EU countries by employed people usually working from home

The Netherlands had the highest employed people usually working from home of 27 EU countries in 2017, at 13.7%. Bulgaria had the lowest, at 0.3%. The median was 4.5% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 5.1%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest13.7Netherlands

Lowest0.3Bulgaria

Median4.527 EU countries

European Union (27)5.1History

Map of EU countries, 2017

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2.3 to 4.1
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7.1 and over

%, 2017. Source: Eurostat, Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2017

%. Source: Eurostat, Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2017 (%)	Change on 2016
1	Netherlands	13.7	+0.3 pts
2	Luxembourg	12.7	+0.7 pts
3	Finland	12.3	+0.4 pts
4	Austria	9.5	-0.4 pts
5	Denmark Series break	8.8	+0.4 pts
6	Slovenia	7.2	-0.3 pts
7	Belgium Series break	6.9	-0.3 pts
8	France	6.7	-0.2 pts
9	Portugal	5.9	-0.4 pts
10	Estonia	5.7	-0.1 pts
11	Ireland Series break	5	+1.7 pts
11	Sweden	5	-0.1 pts
13	Germany	4.8	+1.6 pts
14	Poland	4.5	-0.8 pts
15	Malta	4.4	+0.8 pts
16	Spain	4.3	+0.8 pts
17	Czechia	3.9	+0.1 pts
18	Italy	3.5	+0.2 pts
18	Slovakia	3.5	+0.3 pts
20	Lithuania	2.6	-0.1 pts
21	Hungary	2.5	-0.5 pts
22	Greece	2.3	-0.3 pts
23	Latvia	2.1	-0.5 pts
24	Croatia	1.5	0 pts
25	Cyprus	1.2	-0.4 pts
26	Romania	0.4	-0.1 pts
27	Bulgaria Low reliability	0.3	+0.1 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed people aged 15 to 64 who usually work from home, as a percentage of all employed people aged 15 to 64. Since 2021, usually means at least half of the days worked in a reference period of four weeks.

People who work from home only sometimes are not included. The 2021 change in the survey question breaks the series for most countries. From the EU labour force survey. Eurostat flags series breaks (most in 2021, under the new framework regulation for social statistics); they are stored as status break.

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. Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp) (EU countries by employed people usually working from home, 2017) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table

MLA 9

Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp), EU countries by employed people usually working from home, 2017. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/working-from-home-share/eu-countries?period=2017. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp). EU countries by employed people usually working from home, 2017. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/working-from-home-share/eu-countries?period=2017.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp), EU countries by employed people usually working from home, 2017 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ehomp/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/working-from-home-share/eu-countries?period=2017 (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa\_ehomp): EU countries by employed people usually working from home, 2017}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-18},
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Which EU country has the highest employed people usually working from home?

The Netherlands, with 13.7% in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest employed people usually working from home?

Bulgaria, with 0.3% in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Employed persons usually working from home as a percentage of total employment, 15 to 64 years (lfsa_ehomp). Retrieved 2026-10-18.