Unemployment rates (persons aged 25-64) by educational attainment level

In 2025, the EU-27 figure for unemployment rates (persons aged 25-64) by educational attainment level was 21.6 .

That is a 2.9% rose versus 2024 (21.0).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 14.3% lower.

Across member states, Slovakia reported the highest value (78.4, 2025) and Malta the lowest (6.60, 2025) — a ratio of 11.9× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00066; every value links back to the canonical source.