EU regions (NUTS 2) by adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64
Sydsverige had the highest adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64 of 243 regions in 2019, at 35.8%. Nord-Vest had the lowest, at 0.6%. The median was 8.9% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 10.8%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2019
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2019 (%) | Change on 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydsverige | 35.8 | +2.9 pts |
| 2 | Stockholm | 35.7 | +3.4 pts |
| 3 | Västsverige | 34.8 | +2.8 pts |
| 4 | Östra Mellansverige | 34.5 | +2.5 pts |
| 5 | Småland med öarna | 33.3 | +3.2 pts |
| 6 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 32.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 7 | Mellersta Norrland | 31.1 | +5 pts |
| 8 | Övre Norrland | 30.9 | +1.5 pts |
| 9 | Norra Mellansverige | 30.5 | +2.8 pts |
| 10 | Länsi-Suomi | 28.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 11 | Hovedstaden | 27.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 12 | Åland Low reliability | 26.8 | +2.4 pts |
| 13 | Etelä-Suomi | 26.7 | +1.3 pts |
| 14 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 26.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 15 | Rhône-Alpes | 24.8 | +0.6 pts |
| 16 | Midi-Pyrénées | 24.7 | -1.9 pts |
| 17 | Sjælland | 24.3 | +2.9 pts |
| 17 | Syddanmark | 24.3 | +3 pts |
| 19 | Midtjylland | 24 | +0.7 pts |
| 20 | Nordjylland | 23.5 | +2.3 pts |
| 21 | Utrecht | 22.9 | |
| 22 | Groningen | 22.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 23 | Bretagne | 21.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 23 | Pays de la Loire | 21.7 | +1.6 pts |
| 25 | Auvergne | 21.2 | +3.9 pts |
| 26 | Alsace | 20.8 | +2.2 pts |
| 27 | Aquitaine | 20.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 27 | Noord-Holland | 20.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 29 | Lorraine | 20.5 | +2.4 pts |
| 29 | Zuid-Holland | 20.5 | |
| 31 | Limousin | 20.2 | +0.9 pts |
| 32 | Wien | 20.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 33 | Centre - Val de Loire | 20 | +1.7 pts |
| 34 | Poitou-Charentes | 19.8 | +1.3 pts |
| 35 | Eesti | 19.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 36 | Gelderland | 19.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 37 | Basse-Normandie | 19.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 38 | Luxembourg | 19.1 | +1.1 pts |
| 39 | Haute-Normandie | 19 | +2.9 pts |
| 40 | Friesland (NL) | 18.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 40 | Ile-de-France | 18.7 | +1.4 pts |
| 42 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 18.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 43 | Bourgogne | 18.2 | -1.3 pts |
| 44 | Flevoland | 18.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 45 | Noord-Brabant | 17.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 46 | Champagne-Ardenne | 17.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 46 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 17.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 46 | Overijssel | 17.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 49 | Drenthe | 17 | +1.2 pts |
| 50 | Limburg (NL) | 16.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 50 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 16.7 | +1.4 pts |
| 52 | Zeeland | 16.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 53 | Franche-Comté | 15.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 54 | Picardie | 14.6 | +2 pts |
| 54 | Tirol | 14.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 56 | Eastern and Midland | 14.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 57 | Grande Lisboa | 14.4 | |
| 58 | Steiermark | 14 | -0.2 pts |
| 59 | Oberösterreich | 13.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 60 | Basque Country | 13 | +0.3 pts |
| 60 | Navarre | 13 | +0.8 pts |
| 60 | Vorarlberg | 13 | -1.3 pts |
| 63 | Kärnten | 12.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 63 | Niederösterreich | 12.6 | -1.1 pts |
| 65 | Melilla | 12.4 | -1.9 pts |
| 65 | Valencian Community | 12.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 67 | Region of Murcia | 12.2 | 0 pts |
| 68 | Península de Setúbal | 12 | |
| 68 | Salzburg | 12 | -0.9 pts |
| 68 | Zahodna Slovenija | 12 | -0.4 pts |
| 71 | Community of Madrid | 11.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 71 | Malta | 11.8 | +0.9 pts |
| 73 | Gießen | 11.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 74 | La Réunion | 11.5 | +0.8 pts |
| 74 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 11.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 76 | Cantabria | 11.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 77 | Warszawski stołeczny Series break | 11.2 | -2.7 pts |
| 78 | Northern and Western | 11.1 | +0.7 pts |
| 79 | Centro (PT) | 11 | |
| 79 | Ceuta | 11 | +1.8 pts |
| 79 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 11 | -0.3 pts |
| 82 | Castile and León | 10.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 82 | Martinique | 10.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 84 | Galicia | 10.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 85 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 10.7 | -1 pts |
| 86 | Balearic Islands | 10.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 86 | Burgenland | 10.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 86 | La Rioja | 10.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 89 | Leipzig | 10.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 89 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 10.5 | |
| 89 | Southern | 10.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 92 | Emilia-Romagna | 10.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 92 | Hamburg | 10.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 92 | Praha | 10.4 | -1.8 pts |
| 92 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 10.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 96 | Bremen | 10.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 97 | Berlin | 10.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 97 | Extremadura | 10.2 | 0 pts |
| 97 | Umbria | 10.2 | +0.9 pts |
| 100 | Jihovýchod | 10.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 100 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 10.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 102 | Canary Islands | 10 | 0 pts |
| 103 | Veneto | 9.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 104 | Liguria | 9.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 105 | Aragon | 9.7 | -2.4 pts |
| 106 | Andalusia | 9.6 | +0.6 pts |
| 107 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 9.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 107 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 9.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 109 | Dresden | 9.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 109 | Karlsruhe | 9.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 109 | Toscana | 9.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 112 | Braunschweig | 9.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 112 | Catalonia | 9.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 114 | Darmstadt | 9.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 115 | Castilla-La Mancha | 9.1 | 0 pts |
| 115 | Lombardia | 9.1 | 0 pts |
| 115 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 9.1 | +1.6 pts |
| 115 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 9.1 | +0.6 pts |
| 119 | Hannover | 8.9 | +0.4 pts |
| 119 | Norte | 8.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 119 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 8.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 119 | Stuttgart | 8.9 | 0 pts |
| 123 | Piemonte | 8.8 | +0.4 pts |
| 123 | Tübingen | 8.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 123 | Unterfranken | 8.8 | 0 pts |
| 126 | Alentejo | 8.7 | |
| 126 | Asturias | 8.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 126 | Münster | 8.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 129 | Kassel | 8.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 129 | Lazio | 8.6 | +0.4 pts |
| 129 | Moravskoslezsko | 8.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 129 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 8.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 129 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 8.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 129 | Sardegna | 8.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 129 | Schleswig-Holstein | 8.6 | +0.2 pts |
| 136 | Arnsberg | 8.5 | 0 pts |
| 136 | Guadeloupe | 8.5 | +2.1 pts |
| 138 | Oberbayern | 8.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 139 | Algarve | 8.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 139 | Észak-Alföld | 8.3 | +2.1 pts |
| 141 | Köln | 8.2 | -0.1 pts |
| 141 | Prov. Antwerpen | 8.2 | 0 pts |
| 141 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 8.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 141 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 8.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 141 | Thüringen | 8.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 146 | Budapest | 8.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 146 | Sostinės regionas | 8.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 148 | Freiburg | 8 | -1.4 pts |
| 148 | Střední Morava | 8 | -0.5 pts |
| 150 | Guyane | 7.9 | +0.2 pts |
| 150 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 7.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 152 | Marche | 7.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 152 | Severovýchod | 7.7 | -1.3 pts |
| 152 | Střední Čechy | 7.7 | +1.5 pts |
| 155 | Molise | 7.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 155 | Oberfranken | 7.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 157 | Saarland | 7.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 158 | Grad Zagreb | 7.4 | +2 pts |
| 158 | Latvija | 7.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 160 | Detmold | 7.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 160 | Trier | 7.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 162 | Abruzzo | 7.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 162 | Corse Low reliability | 7.2 | +1.3 pts |
| 162 | Koblenz | 7.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 162 | Prov. Liège | 7.2 | -1 pts |
| 166 | Chemnitz | 7.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 166 | Düsseldorf | 7.1 | 0 pts |
| 168 | Basilicata | 7 | -0.8 pts |
| 168 | Bratislavský kraj | 7 | -0.4 pts |
| 168 | Mittelfranken | 7 | +0.3 pts |
| 171 | Prov. Namur | 6.7 | -1.9 pts |
| 172 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 6.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 173 | Brandenburg | 6.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 173 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 6.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 175 | Lüneburg | 6.4 | +0.7 pts |
| 175 | Oberpfalz | 6.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 177 | Dolnośląskie Series break | 6.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 178 | Weser-Ems | 6.1 | +0.5 pts |
| 179 | Jihozápad | 6 | -1.1 pts |
| 179 | Pomorskie Series break | 6 | -1.1 pts |
| 181 | Puglia | 5.9 | +0.5 pts |
| 182 | Kýpros | 5.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 182 | Schwaben | 5.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 184 | Calabria | 5.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 185 | Lubelskie Series break | 5.5 | -1.1 pts |
| 185 | Małopolskie Series break | 5.5 | -1.2 pts |
| 187 | Attiki | 5.4 | -1.3 pts |
| 187 | Dél-Alföld | 5.4 | -1.4 pts |
| 187 | Niederbayern | 5.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 187 | Pest | 5.4 | 0 pts |
| 191 | Campania | 5.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 192 | Dytiki Elláda | 5.2 | +1.2 pts |
| 192 | Kujawsko-pomorskie Series break | 5.2 | +0.5 pts |
| 194 | Severozápad | 5.1 | -0.8 pts |
| 195 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 5 | -0.6 pts |
| 195 | Śląskie Series break | 5 | -1.1 pts |
| 197 | Ionia Nisia | 4.9 | +0.9 pts |
| 198 | Sicilia | 4.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 199 | Prov. Hainaut | 4.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 200 | Észak-Magyarország | 4.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 201 | Podlaskie Series break | 4.3 | -1 pts |
| 202 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 4.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 203 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 4.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 203 | Dytiki Makedonia | 4.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 205 | Közép-Dunántúl | 4 | -0.6 pts |
| 205 | Stredné Slovensko | 4 | +0.4 pts |
| 207 | Dél-Dunántúl | 3.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 207 | Wielkopolskie Series break | 3.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 209 | Kriti | 3.5 | 0 pts |
| 210 | Kentriki Makedonia | 3.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 211 | Zachodniopomorskie Series break | 3.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 212 | Yugozapaden Series break | 3.2 | -1.3 pts |
| 213 | Východné Slovensko | 3.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 213 | Warmińsko-mazurskie Series break | 3.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 215 | Łódzkie Series break | 3 | -1.7 pts |
| 215 | Lubuskie Series break | 3 | -0.8 pts |
| 215 | Opolskie Series break | 3 | -0.8 pts |
| 215 | Sud-Muntenia | 3 | +1.8 pts |
| 219 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 2.9 | +0.6 pts |
| 220 | Voreio Aigaio Low reliability | 2.8 | -1.2 pts |
| 221 | Notio Aigaio | 2.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 222 | Świętokrzyskie Series break | 2.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 222 | Západné Slovensko | 2.6 | -0.8 pts |
| 224 | Thessalia | 2.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 225 | Podkarpackie Series break | 2.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 225 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 2.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 227 | Mazowiecki regionalny Series break | 2.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 228 | Panonska Hrvatska | 2 | +0.3 pts |
| 228 | Vest | 2 | +0.8 pts |
| 230 | Severen tsentralen Low reliability | 1.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 231 | Ipeiros Low reliability | 1.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 232 | Sterea Elláda | 1.3 | 0 pts |
| 232 | Yuzhen tsentralen Series break | 1.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 234 | Severoiztochen Low reliability | 1.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 235 | Centru | 1.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 235 | Yugoiztochen Low reliability | 1.1 | -0.8 pts |
| 237 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 1 | -0.4 pts |
| 237 | Severozapaden Low reliability | 1 | -0.3 pts |
| 239 | Nord-Est | 0.9 | 0 pts |
| 240 | Peloponnisos Low reliability | 0.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 240 | Sud-Est Low reliability | 0.7 | 0 pts |
| 240 | Sud-Vest Oltenia Low reliability | 0.7 | |
| 243 | Nord-Vest 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. 1 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2019 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, 2019) [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, 2019. 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=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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Which region has the highest adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64?
Sydsverige, with 35.8% in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64?
Nord-Vest, with 0.6% in 2019.
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. 1 regions have no value for 2019 and are not ranked.