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

Helsinki-Uusimaa had the highest adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64 of 240 regions in 2020, at 30.8%. Peloponnisos had the lowest, at 0.5%. The median was 8.1% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 9.1%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest30.8Helsinki-Uusimaa

Lowest0.5Peloponnisos

Median8.1240 regions

European Union (27)9.1History

Top 40 regions, 2020

%. 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	2020 (%)	Change on 2019
1	Helsinki-Uusimaa	30.8	-1.8 pts
2	Stockholm	30.1	-5.6 pts
3	Östra Mellansverige	29.3	-5.2 pts
3	Sydsverige	29.3	-6.5 pts
5	Västsverige	28.5	-6.3 pts
6	Norra Mellansverige	26.6	-3.9 pts
7	Övre Norrland	26.2	-4.7 pts
8	Mellersta Norrland	26.1	-5 pts
8	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	26.1	-0.3 pts
10	Länsi-Suomi	25.6	-2.9 pts
11	Åland Low reliability	25.4	-1.4 pts
12	Småland med öarna	25.3	-8 pts
13	Etelä-Suomi	24.8	-1.9 pts
14	Hovedstaden	22.7	-5.1 pts
15	Utrecht	22.2	-0.7 pts
16	Noord-Holland	20.5	-0.1 pts
17	Groningen	19.9	-2.4 pts
17	Zuid-Holland	19.9	-0.6 pts
19	Midtjylland	19	-5 pts
19	Sjælland	19	-5.3 pts
21	Syddanmark	18.5	-5.8 pts
22	Drenthe	18.1	+1.1 pts
23	Flevoland	18	-0.1 pts
24	Nordjylland	17.9	-5.6 pts
25	Zeeland	17.7	+1.4 pts
26	Gelderland	17.6	-1.7 pts
27	Noord-Brabant	17.5	-0.2 pts
28	Overijssel	17.3	-0.2 pts
29	Eesti	16.6	-3 pts
30	Wien	16.5	-3.6 pts
31	Friesland (NL)	16.4	-2.3 pts
32	Luxembourg	16.3	-2.8 pts
33	Rhône-Alpes	16.1	-8.7 pts
34	Midi-Pyrénées	15.8	-8.9 pts
35	Limburg (NL)	15.3	-1.4 pts
36	Aquitaine	14.8	-5.8 pts
37	Pays de la Loire	14.4	-7.3 pts
38	Limousin	14.3	-5.9 pts
39	Basse-Normandie	14	-5.2 pts
39	Languedoc-Roussillon	14	-4.3 pts
41	Haute-Normandie	13.8	-5.2 pts
42	Bretagne	13.7	-8 pts
43	Navarre	13.6	+0.6 pts
44	Bourgogne	13.5	-4.7 pts
44	Grande Lisboa	13.5	-0.9 pts
46	Basque Country	13.1	+0.1 pts
47	Lorraine	12.9	-7.6 pts
48	Region of Murcia	12.8	+0.6 pts
49	Alsace	12.7	-8.1 pts
49	Ile-de-France	12.7	-6 pts
49	Poitou-Charentes	12.7	-7.1 pts
52	Community of Madrid	12.4	+0.6 pts
53	Centre - Val de Loire	12.3	-7.7 pts
54	Eastern and Midland	12.2	-2.3 pts
55	Gießen Series break	12	+0.4 pts
55	Valencian Community	12	-0.4 pts
57	Cantabria	11.9	+0.6 pts
58	Auvergne	11.7	-9.5 pts
59	Galicia	11.6	+0.8 pts
60	Franche-Comté	11.5	-4.2 pts
61	Balearic Islands	11.3	+0.7 pts
61	Steiermark	11.3	-2.7 pts
63	Asturias	11.1	+2.4 pts
63	Champagne-Ardenne	11.1	-6.4 pts
63	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	11.1	-5.6 pts
66	Tirol	11	-3.6 pts
67	Aragon	10.9	+1.2 pts
68	Malta	10.8	-1 pts
69	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	10.7	-0.8 pts
70	Oberösterreich	10.6	-3 pts
70	Salzburg	10.6	-1.4 pts
72	La Rioja	10.5	-0.1 pts
72	Leipzig Series break	10.5	0 pts
72	Melilla Low reliability	10.5	-1.9 pts
72	Vorarlberg	10.5	-2.5 pts
76	Castile and León	10.4	-0.5 pts
76	Centro (PT)	10.4	-0.6 pts
78	Extremadura	10.3	+0.1 pts
78	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	10.3	-0.4 pts
80	Canary Islands	10.2	+0.2 pts
80	Nord-Pas de Calais	10.2	-7.3 pts
82	Berlin Series break	10.1	-0.1 pts
82	Kärnten	10.1	-2.5 pts
84	Catalonia	10	+0.7 pts
85	Península de Setúbal	9.9	-2.1 pts
86	Hamburg Series break	9.8	-0.6 pts
86	Northern and Western	9.8	-1.3 pts
86	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	9.8	-0.7 pts
89	Southern	9.7	-0.8 pts
90	Andalusia	9.6	0 pts
90	Braunschweig Series break	9.6	+0.3 pts
92	Bremen Low reliability	9.5	-0.8 pts
92	Picardie	9.5	-5.1 pts
94	Algarve	9.3	+1 pts
94	Burgenland	9.3	-1.3 pts
94	Emilia-Romagna	9.3	-1.1 pts
94	Niederösterreich	9.3	-3.3 pts
94	Prov. Brabant wallon	9.3	-0.2 pts
94	Zahodna Slovenija	9.3	-2.7 pts
100	Praha	9.2	-1.2 pts
101	Alentejo	9.1	+0.4 pts
101	Castilla-La Mancha	9.1	0 pts
103	Ceuta Low reliability	9	-2 pts
104	Liguria	8.9	-0.9 pts
104	Warszawski stołeczny	8.9	-2.3 pts
106	Köln Series break	8.8	+0.6 pts
106	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	8.8	-0.1 pts
108	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	8.6	-2.4 pts
108	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	8.6	-0.9 pts
108	Sardegna	8.6	0 pts
111	Sostinės regionas	8.5	+0.4 pts
112	Stuttgart Series break	8.4	-0.5 pts
113	Düsseldorf Series break	8.3	+1.2 pts
113	Karlsruhe Series break	8.3	-1.1 pts
113	Toscana	8.3	-1.1 pts
116	Darmstadt Series break	8.2	-1 pts
116	Freiburg Series break	8.2	+0.2 pts
116	Kassel Series break	8.2	-0.4 pts
116	La Réunion	8.2	-3.3 pts
116	Oberbayern Series break	8.2	-0.2 pts
121	Norte	8.1	-0.8 pts
121	Umbria	8.1	-2.1 pts
123	Arnsberg Series break	8	-0.5 pts
123	Münster Series break	8	-0.7 pts
125	Lazio	7.9	-0.7 pts
125	Rheinhessen-Pfalz Series break	7.9	-0.7 pts
127	Lombardia	7.8	-1.3 pts
128	Detmold Series break	7.6	+0.3 pts
128	Martinique	7.6	-3.3 pts
128	Região Autónoma da Madeira	7.6	-1 pts
128	Veneto	7.6	-2.3 pts
128	Vzhodna Slovenija	7.6	-2.8 pts
133	Corse Low reliability	7.5	+0.3 pts
133	Hannover Series break	7.5	-1.4 pts
133	Unterfranken Series break	7.5	-1.3 pts
133	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	7.5	-1.6 pts
137	Schleswig-Holstein Series break	7.4	-1.2 pts
138	Mittelfranken Series break	7.3	+0.3 pts
138	Molise	7.3	-0.3 pts
138	Tübingen Series break	7.3	-1.5 pts
141	Prov. Limburg (BE)	7.2	-1 pts
141	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	7.2	-2.9 pts
143	Abruzzo	7	-0.2 pts
143	Dresden Series break	7	-2.4 pts
143	Piemonte	7	-1.8 pts
143	Prov. Antwerpen	7	-1.2 pts
143	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	7	-1.2 pts
148	Basilicata	6.9	-0.1 pts
148	Jihovýchod	6.9	-3.2 pts
150	Észak-Alföld	6.7	-1.6 pts
150	Schwaben Series break	6.7	+0.9 pts
152	Guadeloupe	6.6	-1.9 pts
152	Latvija	6.6	-0.8 pts
152	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	6.6	-2.5 pts
152	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	6.6	+0.1 pts
152	Weser-Ems Series break	6.6	+0.5 pts
157	Moravskoslezsko	6.5	-2.1 pts
158	Koblenz Series break	6.3	-0.9 pts
158	Prov. Namur	6.3	-0.4 pts
160	Marche	6.2	-1.5 pts
160	Oberfranken Low reliability	6.2	-1.4 pts
162	Prov. Liège	6.1	-1.1 pts
163	Oberpfalz Series break	6	-0.4 pts
164	Attiki	5.9	+0.5 pts
164	Budapest	5.9	-2.2 pts
166	Grad Zagreb	5.8	-1.6 pts
166	Thüringen Series break	5.8	-2.4 pts
168	Lüneburg Series break	5.7	-0.7 pts
169	Calabria	5.6	0 pts
169	Região Autónoma dos Açores	5.6	+0.6 pts
171	Chemnitz Low reliability	5.4	-1.7 pts
171	Puglia	5.4	-0.5 pts
171	Střední Morava	5.4	-2.6 pts
174	Campania	5.2	-0.1 pts
174	Dél-Alföld	5.2	-0.2 pts
174	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Series break	5.2	-2.7 pts
174	Saarland Low reliability	5.2	-2.3 pts
178	Sachsen-Anhalt Series break	5.1	-1.5 pts
179	Dolnośląskie	5	-1.3 pts
179	Niederbayern Low reliability	5	-0.4 pts
181	Małopolskie	4.9	-0.6 pts
182	Severovýchod	4.8	-2.9 pts
183	Brandenburg Series break	4.7	-1.8 pts
183	Bratislavský kraj	4.7	-2.3 pts
185	Dytiki Elláda	4.6	-0.6 pts
185	Észak-Magyarország	4.6	+0.1 pts
185	Kýpros	4.6	-1.2 pts
188	Sicilia	4.5	-0.3 pts
189	Guyane Low reliability	4.4	-3.5 pts
189	Közép-Dunántúl	4.4	+0.4 pts
191	Lubelskie	4.3	-1.2 pts
192	Jihozápad	4.2	-1.8 pts
192	Nyugat-Dunántúl	4.2	0 pts
192	Pest	4.2	-1.2 pts
192	Pomorskie	4.2	-1.8 pts
196	Dél-Dunántúl	3.9	+0.1 pts
197	Dytiki Makedonia	3.8	-0.3 pts
197	Kujawsko-pomorskie	3.8	-1.4 pts
199	Střední Čechy	3.7	-4 pts
200	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	3.6	-0.5 pts
200	Kentriki Makedonia	3.6	+0.2 pts
200	Kriti	3.6	+0.1 pts
200	Prov. Hainaut	3.6	-1 pts
200	Voreio Aigaio	3.6	+0.8 pts
205	Thessalia	3.5	+1 pts
206	Śląskie	3.4	-1.6 pts
207	Stredné Slovensko	3.2	-0.8 pts
208	Notio Aigaio	3	+0.3 pts
208	Podlaskie Low reliability	3	-1.3 pts
210	Łódzkie	2.9	-0.1 pts
211	Opolskie Low reliability	2.8	-0.2 pts
211	Severozápad	2.8	-2.3 pts
213	Jadranska Hrvatska	2.7	-0.2 pts
213	Lubuskie Low reliability	2.7	-0.3 pts
213	Východné Slovensko	2.7	-0.4 pts
213	Wielkopolskie	2.7	-1.1 pts
217	Sjeverna Hrvatska	2.6	+0.2 pts
217	Yugozapaden	2.6	-0.6 pts
217	Zachodniopomorskie	2.6	-0.7 pts
220	Panonska Hrvatska	2.2	+0.2 pts
220	Sud-Muntenia	2.2	-0.8 pts
220	Warmińsko-mazurskie Low reliability	2.2	-0.9 pts
223	Ionia Nisia Low reliability	2	-2.9 pts
223	Podkarpackie	2	-0.4 pts
223	Świętokrzyskie Low reliability	2	-0.6 pts
223	Západné Slovensko	2	-0.6 pts
227	Ipeiros Low reliability	1.8	+0.4 pts
228	Vest	1.5	-0.5 pts
229	Mazowiecki regionalny Low reliability	1.4	-0.9 pts
229	Severen tsentralen Low reliability	1.4	-0.1 pts
231	Severoiztochen Low reliability	1.3	+0.1 pts
231	Sterea Elláda	1.3	0 pts
233	Centru	1	-0.1 pts
233	Yuzhen tsentralen Low reliability	1	-0.3 pts
235	Bucureşti-Ilfov	0.8	-0.2 pts
235	Sud-Vest Oltenia Low reliability	0.8	+0.1 pts
237	Nord-Vest Low reliability	0.7	+0.1 pts
238	Nord-Est Low reliability	0.6	-0.3 pts
238	Sud-Est Low reliability	0.6	-0.1 pts
240	Peloponnisos Low reliability	0.5	-0.2 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. 4 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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=2020. 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, 2020}},
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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?

Helsinki-Uusimaa, with 30.8% in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Peloponnisos, with 0.5% in 2020.

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