38 countries in Europe, 2025. Unit: % of labour force. World ranking →
Across 38 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Montenegro (13.6 %) and the lowest in Moldova (1.5 %).
The median country is at 5.6 %: half are above, half below.
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| In chart | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moldova | 1.5 | |
| 2 | Russia | 2.1 | |
| 3 | Czechia | 2.8 | |
| 4 | Malta | 2.9 | |
| 5 | Poland | 3.0 | |
| 6 | Slovenia | 3.2 | |
| 7 | Belarus | 3.4 | |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 3.5 | |
| 9 | Iceland | 3.6 | |
| 10 | Germany | 3.7 | |
| 11 | Netherlands | 3.9 | |
| 12 | Hungary | 4.5 | |
| 13 | Ireland | 4.6 | |
| 14 | Norway | 4.6 | |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 4.7 | |
| 16 | Switzerland | 4.9 | |
| 17 | Croatia | 5.0 | |
| 18 | Slovakia | 5.4 | |
| 19 | Denmark | 5.5 | |
| 20 | Austria | 5.6 | |
| 21 | Belgium | 5.9 | |
| 22 | Romania | 6.0 | |
| 23 | Portugal | 6.2 | |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 6.3 | |
| 25 | Italy | 6.4 | |
| 26 | Latvia | 6.6 | |
| 27 | Lithuania | 6.7 | |
| 28 | Serbia | 7.1 | |
| 29 | France | 7.5 | |
| 30 | Estonia | 8.3 | |
| 31 | Greece | 8.5 | |
| 32 | Sweden | 8.7 | |
| 33 | Finland | 9.5 | |
| 34 | Spain | 10.4 | |
| 35 | Albania | 10.9 | |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.0 | |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 12.3 | |
| 38 | Montenegro | 13.6 |
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