Employment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational attainment level - quarterly data by country
Countries reporting
44
Highest
75.8
Iceland
Lowest
46.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Median
62.95
Years covered
6
2021–2026
Data points
276
What the numbers show
Employment rates by migration status, citizenship and educational attainment level - quarterly data is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 75.8 in Iceland; the lowest is 46.5 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.95, and the mean is 63.09.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 10.7%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 1.7%).
Employment rates: quarterly data … migration quarterly: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 75.8 | 2026 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 2 | Netherlands | 73.2 | 2026 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 3 | Netherlands | 73 | 2026 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 4 | Malta | 72.2 | 2026 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 5 | Switzerland | 71.7 | 2026 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 6 | Norway | 70.1 | 2026 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 7 | Cyprus | 69.9 | 2026 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 8 | Denmark | 69.8 | 2026 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 9 | Sweden | 69.6 | 2026 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 10 | Estonia | 68.6 | 2026 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 11 | Ireland | 68.2 | 2026 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 12 | Estonia | 68 | 2026 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 13 | Czechia | 67.3 | 2026 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 14 | Germany | 67.2 | 2026 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | Lithuania | 66.4 | 2026 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 16 | Lithuania | 65.8 | 2026 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 17 | Portugal | 65.6 | 2026 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 18 | Hungary | 65.2 | 2026 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 18 | Austria | 65.2 | 2026 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 20 | Latvia | 65.1 | 2026 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 21 | Latvia | 63.8 | 2026 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 22 | Slovenia | 63.1 | 2026 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 23 | Finland | 62.8 | 2026 | unchanged | flat |
| 24 | Slovakia | 62.7 | 2026 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 25 | Poland | 62.6 | 2026 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 26 | Slovenia | 62.5 | 2026 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 26 | Slovakia | 62.5 | 2026 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 28 | Poland | 62.4 | 2026 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 62.1 | 2026 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 60.6 | 2026 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 31 | France | 59.8 | 2026 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 32 | Spain | 59.4 | 2026 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 58.7 | 2026 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 34 | Croatia | 58.2 | 2026 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 35 | Croatia | 57.6 | 2026 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 36 | Greece | 57.1 | 2026 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 37 | Serbia | 56.9 | 2026 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 37 | Serbia | 56.9 | 2026 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 39 | Italy | 55.3 | 2026 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 40 | Romania | 53.4 | 2026 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Türkiye | 51.3 | 2026 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 50.9 | 2026 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 50.9 | 2026 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 44 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.5 | 2026 | up 6.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.