts
219	Yugoiztochen	1.8	+0.2 pts
222	Peloponnisos	1.7	+0.1 pts
223	Notio Aigaio Low reliability	1.5	-0.3 pts
223	Panonska Hrvatska Low reliability	1.5	-0.8 pts
225	Severoiztochen	1.4	-0.5 pts
225	Sterea Elláda	1.4	+0.4 pts
225	Sud-Muntenia	1.4	-0.1 pts
225	Yuzhen tsentralen	1.4	-0.2 pts
229	Bucureşti-Ilfov	1.3	-0.1 pts
230	Severozapaden Low reliability	1.2	+0.2 pts
231	Centru	1.1	0 pts
231	Nord-Est	1.1	0 pts
231	Nord-Vest	1.1	-0.3 pts
231	Vest Low reliability	1.1	-0.5 pts
235	Sud-Vest Oltenia Low reliability	0.7	0 pts
236	Sud-Est Low reliability	0.6	-0.1 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. 8 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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.

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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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{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, 2017}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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Which region has the highest adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64?

Stockholm, with 31.6% in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Sud-Est, with 0.6% in 2017.

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