European Union - Nominal unit labour cost growth was 3.30% in December of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Nominal unit labour cost growth - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2026. Historically, European Union - Nominal unit labour cost growth reached a record high of 6.80% in December of 2023 and a record low of -0.20% in December of 2021.



Nominal Unit Labour Cost Growth
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Bulgaria 9.40 11.50 % Dec 2025
Croatia 8.90 10.80 % Dec 2025
Hungary 8.90 12.00 % Dec 2025
Slovenia 6.30 4.90 % Dec 2025
Lithuania 6.10 5.60 % Dec 2025
Latvia 5.50 8.90 % Dec 2025
Slovakia 5.30 5.50 % Dec 2025
Portugal 5.30 5.90 % Dec 2025
Luxembourg 4.90 4.10 % Dec 2025
Czech Republic 4.90 5.50 % Dec 2025
Germany 4.70 5.80 % Dec 2025
Poland 4.30 8.70 % Dec 2025
Malta 4.30 6.40 % Dec 2025
Spain 4.20 3.40 % Dec 2025
Romania 3.80 18.00 % Dec 2025
Italy 3.50 4.40 % Dec 2025
Netherlands 3.40 6.50 % Dec 2025
Euro Area 3.30 0.00 % Dec 2022
Estonia 3.30 7.30 % Dec 2025
Austria 2.90 8.00 % Dec 2025
Belgium 2.60 2.50 % Dec 2025
Greece 2.30 4.60 % Dec 2025
Cyprus 2.10 1.60 % Dec 2025
Finland 1.90 0.30 % Dec 2025
Denmark 1.60 1.50 % Dec 2025
France 1.60 2.30 % Dec 2025
Sweden 0.20 2.00 % Dec 2025
Ireland -6.10 4.30 % Dec 2025

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