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 241 regions in 2021, at 36.5%. Severoiztochen had the lowest, at 0.9%. The median was 9.6% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 10.9%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest36.5Stockholm

Lowest0.9Severoiztochen

Median9.6241 regions

European Union (27)10.9History

Top 40 regions, 2021

%. 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	2021 (%)	Change on 2020
1	Stockholm Series break	36.5	+6.4 pts
2	Helsinki-Uusimaa Series break	35.1	+4.3 pts
2	Östra Mellansverige Series break	35.1	+5.8 pts
4	Sydsverige Series break	35	+5.7 pts
5	Västsverige Series break	34.6	+6.1 pts
6	Norra Mellansverige Series break	33.6	+7 pts
7	Småland med öarna Series break	32.6	+7.3 pts
8	Mellersta Norrland Series break	31.2	+5.1 pts
9	Övre Norrland Series break	30.7	+4.5 pts
10	Utrecht Series break	29.5	+7.3 pts
11	Groningen Series break	28.9	+9 pts
12	Länsi-Suomi Series break	28.8	+3.2 pts
13	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Series break	28.5	+2.4 pts
14	Noord-Holland Series break	28.3	+7.8 pts
15	Etelä-Suomi Series break	27.6	+2.8 pts
16	Zuid-Holland Series break	27.4	+7.5 pts
17	Overijssel Series break	26.7	+9.4 pts
18	Flevoland Series break	26.3	+8.3 pts
19	Gelderland Series break	26.2	+8.6 pts
20	Hovedstaden Series break	26	+3.3 pts
21	Zeeland Series break	25.1	+7.4 pts
22	Noord-Brabant Series break	24.9	+7.4 pts
23	Drenthe Series break	24.6	+6.5 pts
24	Åland Low reliability	24.5	-0.9 pts
25	Friesland (NL) Series break	23.2	+6.8 pts
26	Limburg (NL) Series break	22.6	+7.3 pts
27	Midtjylland Series break	22	+3 pts
28	Zahodna Slovenija Series break	20.6	+11.3 pts
29	Sjælland Series break	20.3	+1.3 pts
30	Wien Series break	20.2	+3.7 pts
31	Nordjylland Series break	20	+2.1 pts
32	Syddanmark Series break	19.4	+0.9 pts
33	Eesti Series break	18.4	+1.8 pts
34	Luxembourg Series break	17.9	+1.6 pts
35	Vzhodna Slovenija Series break	17.4	+9.8 pts
36	Valencian Community Series break	17.2	+5.2 pts
37	Basque Country Series break	16.7	+3.6 pts
38	Cantabria Series break	16.1	+4.2 pts
39	Grande Lisboa Series break	16	+2.5 pts
39	Navarre Series break	16	+2.4 pts
41	Community of Madrid Series break	15.6	+3.2 pts
42	Aragon Series break	15.2	+4.3 pts
43	Eastern and Midland Series break	15.1	+2.9 pts
44	Castile and León Series break	15	+4.6 pts
44	Galicia Series break	15	+3.4 pts
46	Tirol Series break	14.9	+3.9 pts
47	Provincia Autonoma di Trento Series break	14.8	+4.1 pts
48	Asturias Series break	14.6	+3.5 pts
48	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Series break	14.6	+4.3 pts
50	Centro (PT) Series break	14	+3.6 pts
50	La Rioja Series break	14	+3.5 pts
52	Balearic Islands Series break	13.9	+2.6 pts
53	Malta Series break	13.8	+3 pts
53	Steiermark Series break	13.8	+2.5 pts
55	Region of Murcia Series break	13.7	+0.9 pts
56	Ceuta Series break	13.6	+4.6 pts
57	Aquitaine Series break	13.5	-1.3 pts
57	Melilla Series break	13.5	+3 pts
59	Canary Islands Series break	13.4	+3.2 pts
60	Salzburg Series break	13	+2.4 pts
61	Catalonia Series break	12.9	+2.9 pts
62	Kärnten Series break	12.8	+2.7 pts
62	Península de Setúbal Series break	12.8	+2.9 pts
64	Algarve Series break	12.7	+3.4 pts
64	Andalusia Series break	12.7	+3.1 pts
64	Ile-de-France Series break	12.7	0 pts
64	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Series break	12.7	+3.9 pts
68	Extremadura Series break	12.6	+2.3 pts
68	Oberösterreich Series break	12.6	+2 pts
70	Vorarlberg Series break	12.4	+1.9 pts
71	Emilia-Romagna Series break	12.3	+3 pts
71	Friuli-Venezia Giulia Series break	12.3	+3.7 pts
71	Niederösterreich Series break	12.3	+3 pts
71	Rhône-Alpes Series break	12.3	-3.8 pts
75	Northern and Western Series break	12.2	+2.4 pts
76	Castilla-La Mancha Series break	12.1	+3 pts
77	Limousin Series break	12	-2.3 pts
77	Prov. Brabant wallon Series break	12	+2.7 pts
77	Southern Series break	12	+2.3 pts
80	Liguria Series break	11.8	+2.9 pts
81	Midi-Pyrénées Series break	11.7	-4.1 pts
82	Alsace Series break	11.6	-1.1 pts
82	Umbria Series break	11.6	+3.5 pts
84	Alentejo Series break	11.5	+2.4 pts
85	Burgenland Series break	11.4	+2.1 pts
85	Grad Zagreb Series break	11.4	+5.6 pts
87	Lazio Series break	11.3	+3.4 pts
87	Prov. West-Vlaanderen Series break	11.3	+4.3 pts
87	Sostinės regionas Series break	11.3	+2.8 pts
90	Bretagne Series break	11.1	-2.6 pts
90	Sardegna Series break	11.1	+2.5 pts
92	Toscana Series break	11	+2.7 pts
93	Norte Series break	10.8	+2.7 pts
93	Pays de la Loire Series break	10.8	-3.6 pts
95	Berlin Series break	10.6	+0.5 pts
95	Praha Series break	10.6	+1.4 pts
95	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Series break	10.6	+3.1 pts
95	Veneto Series break	10.6	+3 pts
95	Warszawski stołeczny Series break	10.6	+1.7 pts
100	Lorraine Series break	10.5	-2.4 pts
100	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Series break	10.5	-0.6 pts
102	Auvergne Series break	10.4	-1.3 pts
102	Basse-Normandie Series break	10.4	-3.6 pts
102	Gießen Series break	10.4	-1.6 pts
102	Lombardia Series break	10.4	+2.6 pts
102	Piemonte Series break	10.4	+3.4 pts
102	Prov. Antwerpen Series break	10.4	+3.4 pts
108	Bourgogne Series break	10.3	-3.2 pts
108	Hamburg Series break	10.3	+0.5 pts
110	Leipzig Series break	10.2	-0.3 pts
111	Franche-Comté Series break	10.1	-1.4 pts
111	Haute-Normandie Series break	10.1	-3.7 pts
111	Marche Series break	10.1	+3.9 pts
111	Oeste e Vale do Tejo Series break	10.1	+0.3 pts
115	Molise Series break	9.9	+2.6 pts
116	Bremen Series break	9.8	+0.3 pts
116	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Low reliability	9.8	+1.2 pts
118	Centre - Val de Loire Series break	9.7	-2.6 pts
118	Kýpros Series break	9.7	+5.1 pts
120	Languedoc-Roussillon Series break	9.6	-4.4 pts
120	Nord-Pas de Calais Series break	9.6	-0.6 pts
122	Basilicata Series break	9.5	+2.6 pts
123	Abruzzo Series break	9.3	+2.3 pts
123	Champagne-Ardenne Series break	9.3	-1.8 pts
125	Picardie Series break	9	-0.5 pts
126	Poitou-Charentes Series break	8.9	-3.8 pts
126	Região Autónoma da Madeira Series break	8.9	+1.3 pts
128	Prov. Limburg (BE) Series break	8.8	+1.6 pts
129	Bratislavský kraj Series break	8.7	+4 pts
129	Prov. Liège Series break	8.7	+2.6 pts
129	Prov. Luxembourg (BE) Series break	8.7	+2.1 pts
132	Darmstadt Series break	8.6	+0.4 pts
132	Dolnośląskie Series break	8.6	+3.6 pts
132	Latvija Series break	8.6	+2 pts
132	Prov. Namur Series break	8.6	+2.3 pts
136	Köln Series break	8.5	-0.3 pts
136	Nord-Vest Series break	8.5	+7.8 pts
138	Arnsberg Series break	8.4	+0.4 pts
138	Freiburg Series break	8.4	+0.2 pts
138	Karlsruhe Series break	8.4	+0.1 pts
138	Stuttgart Series break	8.4	0 pts
142	Região Autónoma dos Açores Series break	8.2	+2.6 pts
143	Detmold Series break	8.1	+0.5 pts
143	Oberbayern Series break	8.1	-0.1 pts
143	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Series break	8.1	+0.9 pts
146	Małopolskie Series break	8	+3.1 pts
146	Tübingen Series break	8	+0.7 pts
148	Braunschweig Series break	7.9	-1.7 pts
148	Düsseldorf Series break	7.9	-0.4 pts
150	Calabria Series break	7.8	+2.2 pts
150	Martinique Series break	7.8	+0.2 pts
152	La Réunion Series break	7.6	-0.6 pts
153	Hannover Series break	7.5	0 pts
153	Koblenz Series break	7.5	+1.2 pts
153	Kujawsko-pomorskie Series break	7.5	+3.7 pts
153	Mittelfranken Series break	7.5	+0.2 pts
157	Puglia Series break	7.4	+2 pts
157	Rheinhessen-Pfalz Series break	7.4	-0.5 pts
159	Budapest Series break	7.3	+1.4 pts
160	Campania Series break	7.2	+2 pts
160	Moravskoslezsko Series break	7.2	+0.7 pts
160	Schleswig-Holstein Series break	7.2	-0.2 pts
160	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas Series break	7.2	+0.6 pts
164	Sicilia Series break	7.1	+2.6 pts
165	Münster Series break	7	-1 pts
165	Unterfranken Series break	7	-0.5 pts
167	Kassel Series break	6.9	-1.3 pts
168	Közép-Dunántúl Series break	6.8	+2.4 pts
168	Pomorskie Series break	6.8	+2.6 pts
170	Dresden Series break	6.7	-0.3 pts
170	Észak-Alföld Series break	6.7	0 pts
170	Jihovýchod Series break	6.7	-0.2 pts
173	Trier Low reliability	6.6	n/a
174	Oberpfalz Series break	6.5	+0.5 pts
175	Dél-Alföld Series break	6.4	+1.2 pts
175	Oberfranken Series break	6.4	+0.2 pts
177	Észak-Magyarország Series break	6.3	+1.7 pts
177	Nord-Est Series break	6.3	+5.7 pts
177	Saarland Series break	6.3	+1.1 pts
177	Schwaben Series break	6.3	-0.4 pts
177	Sud-Muntenia Series break	6.3	+4.1 pts
182	Lubelskie Series break	6.2	+1.9 pts
183	Weser-Ems Series break	6.1	-0.5 pts
184	Thüringen Series break	6	+0.2 pts
185	Guyane Series break	5.9	+1.5 pts
186	Brandenburg Series break	5.6	+0.9 pts
186	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Series break	5.6	+0.4 pts
188	Lüneburg Series break	5.5	-0.2 pts
189	Niederbayern Series break	5.3	+0.3 pts
189	Sachsen-Anhalt Series break	5.3	+0.2 pts
189	Východné Slovensko Series break	5.3	+2.6 pts
192	Guadeloupe Series break	5.2	-1.4 pts
193	Sud-Est Series break	5.1	+4.5 pts
194	Chemnitz Series break	5	-0.4 pts
194	Severovýchod Series break	5	+0.2 pts
196	Dél-Dunántúl Series break	4.9	+1 pts
197	Attiki Series break	4.6	-1.3 pts
197	Bucureşti-Ilfov Series break	4.6	+3.8 pts
197	Střední Morava Series break	4.6	-0.8 pts
200	Prov. Hainaut Series break	4.5	+0.9 pts
201	Śląskie Series break	4.3	+0.9 pts
201	Stredné Slovensko Series break	4.3	+1.1 pts
203	Corse Low reliability	4.2	-3.3 pts
203	Ipeiros Series break	4.2	+2.4 pts
203	Jadranska Hrvatska Series break	4.2	+1.5 pts
203	Jihozápad Series break	4.2	0 pts
203	Pest Series break	4.2	0 pts
203	Voreio Aigaio Series break	4.2	+0.6 pts
209	Opolskie Low reliability	4	+1.2 pts
209	Střední Čechy Series break	4	+0.3 pts
209	Wielkopolskie Series break	4	+1.3 pts
209	Zachodniopomorskie Series break	4	+1.4 pts
213	Panonska Hrvatska Series break	3.8	+1.6 pts
213	Podkarpackie Series break	3.8	+1.8 pts
213	Thessalia Series break	3.8	+0.3 pts
216	Podlaskie Series break	3.7	+0.7 pts
217	Nyugat-Dunántúl Series break	3.6	-0.6 pts
218	Dytiki Makedonia Series break	3.3	-0.5 pts
218	Warmińsko-mazurskie Series break	3.3	+1.1 pts
220	Dytiki Elláda Series break	3.2	-1.4 pts
220	Západné Slovensko Series break	3.2	+1.2 pts
222	Kentriki Makedonia Series break	3.1	-0.5 pts
222	Łódzkie Series break	3.1	+0.2 pts
222	Sud-Vest Oltenia Series break	3.1	+2.3 pts
222	Świętokrzyskie Low reliability	3.1	+1.1 pts
226	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki Series break	3	-0.6 pts
227	Lubuskie Low reliability	2.9	+0.2 pts
227	Sjeverna Hrvatska Series break	2.9	+0.3 pts
229	Severozápad Series break	2.8	0 pts
230	Kriti Series break	2.7	-0.9 pts
231	Severen tsentralen Series break	2.6	+1.2 pts
232	Mazowiecki regionalny Series break	2.5	+1.1 pts
233	Yugozapaden Series break	2.3	-0.3 pts
234	Vest Series break	2	+0.5 pts
235	Notio Aigaio Low reliability	1.9	-1.1 pts
236	Yuzhen tsentralen Series break	1.7	+0.7 pts
237	Sterea Elláda Series break	1.6	+0.3 pts
238	Centru Series break	1.5	+0.5 pts
239	Peloponnisos Series break	1.3	+0.8 pts
240	Yugoiztochen Low reliability	1	n/a
241	Severoiztochen Low reliability	0.9	-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. 3 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{eurostat_eu_regions_nuts_2_2021,
  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, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/trng_lfse_04/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-learning-participation-25-64/eu-regions?period=2021. Publisher attribution: 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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Which region has the highest adult participation in education and training, ages 25 to 64?

Stockholm, with 36.5% in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Severoiztochen, with 0.9% in 2021.

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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. 3 regions have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.