EU countries by employment rate

Name: EU countries by employment rate, 2015
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
License: Eurostat reuse policy (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)

Sweden had the highest employment rate of 27 EU countries in 2015, at 80.1%. Greece had the lowest, at 54.8%. The median was 69.8% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 68.5%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest80.1Sweden

Lowest54.8Greece

Median69.827 EU countries

European Union (27)68.5History

All EU countries, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2015 (%)	Change on 2014
1	Sweden	80.1	+0.5 pts
2	Netherlands	77.2	+0.9 pts
3	Germany	77	+0.3 pts
4	Estonia	76.7	+1.7 pts
5	Denmark	75.4	+0.7 pts
6	Czechia	74.8	+1.3 pts
7	Austria	74.3	+0.1 pts
8	Lithuania	73.3	+1.5 pts
9	Latvia	72.5	+1.9 pts
10	Finland	71.8	-0.4 pts
11	Hungary	70.9	+2.2 pts
11	Luxembourg Series break	70.9	-1.2 pts
13	France	70.2	+0.3 pts
14	Ireland	69.8	+1.7 pts
15	Slovakia	69.6	+1.8 pts
16	Malta	69	+1.1 pts
17	Slovenia	68.6	+1.3 pts
18	Cyprus	67.9	+0.3 pts
18	Portugal	67.9	+1.8 pts
20	Belgium	67.2	-0.1 pts
21	Bulgaria	66.5	+2.1 pts
22	Poland	66.3	+1.4 pts
23	Spain	62	+2.1 pts
24	Croatia	60.5	+1.4 pts
25	Italy	60.2	+0.7 pts
26	Romania	59.2	+1.2 pts
27	Greece	54.8	+1.7 pts

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About this ranking

Employed people as a percentage of the population aged 16 and over (Spain, EPA) or 20 to 64 (EU headline indicator).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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Questions

Which EU country has the highest employment rate?

Sweden, with 80.1% in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest employment rate?

Greece, with 54.8% in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Employment and activity by sex and age, annual data, employment rate 20 to 64 (lfsi_emp_a). Retrieved 2026-10-08.