European Union - Unemployment rate was 5.90% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Unemployment rate - last updated from the EUROSTAT on March of 2026. Historically, European Union - Unemployment rate reached a record high of 11.60% in December of 2013 and a record low of 5.90% in December of 2024.



Unemployment Rate
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Sweden 8.80 8.60 % Sep 2025
France 7.80 7.60 % Sep 2025
Estonia 7.40 7.70 % Sep 2025
Latvia 7.00 6.70 % Sep 2025
Lithuania 6.80 7.20 % Sep 2025
Denmark 6.50 6.30 % Sep 2025
Belgium 6.20 6.00 % Sep 2025
Italy 6.20 6.60 % Sep 2025
Luxembourg 6.00 6.50 % Sep 2025
Portugal 6.00 6.10 % Sep 2025
Romania 5.90 6.10 % Sep 2025
Austria 5.70 5.70 % Sep 2025
Slovakia 5.40 5.40 % Sep 2025
Ireland 4.90 4.70 % Sep 2025
Hungary 4.50 4.50 % Sep 2025
Cyprus 4.40 4.50 % Sep 2025
Slovenia 4.20 3.40 % Sep 2025
Netherlands 3.90 3.80 % Sep 2025
Germany 3.90 3.80 % Sep 2025
Bulgaria 3.70 3.50 % Sep 2025
Poland 3.20 3.00 % Sep 2025
Czech Republic 2.90 2.80 % Sep 2025

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