# EU countries by employment rate, 2025

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Employed people as a percentage of the population aged 16 and over (Spain, EPA) or 20 to 64 (EU headline indicator).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Employment and activity by sex and age, annual data, employment rate 20 to 64 (lfsi_emp_a) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_emp_a/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Employment and activity by sex and age, annual data, employment rate 20 to 64 (lfsi_emp_a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_emp_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employment-rate/eu-countries
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/employment-rate/eu-countries.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Malta | 83.6 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 83.4 |
| 3 | Czechia | 82.9 |
| 4 | Sweden | 81.8 |
| 5 | Estonia | 81.7 |
| 6 | Cyprus | 81.3 |
| 7 | Germany | 81.1 |
| 7 | Hungary | 81.1 |
| 9 | Ireland | 80.2 |
| 10 | Lithuania | 80 |
| 11 | Denmark | 79.8 |
| 12 | Portugal | 79.6 |
| 13 | Poland | 78.8 |
| 14 | Slovenia | 78.3 |
| 15 | Latvia | 78.2 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 78.1 |
| 17 | Austria | 77.6 |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 77 |
| 19 | Finland | 76.3 |
| 20 | France | 75.4 |
| 21 | Croatia | 74.4 |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 73.9 |
| 23 | Belgium | 72.8 |
| 24 | Spain | 72.4 |
| 25 | Greece | 71 |
| 26 | Romania | 69 |
| 27 | Italy | 67.6 |