# EU countries by labor force participation rate, ages 15 and over, 2025

All 27 values come from World Bank for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `labor_force_participation_rate_15_plus`
- Unit: %
- Definition: The labor force, comprising employed and unemployed people, as a percentage of the population aged 15 and over. ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, annual.
- Source: World Bank, Labor force participation rate, total, % of total population ages 15+, modeled ILO estimate (SL.TLF.CACT.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Labor force participation rate, total, % of total population ages 15+, modeled ILO estimate (SL.TLF.CACT.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-15-plus/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Netherlands | 67.2 |
| 2 | Cyprus | 67 |
| 3 | Estonia | 65.1 |
| 4 | Denmark | 64.9 |
| 5 | Ireland | 64.8 |
| 6 | Sweden | 64.6 |
| 7 | Malta | 64 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 62.9 |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 61.5 |
| 10 | Hungary | 60.6 |
| 11 | Germany | 60.6 |
| 12 | Latvia | 60.5 |
| 13 | Slovakia | 60.4 |
| 14 | Czechia | 60.3 |
| 15 | Austria | 60.1 |
| 16 | Finland | 59.7 |
| 17 | Poland | 58.3 |
| 18 | Portugal | 58.2 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 57.6 |
| 20 | Spain | 57.4 |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 56.1 |
| 22 | France | 55.3 |
| 23 | Belgium | 54.3 |
| 24 | Croatia | 52.1 |
| 25 | Greece | 52 |
| 26 | Romania | 51.3 |
| 27 | Italy | 49.3 |