EU-27 (2025)
14.1
% of employed persons
+0.5pp YoY
Highest
40.4
Netherlands
Lowest
2.3
Romania
Countries
27
EU member states

Data

EU Sometimes Works from Home Rate by Country (2025) — source data. Eurostat.
Country % of employed persons YoY Change
Netherlands 40.4 +1.2pp
Denmark 32.5 -0.2pp
Luxembourg 31.5 +1.9pp
Sweden 31.5 -0.3pp
France 24.2 +1.5pp
Belgium 23.7 +1.7pp
Finland 20.8 +1.2pp
Austria 17.8 +0.5pp
Ireland 16.5 +0.6pp
Estonia 16.3 +0.6pp
Malta 13.3 -0.9pp
Portugal 12.4 +0.4pp
Slovenia 11.8 -0.2pp
Germany 11.4 +0.5pp
Czechia 10.4 +0.4pp
Poland 10.3 +0.4pp
Cyprus 9.9 +1.7pp
Slovakia 9.6 +1.7pp
Croatia 9.3 +0.4pp
Spain 7.8 +0.2pp
Lithuania 7.4 +0.8pp
Hungary 5.7 +0.6pp
Italy 5.5 -1.1pp
Greece 4.5 -0.7pp
Latvia 3.9 +0.2pp
Bulgaria 2.6 +0.8pp
Romania 2.3 unchanged

About this Dataset

The EU-27 aggregate stood at 14.1 % of employed persons in 2025. The EU-27 aggregate changed by +0.5pp year-on-year. Across the 27 member states covered, Netherlands recorded the highest reading at 40.4, while Romania posted the lowest at 2.3 — a within-EU spread of 38.1 percentage points.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. All values are harmonised across member states using a consistent methodology to ensure cross-country comparability.

Coverage spans 2011 through 2025, updated annually. The chart above shows the EU-27 aggregate trend; the table below ranks all member states by their latest reported value.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the share of EU employed persons who sometimes (but not usually) work from home — the hybrid worker segment. Show how hybrid working accelerated post-2020. Country table ranks member states by hybrid-work prevalence. It is published by Eurostat, covers EU-27 member states, and is updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. Updated annually.

Structural differences in labour market institutions, collective bargaining coverage, employment protection legislation, sectoral composition, and social security system design drive divergence across member states. Netherlands (40.4) and Romania (2.3) represent the extremes of a 38.1-point spread within the bloc.