TOPIC · 44 INDICATORS · EUROSTAT

Labour & employment

Employment rates, unemployment, wages, working conditions and labour-force structure for EU member states, drawn from Eurostat's Labour Force Survey (LFS) and structure of earnings surveys.

EU-27 average

6.0%

Range (min)

2.8%

Range (max)

10.5%

Countries covered

27/27

Labour & employment across the EU

Latest values for Unemployment by sex and age - annual data (2025) across 27 EU member states. Click a country tile for its full profile.

2.8 10.5

Top 10 · highest unemployment by sex and age

1Spain10.5%
2Finland9.7%
3Greece8.9%
4Sweden8.8%
5France7.7%
6Estonia7.5%
7Lithuania6.9%
8Latvia6.9%
9Luxembourg6.5%
10Denmark6.4%

Bottom 10 · lowest unemployment by sex and age

27Czechia2.8%
26Poland3.1%
25Malta3.1%
24Bulgaria3.5%
23Germany3.8%
22Netherlands3.9%
21Slovenia3.9%
20Hungary4.4%
19Cyprus4.4%
18Ireland4.7%

Snapshot year 2025 · 27 countries covered · EU-27 avg 6.0%

All indicators in this topic

Every Eurostat indicator currently held for this topic, grouped into reader-friendly clusters. Each card links to the cross-country profile with the full time series.

Employment & participation

34 indicators

Unemployment

2 indicators

Earnings & wages

1 indicator

Minimum wages

tps00155 · 22 countries

Other indicators

7 indicators

Sources & methodology

Data on this page comes from Eurostat (44 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Ranking snapshots use the most recent year with at least 18 covered member states; smaller samples are flagged. See methodology for the full ranking rules and data caveats.

Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API