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Where is unemployment highest?

One figure, the same definition in all 27 member states, ranked high to low.

The highest figure is Spain at 10.5%, the lowest Czechia at 2.8%. The EU27 figure is 6.0%.

Maps Latest available · 20252.8%10.5%No data / outside the EUEqual intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad.

All 27 countries

  1. ES10.5%
  2. FI9.7%
  3. GR8.9%
  4. SE8.8%
  5. FR7.7%
  6. EE7.5%
  7. LT6.9%
  8. LV6.9%
  9. LU6.5%
  10. DK6.4%
  11. BE6.2%
  12. IT6.1%
  13. RO6.1%
  14. PT6.0%
  15. AT5.7%
  16. SK5.4%
  17. HR4.9%
  18. IE4.7%
  19. CY4.4%
  20. HU4.4%
  21. NL3.9%
  22. SI3.9%
  23. DE3.8%
  24. BG3.5%
  25. MT3.1%
  26. PL3.1%
  27. CZ2.8%

Countries with a figure: 27 of 27.

Fifteen years: the three highest, the three lowest, and the EU27

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2011–2025

Lines: EU27, Spain, Finland, Greece, Malta, Poland and Czechia. Hover a year to read the figures. Eurostat · Out of work · 2025.

Source

Share of 15 to 74 year olds in the labour force who are without work and looking for it. Eurostat · Out of work · 2025.

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