Long-term unemployment rate in Austria

In 2025, 1.3% of the labour force in Austria had been unemployed for at least a year.

Measure: Long-term unemployment rate Unit: % of the labour force Data: 2009 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Austria, 2025 1.3% % of the labour force
Change from 2024 +0.2percentage points 2024: 1.1%
European Union, 2025 1.9% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 1.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 23rd of 34 See the full ranking

Long-term unemployment rate in Austria over time

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

Long-term unemployment rate (% of the labour force), 2009 to 2025
Period AustriaEuropean Union
2025 1.3% 1.9%
2024 1.1% 1.9%
2023 1.1% 2.1%
2022 1.2% 2.4%
2021 2.0% 2.8%
2020 1.7% 2.4%
2019 1.4% 2.7%
2018 1.7% 3.1%
2017 2.3% 3.7%
2016 2.4% 4.3%
2015 2.0% 4.9%
2014 1.9% 5.4%
2013 1.6% 5.4%
2012 1.5% 4.9%
2011 1.5% 4.3%
2010 1.5% 4.0%
2009 1.4% 3.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 1.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.0%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Austria has the 23rd highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 1.9%.

Source and dates

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