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 November of 2026. Historically, European Union - Nominal unit labour cost growth reached a record high of 6.90% 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
Hungary 8.10 12.10 % Dec 2025
Croatia 6.60 12.40 % Dec 2025
Lithuania 6.00 6.40 % Dec 2025
Slovenia 5.60 4.50 % Dec 2025
Slovakia 5.50 4.80 % Dec 2025
Portugal 5.20 6.30 % Dec 2025
Bulgaria 4.90 11.60 % Dec 2025
Germany 4.40 5.30 % Dec 2025
Spain 4.40 3.00 % Dec 2025
Luxembourg 4.30 0.80 % Dec 2025
Czech Republic 4.20 4.90 % Dec 2025
Netherlands 4.10 6.50 % Dec 2025
Poland 4.00 8.70 % Dec 2025
Romania 3.80 9.00 % Dec 2025
Malta 3.50 7.60 % Dec 2025
Latvia 3.50 5.40 % Dec 2025
Italy 3.50 3.90 % Dec 2025
Greece 3.40 5.00 % Dec 2025
Euro Area 3.30 0.00 % Dec 2022
Estonia 3.30 6.70 % Dec 2025
Austria 3.20 7.70 % Dec 2025
Belgium 2.90 2.60 % Dec 2025
Finland 2.00 -0.10 % Dec 2025
Cyprus 1.90 1.80 % Dec 2025
France 1.60 2.30 % Dec 2025
Denmark 0.80 1.20 % Dec 2025
Sweden -0.30 2.50 % Dec 2025
Ireland -3.00 5.70 % Dec 2025

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