Maintenance: Turnover rate across the EU-27 countries in 2023
Turnover rate captures the share of contributors leaving the ecosystem between consecutive years. The top 5 countries in terms
of the retention rate are Malta, Denmark, Slovenia, Finland and the Netherlands. Two of these countries, namely Slovenia and
Finland score also very high in terms of turnover rates, besides Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Denmark. The graphs points to a
fragmented Europe where there is need for harmonised policy and practice for supporting and contributing to the sustainable
maintenance of open source technologies.