tps00173 · 2008–2025
Labour costs annual data - NACE Rev. 2
Eurostat tps00173 — Labour costs annual data - NACE Rev. 2. Data range: 2008 to 2025.
At a glance
In 2025, the EU-27 figure for labour costs annual data was 26.2 .
That is a 4.0% rose versus 2024 (25.2).
Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 21.9% higher.
Across member states, Luxembourg reported the highest value (49.7, 2025) and Bulgaria the lowest (10.5, 2025) — a ratio of 4.7× between the two ends of the range.
The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00173; every value links back to the canonical source.
EU-27 · 2025
26.2
HIGHEST · 2025
Luxembourg
49.7
LOWEST · 2025
Bulgaria
10.5
Map · 2025
10.5 49.7
Ranking · 2025
Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27
- Luxembourg 49.7
- Denmark 44.7
- Belgium 37.1
- Ireland 36.6
- Netherlands 36.3
- Germany 34.5
- Austria 33.8
- Finland 32.6
- France 30
- Sweden 29.5
- Slovenia 25.6
- Italy 23
- European Union (27) 26.2
Country × year heatmap · all values
2.1 49.7
Member states · ranked by latest value
- #1 Luxembourg LU · 2025 49.7
- #2 Denmark DK · 2025 44.7
- #3 Belgium BE · 2024 37.1
- #4 Ireland IE · 2025 36.6
- #5 Netherlands NL · 2025 36.3
- #6 Germany DE · 2025 34.5
- #7 Austria AT · 2025 33.8
- #8 Finland FI · 2025 32.6
- #9 France FR · 2025 30.0
- #10 Sweden SE · 2025 29.5
- #11 Slovenia SI · 2025 25.6
- #12 Italy IT · 2025 23.0
- #13 Spain ES · 2025 19.5
- #14 Malta MT · 2025 17.9
- #15 Cyprus CY · 2025 17.5
- #16 Lithuania LT · 2025 16.9
- #17 Croatia HR · 2025 16.2
- #18 Estonia EE · 2025 15.7
- #19 Poland PL · 2025 15.6
- #20 Portugal PT · 2025 15.6
- #21 Czechia CZ · 2025 14.9
- #22 Greece EL · 2025 14.5
- #23 Slovakia SK · 2025 14.2
- #24 Hungary HU · 2025 13.0
- #25 Latvia LV · 2025 12.9
- #26 Romania RO · 2025 12.9
- #27 Bulgaria BG · 2025 10.5
By year
Source:
Eurostat · tps00173