Long-term unemployment rate in European Union
In 2025, 1.9% of the labour force in the European Union had been unemployed for at least a year.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
1.9%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
Long-term unemployment rate in European Union over time
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% of the labour force. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.9% |
| 2024 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 2.1% |
| 2022 | 2.4% |
| 2021 | 2.8% |
| 2020 | 2.4% |
| 2019 | 2.7% |
| 2018 | 3.1% |
| 2017 | 3.7% |
| 2016 | 4.3% |
| 2015 | 4.9% |
| 2014 | 5.4% |
| 2013 | 5.4% |
| 2012 | 4.9% |
| 2011 | 4.3% |
| 2010 | 4.0% |
| 2009 | 3.1% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 4.9%, the figure has changed by −3.0 percentage points.
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