Euro Area - Labour cost index: Human health and social work activities

Euro Area - Labour cost index: Human health and social work activities was 3.10 % year-on-year in December of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Euro Area - Labour cost index: Human health and social work activities - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2026. Historically, Euro Area - Labour cost index: Human health and social work activities reached a record high of 6.30 % year-on-year in December of 2022 and a record low of 1.10 % year-on-year in June of 2021.



Labour Cost Index: Human Health And Social Work Activities
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Slovenia 23.70 6.90 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Bulgaria 12.70 9.60 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Lithuania 12.60 13.50 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Slovakia 10.00 9.50 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Croatia 9.40 6.30 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Luxembourg 6.00 7.60 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Netherlands 6.00 6.40 % year-on-year Sep 2025
Ireland 5.30 7.30 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Greece 5.20 2.70 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Czech Republic 4.90 5.60 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Portugal 4.60 1.50 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Hungary 4.60 3.80 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Germany 4.40 6.00 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Finland 4.30 3.80 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Estonia 4.10 3.40 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Latvia 4.00 2.20 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Denmark 3.80 5.00 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Sweden 3.80 3.90 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Poland 3.40 17.20 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Cyprus 3.30 0.80 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Euro Area 3.10 3.30 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Austria 2.60 2.90 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Romania 2.10 1.20 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Belgium 2.00 4.00 % year-on-year Jun 2025
Italy 1.90 1.10 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Spain 1.20 -1.30 % year-on-year Dec 2025
Malta -2.80 -4.30 % year-on-year Dec 2025

Euro Area | Labour
Activity rate
Activity rate: Females
Activity rate: From 15 to 24 years
Activity rate: From 15 to 64 years
Activity rate: From 20 to 64 years
Activity rate: From 25 to 54 years
Activity rate: From 55 to 64 years
Activity rate: Males
Employed persons having more than one job
Employed persons having more than one job: Females
Employed persons having more than one job: Males
Employed persons with a second job: 15 years or over
Employed persons with a second job: 25 years or over
Employed persons with a second job: From 15 to 24 years
Employed persons with a second job: From 15 to 64 years
Employed persons with a second job: From 15 to 74 years
Employed persons with a second job: From 20 to 64 years
Employment in current job
Employment in current job: 60 months or over
Employment in current job: From 0 to 11 months
Employment in current job: From 12 to 23 months
Employment in current job: From 24 to 59 months
Employment in current job: No response
Employment in high- and medium-high technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services: High and medium high-technology manufacturing
Employment in high- and medium-high technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services: Total (aggregate changing according to the context)
Employment in high- and medium-high technology manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services: Total knowledge-intensive services
Employment rate: From 15 to 24 years
Employment rate: From 15 to 64 years
Employment rate: From 20 to 64 years
Employment rate: From 25 to 54 years
Employment rate: From 55 to 64 years
Employment rate: Less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0-2)
Employment rate: Tertiary education (levels 5-8)
Employment rate: Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (levels 3 and 4)
Gender employment gap
Gender employment gap
Gender employment gap: Cities
Gender employment gap: No response
Gender employment gap: Rural areas
Gender employment gap: Towns and suburbs
Gender gap in part-time employment
Harmonised unemployment
Harmonised unemployment rate
Harmonised unemployment rate: Females
Harmonised unemployment rate: From 25 to 74 years
Harmonised unemployment rate: From 25 to 74 years Females
Harmonised unemployment rate: From 25 to 74 years Males
Harmonised unemployment rate: Less than 25 years
Harmonised unemployment rate: Less than 25 years Females
Harmonised unemployment rate: Less than 25 years Males
Harmonised unemployment rate: Males
Harmonised unemployment: Females
Harmonised unemployment: From 25 to 74 years
Harmonised unemployment: From 25 to 74 years Females
Harmonised unemployment: From 25 to 74 years Males
Harmonised unemployment: Less than 25 years
Harmonised unemployment: Less than 25 years Females
Harmonised unemployment: Less than 25 years Males
Harmonised unemployment: Males
Hours worked per week of full-time employment
Hours worked per week of part-time employment
Inactive population due to caring responsibilities
Inactive population due to caring responsibilities: Females
Inactive population due to caring responsibilities: Males
Jobless households
Jobless households: Females
Jobless households: Males
Labour cost for LCI (compensation of employees plus taxes minus subsidies)
Labour cost index
Labour cost index: Accommodation and food service activities
Labour cost index: Administrative and support service activities
Labour cost index: Arts, entertainment and recreation
Labour cost index: Business economy
Labour cost index: Construction
Labour cost index: Education
Labour cost index: Financial and insurance activities
Labour cost index: Financial and insurance activities; real estate activities; professional, scientific and technical activities; administrative and support service activities
Labour cost index: Human health and social work activities
Labour cost index: Industry (except construction)
Labour cost index: Industry, construction and services (except activities of households as employers and extra-territorial organisations and bodies)
Labour cost index: Information and communication
Labour cost index: Manufacturing
Labour cost index: Other service activities
Labour cost index: Professional, scientific and technical activities
Labour cost index: Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
Labour cost index: Public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities; arts, entertainment and recreation; other service activities
Labour cost index: Real estate activities
Labour cost index: Services of the business economy
Labour cost index: Transportation and storage
Labour cost index: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Labour cost index: Wholesale and retail trade; transport; accommodation and food service activities; information and communication
Labour costs other than wages and salaries
Labour costs: Share of non-wage costs (%)
Labour costs: Wages and salaries (total)
Labour force participation rates by citizenship - quarterly data
Labour input: Employment (number of persons employed)
Labour input: Gross wages and salaries
Labour input: Volume of work done (hours worked)
Labour transitions from temporary to permanent contracts
Labour transitions from temporary to permanent contracts: Females
Labour transitions from temporary to permanent contracts: Males
Long-term unemployment by sex - quarterly data
People living in households with very low work intensity: Persons living in households with very low work intensity
Total unemployment rate
Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data
Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data
Unemployment rate: From 15 to 24 years
Unemployment rate: From 15 to 74 years
Unemployment rate: From 20 to 64 years
Unemployment rate: From 25 to 29 years
Unemployment rate: From 25 to 54 years
Unemployment rate: From 55 to 64 years
Unemployment rate: Less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0-2)
Unemployment rate: Tertiary education (levels 5-8)
Unemployment rate: Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (levels 3 and 4)
Unemployment rates of the population aged 25-64: Less than primary, primary and lower secondary education (levels 0-2)
Unemployment rates of the population aged 25-64: Tertiary education (levels 5-8)
Unemployment rates of the population aged 25-64: Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education (levels 3 and 4)
Young people neither in employment nor in education and training: From 15 to 24 years
Young people neither in employment nor in education and training: From 15 to 24 years Females
Young people neither in employment nor in education and training: From 15 to 24 years Males
Youth unemployment rate (15-24)

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