tesem080 · 2005–2025

Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64)

Eurostat tesem080 — Employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64). Data range: 2005 to 2025.

At a glance

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for employment rate of low skilled persons (age group 20-64) was 116.4 .

That is a 0.5% fell versus 2024 (117.0).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 6.4% higher.

Across member states, Malta reported the highest value (145.6, 2025) and Slovakia the lowest (66.0, 2025) — a ratio of 2.2× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tesem080; every value links back to the canonical source.

EU-27 · 2025

116.4

HIGHEST · 2025

Malta

145.6

LOWEST · 2025

Slovakia

66.0

Map · 2025

66.0 145.6

Ranking · 2025

2025 ranking · 28 countries

Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27

Malta 146
Cyprus 144
Portugal 143
Netherlands 137
Estonia 126
Spain 125
Germany 125
Denmark 120
Hungary 120
Sweden 119
Czechia 119
Greece 119
European Union (27) 116

Country × year heatmap · all values

50.6 145.6

Member states · ranked by latest value

By year

Source: Eurostat · tesem080