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Adult participation in learning by sex — From 25 to 64 years

Compare adult participation in learning by sex — from 25 to 64 years across 34 countries or territories using one fixed 2025 Eurostat reference slice.

Source: Eurostat, European Commission34 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
15.3Percentage
Median: 13.3Percentage
Countries Covered
34
with available data
Highest
Sweden
38.2Percentage
Lowest
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.8Percentage
Top 5 Countries
1Sweden38.2Percentage
2Denmark31.0Percentage
3Finland28.1Percentage
4Iceland27.3Percentage
5Switzerland26.3Percentage
By Region
Europe16.3Percentage(30 countries)
Other7.9Percentage(4 countries)
Key Findings
  • 34 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage observation in the fixed 2025 slice.
  • Sweden has the highest published value (38.2 Percentage).
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina has the lowest published value (1.8 Percentage).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.8Percentage)High (38.2Percentage)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 15.3Percentage)

Europe (30)
Other (4)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Adult participation in learning by sex; fixed slice age: From 25 to 64 years [Y25-64]; freq: Annual [A]; sex: Total [T]; unit: Percentage [PC]

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2025 Eurostat slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Adult participation in learning by sex; fixed slice age: From 25 to 64 years [Y25-64]; freq: Annual [A]; sex: Total [T]; unit: Percentage [PC]

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Sweden38.2Percentage
2Denmark31.0Percentage
3Finland28.1Percentage
4Iceland27.3Percentage
5Switzerland26.3Percentage
6Netherlands25.9Percentage
7Estonia23.8Percentage
8Slovenia22.8Percentage
9Norway21.5Percentage
10Malta19.7Percentage
11Belgium18.0Percentage
12Luxembourg17.4Percentage
13Portugal16.9Percentage
14Austria16.1Percentage
15Spain15.8Percentage
16France15.5Percentage
17Ireland14.6Percentage
18Cyprus12.0Percentage
19Slovakia11.9Percentage
20Latvia11.4Percentage
21Czech Republic11.1Percentage
22Italy10.8Percentage
23Hungary10.6Percentage
24Lithuania10.4Percentage
25Romania10.2Percentage
26Germany9.3Percentage
27Poland8.8Percentage
28Türkiye7.5Percentage
29Croatia6.5Percentage
30Bulgaria6.1Percentage
31Greece5.2Percentage
32Serbia5.2Percentage
33The Republic of North Macedonia2.6Percentage
34Bosnia and Herzegovina1.8Percentage
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Data Source

This data comes from Eurostat, European Commission (2025).

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