Datasets

Key indicators on vocational education and training (VET) offer an updated, concise and internationally comparable statistical picture of VET in Europe, for individual countries and the EU overall. They provide a high-quality data framework covering strategic aspects of initial and continuing VET, adult learning, skill development and their context.

The Cedefop Skills Forecast offers projections of future employment trends by sector, occupation, and education, using international data for cross-country comparisons up to 2035.

Provides detailed insights into future workforce challenges, including labour and skill shortages by occupation, skill level, and country, to support targeted workforce planning and policy development.

Cedefop’s European Skills Index (ESI) measures the performance of national skills systems using a composite indicator approach. ESI monitors countries’ performance over time and provides insights into possible improvement areas.

The 2nd ESJS wave aims to inform the policy debate on the impact of new digital technologies and technological change on the future of work and skills, also in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cedefop’s CrowdLearn survey is the first study to examine how EU workers in the online platform economy develop their skills, and how these platforms match skills supply with demand, with a view to drawing lessons for European skills and education policy.

Cedefop surveys on vocational education and training (VET) examining EU citizens’ awareness and opinion on Initial and Continuing VET and adult learning.

The ESJS aims to provide a flexible survey instrument for extracting timely estimates on issues of significant policy interest, by adding or improving modules in individual waves.