EU regions (NUTS 2) by employment rate
Åland had the highest employment rate of 243 regions in 2021, at 89.1%. Sicilia had the lowest, at 44.5%. The median was 74.7% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 73%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2021
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2021 (%) | Change on 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Åland Series break | 89.1 | +2.6 pts |
| 2 | Noord-Brabant Series break | 84.1 | +2.2 pts |
| 3 | Utrecht Series break | 84 | +1.4 pts |
| 4 | Chemnitz Series break | 83.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 4 | Mellersta Norrland Series break | 83.7 | +3.2 pts |
| 4 | Warszawski stołeczny Series break | 83.7 | +2.3 pts |
| 7 | Niederbayern Series break | 83.6 | +1.5 pts |
| 7 | Sostinės regionas Series break | 83.6 | +1.5 pts |
| 9 | Stockholm Series break | 83.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 10 | Bratislavský kraj Series break | 83.4 | +3.6 pts |
| 10 | Unterfranken Series break | 83.4 | +2.7 pts |
| 10 | Zeeland Series break | 83.4 | +2.4 pts |
| 13 | Budapest Series break | 83.2 | +3.3 pts |
| 14 | Oberbayern Series break | 82.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 14 | Schwaben Series break | 82.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 16 | Brandenburg Series break | 82.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 16 | Oberpfalz Series break | 82.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 18 | Freiburg Series break | 82.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 18 | Praha Series break | 82.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 20 | Dresden Series break | 82.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 20 | Tübingen Series break | 82.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 22 | Oberfranken Series break | 82.2 | -2.3 pts |
| 22 | Pest Series break | 82.2 | +4.6 pts |
| 24 | Nyugat-Dunántúl Series break | 82 | +3.4 pts |
| 24 | Overijssel Series break | 82 | +1.4 pts |
| 26 | Střední Čechy Series break | 81.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 27 | Thüringen Series break | 81.8 | +1.3 pts |
| 28 | Gelderland Series break | 81.7 | +1.5 pts |
| 28 | Lüneburg Series break | 81.7 | +3.1 pts |
| 28 | Stuttgart Series break | 81.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 31 | Közép-Dunántúl Series break | 81.6 | +4.6 pts |
| 31 | Noord-Holland Series break | 81.6 | +1 pts |
| 33 | Småland med öarna Series break | 81.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 34 | Friesland (NL) Series break | 81.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 35 | Jihozápad Series break | 81.2 | +1.2 pts |
| 35 | Västsverige Series break | 81.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 37 | Flevoland Series break | 80.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 37 | Leipzig Series break | 80.8 | +0.7 pts |
| 39 | Mittelfranken Series break | 80.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 40 | Drenthe Series break | 80.6 | +2.2 pts |
| 40 | Karlsruhe Series break | 80.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 40 | Schleswig-Holstein Series break | 80.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 43 | Zuid-Holland Series break | 80.5 | +1.5 pts |
| 44 | Hovedstaden Series break | 80.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 45 | Jihovýchod Series break | 80 | -0.1 pts |
| 45 | Severovýchod Series break | 80 | +0.2 pts |
| 47 | Hannover Series break | 79.9 | +1.6 pts |
| 47 | Koblenz Series break | 79.9 | +1.6 pts |
| 49 | Kassel Series break | 79.8 | 0 pts |
| 50 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Series break | 79.7 | +1.1 pts |
| 51 | Övre Norrland Series break | 79.6 | -2 pts |
| 52 | Eesti Series break | 79.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 52 | Oberösterreich Series break | 79.3 | +0.3 pts |
| 52 | Sachsen-Anhalt Series break | 79.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 55 | Helsinki-Uusimaa Series break | 79.2 | +0.4 pts |
| 55 | Limburg (NL) Series break | 79.2 | +3.3 pts |
| 55 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Series break | 79.2 | +2.1 pts |
| 55 | Trier Series break | 79.2 | +0.3 pts |
| 59 | Vorarlberg Series break | 79.1 | -0.4 pts |
| 60 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz Series break | 79 | 0 pts |
| 60 | Yugozapaden Series break | 79 | +0.5 pts |
| 62 | Hamburg Series break | 78.9 | 0 pts |
| 63 | Midtjylland Series break | 78.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 63 | Střední Morava Series break | 78.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 63 | Syddanmark Series break | 78.8 | +2.1 pts |
| 66 | Detmold Series break | 78.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 66 | Salzburg Series break | 78.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 68 | Dél-Alföld Series break | 78.6 | +4 pts |
| 68 | Weser-Ems Series break | 78.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 70 | Norra Mellansverige Series break | 78.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 71 | Groningen Series break | 78.3 | +3.8 pts |
| 71 | Wielkopolskie Series break | 78.3 | +3 pts |
| 73 | Saarland Series break | 78.2 | +1.1 pts |
| 74 | Grande Lisboa Series break | 78.1 | +2.1 pts |
| 74 | Münster Series break | 78.1 | 0 pts |
| 74 | Östra Mellansverige Series break | 78.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 77 | Zahodna Slovenija Series break | 78 | +0.9 pts |
| 78 | Opolskie Series break | 77.9 | +4.4 pts |
| 78 | Sjælland Series break | 77.9 | +1.3 pts |
| 80 | Malta Series break | 77.8 | +1.8 pts |
| 81 | Braunschweig Series break | 77.6 | +1.4 pts |
| 81 | Grad Zagreb Series break | 77.6 | +0.3 pts |
| 83 | Niederösterreich Series break | 77.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 83 | Pomorskie Series break | 77.5 | +1.8 pts |
| 83 | Severozápad Series break | 77.5 | +0.3 pts |
| 86 | Darmstadt Series break | 77.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 86 | Nordjylland Series break | 77.3 | +2.4 pts |
| 86 | Západné Slovensko Series break | 77.3 | +3.2 pts |
| 89 | Tirol Series break | 77.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 90 | Bucureşti-Ilfov Series break | 77 | +0.9 pts |
| 90 | Köln Series break | 77 | +0.5 pts |
| 90 | Pays de la Loire Series break | 77 | +3.2 pts |
| 90 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen Series break | 77 | +0.5 pts |
| 94 | Moravskoslezsko Series break | 76.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 94 | Sydsverige Series break | 76.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 96 | Berlin Series break | 76.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 96 | Dolnośląskie Series break | 76.7 | +1.4 pts |
| 98 | Länsi-Suomi Series break | 76.5 | -0.1 pts |
| 99 | Gießen Series break | 76.4 | +2.6 pts |
| 99 | Ile-de-France Series break | 76.4 | +2.2 pts |
| 101 | Etelä-Suomi Series break | 76.3 | +0.5 pts |
| 101 | Kýpros Series break | 76.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 103 | Eastern and Midland Series break | 76.2 | +1.7 pts |
| 104 | Podlaskie Series break | 76 | +2.5 pts |
| 105 | Centro (PT) Series break | 75.9 | +1.7 pts |
| 105 | Steiermark Series break | 75.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 107 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Series break | 75.8 | -1.5 pts |
| 108 | Alentejo Series break | 75.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 108 | Bretagne Series break | 75.7 | +3.6 pts |
| 108 | Łódzkie Series break | 75.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 111 | Algarve Series break | 75.6 | +1.2 pts |
| 112 | Arnsberg Series break | 75.5 | +0.2 pts |
| 113 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo Series break | 75.4 | +0.3 pts |
| 113 | Rhône-Alpes Series break | 75.4 | +1.6 pts |
| 115 | Latvija Series break | 75.3 | -1.7 pts |
| 116 | Düsseldorf Series break | 75.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 117 | Aquitaine Series break | 75.1 | +2.6 pts |
| 118 | Alsace Series break | 75 | +3 pts |
| 119 | Burgenland Series break | 74.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 119 | Norte Series break | 74.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 121 | Northern and Western Series break | 74.8 | +2.4 pts |
| 122 | Centre - Val de Loire Series break | 74.7 | +3.2 pts |
| 122 | Kujawsko-pomorskie Series break | 74.7 | +3.2 pts |
| 122 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas Series break | 74.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 125 | Észak-Alföld Series break | 74.6 | +3.7 pts |
| 126 | Vzhodna Slovenija Series break | 74.4 | +0.2 pts |
| 127 | Mazowiecki regionalny Series break | 74.3 | +1.4 pts |
| 127 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Series break | 74.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 129 | Bourgogne Series break | 74.2 | +1.2 pts |
| 129 | Haute-Normandie Series break | 74.2 | +2.9 pts |
| 131 | Community of Madrid Series break | 74.1 | +2.1 pts |
| 131 | Luxembourg Series break | 74.1 | +2 pts |
| 133 | Limousin Series break | 74 | +3.8 pts |
| 134 | Auvergne Series break | 73.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 134 | Stredné Slovensko Series break | 73.9 | +1.5 pts |
| 134 | Świętokrzyskie Series break | 73.9 | +1.7 pts |
| 137 | Małopolskie Series break | 73.8 | +0.3 pts |
| 137 | Midi-Pyrénées Series break | 73.8 | +1.2 pts |
| 137 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Series break | 73.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 140 | Basse-Normandie Series break | 73.7 | +1.2 pts |
| 140 | Kärnten Series break | 73.7 | +0.6 pts |
| 140 | Península de Setúbal Series break | 73.7 | -1.4 pts |
| 143 | Lubuskie Series break | 73.6 | +0.7 pts |
| 144 | Emilia-Romagna Series break | 73.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 144 | Zachodniopomorskie Series break | 73.5 | +1.9 pts |
| 146 | Franche-Comté Series break | 73.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 147 | La Rioja Series break | 73.3 | +1.1 pts |
| 148 | Észak-Magyarország Series break | 73.1 | +2.2 pts |
| 148 | Severoiztochen Series break | 73.1 | +1 pts |
| 148 | Śląskie Series break | 73.1 | +2.7 pts |
| 151 | Aragon Series break | 73 | +1.8 pts |
| 151 | Bremen Series break | 73 | -1.6 pts |
| 151 | Dél-Dunántúl Series break | 73 | +3.7 pts |
| 151 | Lubelskie Series break | 73 | +2.6 pts |
| 151 | Prov. Limburg (BE) Series break | 73 | +1.1 pts |
| 151 | Warmińsko-mazurskie Series break | 73 | +3.2 pts |
| 157 | Southern Series break | 72.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 158 | Catalonia Series break | 72.8 | +1.6 pts |
| 159 | Prov. Antwerpen Series break | 72.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 160 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento Series break | 72.5 | 0 pts |
| 161 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia Series break | 72.3 | +0.4 pts |
| 161 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) Series break | 72.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 163 | Prov. Brabant wallon Series break | 72.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 164 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Series break | 72 | +1.3 pts |
| 165 | Basque Country Series break | 71.8 | +0.9 pts |
| 165 | Navarre Series break | 71.8 | +1.4 pts |
| 167 | Severen tsentralen Series break | 71.7 | -2.1 pts |
| 168 | Lombardia Series break | 71.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 168 | Poitou-Charentes Series break | 71.6 | -2.5 pts |
| 168 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Series break | 71.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 168 | Yugoiztochen Series break | 71.6 | -1 pts |
| 172 | Nord-Vest Series break | 71.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 173 | Veneto Series break | 70.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 173 | Yuzhen tsentralen Series break | 70.8 | -1.2 pts |
| 175 | Região Autónoma da Madeira Series break | 70.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 175 | Toscana Series break | 70.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 177 | Sjeverna Hrvatska Series break | 70.3 | -0.4 pts |
| 178 | Piemonte Series break | 69.8 | +0.5 pts |
| 179 | Balearic Islands Series break | 69.7 | +3.7 pts |
| 180 | Corse Series break | 69.6 | -4 pts |
| 181 | Castile and León Series break | 69.4 | +1.1 pts |
| 181 | Champagne-Ardenne Series break | 69.4 | +5.2 pts |
| 181 | Wien Series break | 69.4 | +1 pts |
| 184 | Umbria Series break | 69.3 | +0.8 pts |
| 185 | Lorraine Series break | 68.9 | +1.1 pts |
| 185 | Marche Series break | 68.9 | 0 pts |
| 185 | Região Autónoma dos Açores Series break | 68.9 | -2.1 pts |
| 188 | Cantabria Series break | 68.8 | +2.4 pts |
| 188 | Picardie Series break | 68.8 | +1.1 pts |
| 190 | Nord-Pas de Calais Series break | 68.5 | +2.8 pts |
| 190 | Východné Slovensko Series break | 68.5 | +0.9 pts |
| 192 | Podkarpackie Series break | 68.3 | -1.8 pts |
| 193 | Galicia Series break | 68 | +1.2 pts |
| 193 | Liguria Series break | 68 | +1 pts |
| 195 | Nord-Est Series break | 67.3 | -11.8 pts |
| 196 | Languedoc-Roussillon Series break | 67.2 | -1.3 pts |
| 197 | Peloponnisos Series break | 67.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 198 | Region of Murcia Series break | 66.7 | +2.5 pts |
| 199 | Castilla-La Mancha Series break | 66.6 | +3.3 pts |
| 200 | Prov. Namur Series break | 66.5 | -1.2 pts |
| 201 | Jadranska Hrvatska Series break | 66 | +1.3 pts |
| 202 | Valencian Community Series break | 65.9 | +0.8 pts |
| 203 | Attiki Series break | 65.7 | +2.4 pts |
| 204 | Centru Series break | 65.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 205 | Asturias Series break | 65.2 | +2.5 pts |
| 205 | Sud-Muntenia Series break | 65.2 | -4.2 pts |
| 207 | Prov. Liège Series break | 65.1 | +0.4 pts |
| 208 | Lazio Series break | 64.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 208 | Severozapaden Series break | 64.4 | +0.8 pts |
| 210 | Vest Series break | 64 | -1 pts |
| 210 | Voreio Aigaio Series break | 64 | -1.2 pts |
| 212 | Panonska Hrvatska Series break | 63.4 | +4.7 pts |
| 213 | Kriti Series break | 63.1 | +1.2 pts |
| 214 | Sud-Est Series break | 63 | -2.5 pts |
| 215 | Martinique Series break | 62.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 215 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Series break | 62.2 | +0.9 pts |
| 217 | Abruzzo Series break | 62.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 218 | Thessalia Series break | 62 | +1.6 pts |
| 219 | Ionia Nisia Series break | 61.5 | +1.4 pts |
| 220 | Sterea Elláda Series break | 61.2 | +1.4 pts |
| 221 | Prov. Hainaut Series break | 61.1 | +0.9 pts |
| 222 | Extremadura Series break | 60.8 | +2.2 pts |
| 223 | Sud-Vest Oltenia Series break | 60.2 | -9.2 pts |
| 224 | Dytiki Elláda Series break | 59.7 | +4.4 pts |
| 225 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki Series break | 59.5 | +0.1 pts |
| 226 | Kentriki Makedonia Series break | 59.4 | +0.5 pts |
| 227 | Andalusia Series break | 59.3 | +2.1 pts |
| 228 | Notio Aigaio Series break | 58.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 229 | Dytiki Makedonia Series break | 58.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 230 | Guadeloupe Series break | 57.7 | +1.4 pts |
| 231 | Canary Islands Series break | 57.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 232 | Sardegna Series break | 57 | +1.2 pts |
| 233 | Basilicata Series break | 56.7 | +2 pts |
| 234 | Molise Series break | 55.9 | -1.5 pts |
| 235 | Ipeiros Series break | 55.8 | -2.2 pts |
| 236 | Melilla Series break | 55.6 | -2.1 pts |
| 237 | La Réunion Series break | 54.8 | +0.8 pts |
| 238 | Puglia Series break | 50.5 | +0.5 pts |
| 239 | Ceuta Series break | 50.3 | -3.8 pts |
| 240 | Guyane Series break | 49.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 241 | Calabria Series break | 45.5 | +1.1 pts |
| 242 | Campania Series break | 45 | +0.8 pts |
| 243 | Sicilia Series break | 44.5 | +0.1 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).
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Which region has the highest employment rate?
Åland, with 89.1% in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest employment rate?
Sicilia, with 44.5% in 2021.
Where does this ranking come from?
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