The Netherlands has the highest positive recognition rate in 2022 with at 94 percent, closely followed by Latvia, as well as Hungary, Switzerland, Lithuania, Austria and the Czech Republic, which also have positive recognition rates of over 90 percent. Compared to the previous year, there was a decrease in the rate of positive recognition decisions, especially for Algeria, Egypt, Syria and Colombia. This was more than 10 percent in each case. Thailand, Libya, Lithuania and Switzerland recorded the largest increases in positive recognition decisions. 

Nearly 91 percent of applications for received vocational qualifications in Uzbekistan were issued for a compensatory measure, the completion of which was still open at the end of the year under review. It is followed bei Colombia, Tunisia, Brazil and Algeria, each with approximately 60 percent. More than 30 percent of the cases on non-regulated professions from Spain, and the former Yugoslavia (the whole of Yugoslavia) were decided on the basis of partial equivalence.

For the exact number of recognition decisions, see the figure below.

As in 2021, the highest number of applications came from Bosnia and Herzegovina, followed by the Philippines, Serbia, and Syria. While the number of notifications of recognition the number of notifications of recognition for Turkish and Tunisian professional qualifications increased, the number for Serbian, Italian and Ukrainian professional qualifications decreased. In addition to the previously mentioned countries, India, Syria, the Philippines, and Kosovo saw significant increases in the number of recognition decisions. Notifications of recognition for Brazilian, Colombian, and Mexican professional qualifications also increased significantly. There were slight decreases in the number of recognition decisions, especially in China and Spain.