7. Main results from EU member states and Norway 1)
| Proportion of enterprises providing courses | Participation rate | Number of training hours | Percent of training costs of total labour costs  | 
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| of all employees in all enterprises | of employees in enterprises providing CVT courses  | 
per employee (all employees) | per participant | |||
| % | % | % | % | |||
| EU 27 | 49 | 33 | 43 | 9 | 27 | 1,6 | 
| Czech Republic | 63 | 59 | 67 | 14 | 23 | 1,9 | 
| Slovenia | 61 | 50 | 59 | 14 | 29 | 2,0 | 
| Luxembourg | 61 | 49 | 60 | 16 | 33 | 2,0 | 
| France | 71 | 46 | 50 | 13 | 28 | 2,3 | 
| Sweden | 72 | 46 | 51 | 15 | 34 | 2,1 | 
| Belgium | 48 | 40 | 51 | 12 | 31 | 1,6 | 
| Finland | 70 | 39 | 46 | 10 | 25 | 1,5 | 
| Slovakia | 38 | 38 | 56 | 12 | 32 | 1,8 | 
| Denmark | 81 | 35 | 37 | 10 | 30 | 2,7 | 
| Netherlands | 70 | 34 | 39 | 12 | 36 | 2,0 | 
| Spain | 38 | 33 | 51 | 9 | 26 | 1,2 | 
| Austria | 67 | 33 | 38 | 9 | 27 | 1,4 | 
| United Kingdom | 67 | 33 | 39 | 7 | 20 | 1,3 | 
| Malta | 31 | 32 | 52 | 11 | 35 | 1,8 | 
| Germany | 54 | 30 | 39 | 9 | 30 | 1,3 | 
| Cyprus | 47 | 30 | 43 | 7 | 22 | 1,3 | 
| Italy | 27 | 29 | 49 | 7 | 26 | 1,2 | 
| Norway | 55 | 29 | 48 | 9 | 32 | 1,3 | 
| Portugal | 32 | 28 | 46 | 7 | 26 | 1,1 | 
| Estonia | 56 | 24 | 32 | 7 | 27 | 1,6 | 
| Poland | 24 | 21 | 36 | 6 | 30 | 1,3 | 
| Romania | 28 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 31 | 1,1 | 
| Hungary | 34 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 37 | 1,9 | 
| Bulgaria | 21 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 30 | 1,1 | 
| Latvia | 30 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 26 | 0,8 | 
| Lithuania | 26 | 15 | 28 | 5 | 32 | 1,2 | 
| Greece | 19 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 25 | 0,6 | 
Source: CVTS, Continuing vocational training survey, Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Hannu Virtanen 09–1734 2514, Tarja Seppänen 09–1734 3220
Director in charge: Riitta Harala
Updated 8.5.2009
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
CVTS, Continuing vocational training [e-publication].
ISSN=1798-0003. Participation in course-format training 2005, 
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