Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74 in Austria

The unemployment rate in Austria was 5.7% of the labour force in 2025.

Measure: Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74 Unit: % of the labour force Data: 2009 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Austria, 2025 5.7% % of the labour force
Change from 2024 +0.5percentage points 2024: 5.2%
European Union, 2025 6.0% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 6.0% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 19th of 34 See the full ranking

Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74 in Austria over time

View

Showing: Total

Places
2 selected
Austria European Union ×

% of the labour force. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74 (% of the labour force), 2009 to 2025
Period AustriaEuropean Union
2025 5.7% 6.0%
2024 5.2% 6.0%
2023 5.1% 6.1%
2022 4.8% 6.2%
2021 6.2% 7.1%
2020 6.0% 7.2%
2019 4.8% 6.8%
2018 5.2% 7.4%
2017 5.9% 8.3%
2016 6.5% 9.3%
2015 6.1% 10.2%
2014 6.0% 11.0%
2013 5.7% 11.6%
2012 5.2% 11.1%
2011 4.9% 10.1%
2010 5.2% 10.1%
2009 5.7% 9.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 5.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 6.1%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Austria has the 19th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 6.0%.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
une_rt_a · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A age=Y15-74 unit=PC_ACT
Observation period
2009 to 2025 for Austria
Provider update
6 November 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat