Romania, Bulgaria Have Lowest Work from Home Rates in EU

With 14% of employed people usually working from home in 2018, the Netherlands topped the list of EU member states, closely followed by Finland (13.3%), Luxembourg (11%) and Austria (10%).

In contrast, very few people usually worked from home in Bulgaria (0.3%) and Romania (0.4%).

In 2018, 5.2% of employed persons aged 15 to 64 in the European Union usually worked from home. This share has remained constant at around 5% throughout the last decade. However, over the same period, the share of those who occasionally work from home increased from 5.8% in 2008 to 8.3% in 2018.

In the EU, the self-employed usually worked from home (18.5%) more often than employees (3%). This pattern was repeated in each member state. The highest rates recorded were in Finland where more than 40% of self-employed persons usually worked from home (46.4%), the Netherlands (44.5%) and Austria (43.6%).