Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74, by region
Unemployed people aged 15 to 74 living in the region as a share of the labour force of the same age, from the EU Labour Force Survey.
Highest in 2025
24.9%d (definition differs (see metadata))
Ciudad de Melilla
Lowest in 2025
1.5%
Střední Čechy
European Union, 2025
6.0%
Official aggregate published by the source
Regions ranked for 2025
286
Updated by the source on 30 October 2026
286 regions have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | Ciudad de Melilla | Lazio | Střední Čechy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.0% | 24.9%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 5.5% | 1.5% |
| 2024 | 6.0% | 28.3%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 6.3% | 1.3% |
| 2023 | 6.1% | 26.6%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 7.2% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 6.2% | 25.9%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 7.7% | 1.2% |
| 2021 | 7.1%b (break in time series) | 25.4%bd (break in time series, definition differs (see metadata)) | 10.0%b (break in time series) | 2.5%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 7.1% | 23.7% | 9.2% | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 6.7% | 27.0% | 9.9% | 1.3% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | 25.8% | 11.1%b (break in time series) | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 8.2% | 27.6% | 10.7% | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 9.1% | 30.8% | 11.2% | 3.1% |
| 2015 | 10.1% | 34.0% | 11.8% | 3.5% |
| 2014 | 10.9% | 28.4% | 12.5% | 5.1% |
| 2013 | 11.4% | 32.5% | 12.0% | 5.2% |
| 2012 | 10.9% | 26.9% | 10.6% | 4.6% |
| 2011 | 9.9% | 22.4% | 8.8% | 5.1%b (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 9.9% | 22.8% | 9.2% | 5.2% |
| 2009 | 9.2% | 23.5% | 8.4% | 4.4% |
| 2008 | 7.3% | 20.0% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
| 2007 | 7.5% | 18.2% | 6.4% | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 8.7% | 13.6%bu (break in time series, low reliability) | 7.5% | 4.6% |
| 2005 | 9.6%b (break in time series) | 14.3%bu (break in time series, low reliability) | 7.7%b (break in time series) | 5.2%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | 10.0% | 17.4%u (low reliability) | 7.2%b (break in time series) | 5.4% |
| 2003 | 9.7% | not availableu (low reliability) | 8.9% | 5.1% |
| 2002 | 9.6% | not availableu (low reliability) | 8.9% | 4.8% |
| 2001 | – | not availablebu (break in time series, low reliability) | 10.4% | 6.7% |
Flags: b break in time series; bu break in time series, low reliability; u low reliability; bd break in time series, definition differs (see metadata); d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 286 regions with a value for 2025, the highest is Ciudad de Melilla (24.9%) and the lowest Střední Čechy (1.5%).
- Half of the regions are above 5.5% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 150 regions and fell in 122.
- The figure for the European Union was 6.0% in 2025, against 7.1% in 2020 (−1.1 percentage points). The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
About this measure
Before comparing
- Survey estimates for small regions have wider margins of error.
Source and dates
All regions in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the regions are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Ciudad de Melilla 24.9%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 2 Mayotte 24.9%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 3 Ciudad de Ceuta 24.3%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 4 Guyane 16.9%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 5 Guadeloupe 16.6%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 6 La Réunion 16.3%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 7 Dytiki Makedonia 15.3%
- 8 Andalucía 15.2%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 9 Extremadura 14.8%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 10 Campania 13.9%
- 11 Canarias 13.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 12 Martinique 13.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 13 Castilla-La Mancha 12.8%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 14 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 12.6%
- 15 Sicilia 12.2%
- 16 Región de Murcia 12.1%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 17 Region Juzne i Istocne Srbije 12.0%
- 18 Kentriki Makedonia 11.7%
- 19 Comunitat Valenciana 11.6%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 20 Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkari 11.6%
- 21 Severna Makedonija 11.5%
- 22 Sud-Est 11.3%
- 23 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 10.6%
- 24 Helsinki-Uusimaa 10.6%
- 25 İzmir 10.6%
- 26 Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartın 10.4%
- 27 Sydsverige 10.3%
- 28 Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis 10.0%
- 29 Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye 10.0%
- 30 Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt 10.0%
- 31 Puglia 10.0%
- 32 Ipeiros 9.9%
- 33 Wien 9.9%
- 34 Adana, Mersin 9.8%
- 35 Calabria 9.8%
- 36 Dytiki Elláda 9.7%
- 37 Etelä-Suomi 9.6%
- 38 Východné Slovensko 9.5%
- 39 Östra Mellansverige 9.4%
- 40 Sardegna 9.3%
- 41 Länsi-Suomi 9.2%
- 42 Stockholm 9.1%
- 43 Ionia Nisia 9.0%
- 44 Nord-Pas de Calais 9.0%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 45 Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi 9.0%
- 46 Prov. Hainaut 9.0%
- 47 İstanbul 9.0%
- 48 Languedoc-Roussillon 8.9%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 49 Ile de France 8.8%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 50 Illes Balears 8.8%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 51 Principado de Asturias 8.8%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 52 Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır 8.8%
- 53 Region Sumadije i Zapadne Srbije 8.7%
- 54 Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik 8.6%
- 55 Castilla y León 8.6%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 56 Sud-Muntenia 8.6%
- 57 Ankara 8.5%
- 58 Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova 8.5%
- 59 Sterea Elláda 8.5%
- 60 Västsverige 8.5%
- 61 Cataluña 8.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 62 Galicia 8.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 63 Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli 8.4%
- 64 Norra Mellansverige 8.4%
- 65 Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir 8.3%
- 66 Peloponnisos 8.3%
- 67 Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan 8.2%
- 68 Franche-Comté 8.2%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 69 Attiki 8.1%
- 70 La Rioja 8.1%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 71 Aragón 8.0%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 72 Comunidad de Madrid 8.0%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 73 Haute-Normandie 8.0%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 74 Península de Setúbal 8.0%
- 75 Region Vojvodine 8.0%
- 76 Lorraine 7.8%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 77 Région lémanique 7.8%
- 78 Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas 7.8%
- 79 Aquitaine 7.7%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 80 Comunidad Foral de Navarra 7.7%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 81 Prov. Namur 7.7%
- 82 Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli 7.6%
- 83 Eesti 7.5%
- 84 Picardie 7.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 85 Panonska Hrvatska 7.4%
- 86 Cantabria 7.3%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 87 Corse 7.3%du (definition differs (see metadata), low reliability)
- 88 Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt 7.3%
- 89 Notio Aigaio 7.3%
- 90 País Vasco 7.3%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 91 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 7.3%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 92 Severozapaden 7.3%
- 93 Småland med öarna 7.3%
- 94 Övre Norrland 7.3%
- 95 Prov. Liège 7.2%
- 96 Konya, Karaman 7.1%
- 97 Rhône-Alpes 7.1%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 98 Aydın, Denizli, Muğla 7.0%
- 99 Bourgogne 7.0%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 100 Champagne-Ardenne 7.0%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 101 Észak-Magyarország 7.0%
- 102 Beogradski region 6.9%
- 103 Latvija 6.9%
- 104 Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya 6.9%
- 105 Sud-Vest Oltenia 6.9%
- 106 Hovedstaden 6.8%
- 107 Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat 6.8%
- 108 Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane 6.8%
- 109 Prov. Brabant wallon 6.7%
- 110 Prov. Luxembourg 6.7%
- 111 Basse-Normandie 6.6%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 112 Mellersta Norrland 6.6%
- 113 Pays de la Loire 6.6%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 114 Ticino 6.6%
- 115 Abruzzo 6.5%
- 116 Berlin 6.5%
- 117 Luxembourg 6.5%
- 118 Midi-Pyrénées 6.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 119 Midtjylland 6.5%
- 120 Nordjylland 6.5%
- 121 Auvergne 6.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 122 Dél-Dunántúl 6.4%
- 123 Grande Lisboa 6.4%
- 124 Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak 6.4%
- 125 Poitou-Charentes 6.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 126 Voreio Aigaio 6.4%
- 127 Norte 6.3%
- 128 Thessalia 6.3%
- 129 Limousin 6.2%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 130 Molise 6.2%
- 131 Centre — Val de Loire 6.1%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 132 Syddanmark 6.1%
- 133 Észak-Alföld 6.1%
- 134 Piemonte 6.0%
- 135 Nord-Vest 5.9%
- 136 Algarve 5.7%
- 137 Antalya, Isparta, Burdur 5.7%
- 138 Nord-Est 5.7%
- 139 Balıkesir, Çanakkale 5.6%
- 140 Bretagne 5.6%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 141 Kastamonu, Çankırı, Sinop 5.6%
- 142 Alentejo 5.5%
- 143 Jadranska Hrvatska 5.5%
- 144 Lazio 5.5%
- 145 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant 5.5%
- 146 Região Autónoma da Madeira 5.4%u (low reliability)
- 147 Sjælland 5.4%
- 148 Stredné Slovensko 5.4%
- 149 Basilicata 5.3%
- 150 Hamburg 5.3%
- 151 Lubelskie 5.3%
- 152 Leipzig 5.2%
- 153 Oeste e Vale do Tejo 5.2%
- 154 Alsace 5.1%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 155 Bremen 5.1%u (low reliability)
- 156 Kriti 5.1%
- 157 Marche 5.1%
- 158 Sostinės regionas 5.1%
- 159 Vest 5.1%
- 160 Burgenland 5.0%
- 161 Centro 5.0%
- 162 Oslo og Viken 5.0%
- 163 Steiermark 5.0%
- 164 Eastern and Midland 4.9%
- 165 Região Autónoma dos Açores 4.9%u (low reliability)
- 166 Sachsen-Anhalt 4.9%
- 167 Dél-Alföld 4.8%
- 168 Düsseldorf 4.8%
- 169 Kärnten 4.8%
- 170 Northern and Western 4.8%
- 171 Severozápad 4.8%
- 172 Zuid-Holland 4.8%
- 173 Arnsberg 4.7%
- 174 Dresden 4.7%
- 175 Liguria 4.7%
- 176 Trøndelag 4.7%
- 177 Agder og Sør-Østlandet 4.6%
- 178 Espace Mittelland 4.6%
- 179 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 4.6%
- 180 Nordwestschweiz 4.6%
- 181 Oberösterreich 4.6%
- 182 Umbria 4.6%
- 183 Yugoiztochen 4.6%
- 184 Groningen 4.5%
- 185 Zürich 4.5%
- 186 Ísland 4.5%
- 187 Chemnitz 4.4%
- 188 Kýpros 4.4%
- 189 Niederösterreich 4.4%
- 190 Prov. Limburg 4.4%
- 191 Moravskoslezsko 4.3%
- 192 Prov. Antwerpen 4.3%
- 193 Toscana 4.3%
- 194 Vorarlberg 4.3%
- 195 Świętokrzyskie 4.3%
- 196 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 4.2%
- 197 Southern 4.2%
- 198 Vzhodna Slovenija 4.2%
- 199 Centru 4.1%
- 200 Emilia-Romagna 4.1%
- 201 Innlandet 4.1%u (low reliability)
- 202 Kujawsko-pomorskie 4.1%
- 203 Mazowiecki regionalny 4.1%
- 204 Saarland 4.1%u (low reliability)
- 205 Vestlandet 4.1%
- 206 Friesland 4.0%
- 207 Rheinhessen-Pfalz 4.0%
- 208 Severen tsentralen 4.0%
- 209 Braunschweig 3.9%
- 210 Hannover 3.9%
- 211 Köln 3.9%
- 212 Severoiztochen 3.9%
- 213 Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste 3.9%u (low reliability)
- 214 Brandenburg 3.8%
- 215 Mittelfranken 3.8%
- 216 Noord-Holland 3.8%
- 217 Tirol 3.8%
- 218 Utrecht 3.8%
- 219 Detmold 3.7%
- 220 Flevoland 3.7%
- 221 Overijssel 3.7%
- 222 Schleswig-Holstein 3.7%
- 223 Thüringen 3.7%
- 224 Darmstadt 3.6%
- 225 Drenthe 3.6%
- 226 Kassel 3.6%u (low reliability)
- 227 Podkarpackie 3.6%
- 228 Stuttgart 3.6%
- 229 Zahodna Slovenija 3.6%
- 230 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 3.5%
- 231 Noord-Brabant 3.5%
- 232 Nord-Norge 3.5%u (low reliability)
- 233 Opolskie 3.5%u (low reliability)
- 234 Salzburg 3.5%
- 235 Łódzkie 3.5%
- 236 Dolnośląskie 3.4%
- 237 Gelderland 3.4%
- 238 Karlsruhe 3.4%
- 239 Münster 3.4%
- 240 Veneto 3.4%
- 241 Lüneburg 3.3%
- 242 Ostschweiz 3.3%
- 243 Severovýchod 3.3%
- 244 Warmińsko-mazurskie 3.3%
- 245 Západné Slovensko 3.3%
- 246 Budapest 3.2%
- 247 Oberfranken 3.2%u (low reliability)
- 248 Yuzhen tsentralen 3.2%
- 249 Freiburg 3.1%
- 250 Közép-Dunántúl 3.1%
- 251 Malta 3.1%
- 252 Nyugat-Dunántúl 3.1%
- 253 Grad Zagreb 3.0%
- 254 Limburg 3.0%
- 255 Lombardia 3.0%
- 256 Oberbayern 3.0%
- 257 Pest 3.0%
- 258 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 3.0%
- 259 Sjeverna Hrvatska 3.0%
- 260 Unterfranken 3.0%u (low reliability)
- 261 Zentralschweiz 3.0%
- 262 Koblenz 2.9%u (low reliability)
- 263 Niederbayern 2.9%u (low reliability)
- 264 Tübingen 2.9%
- 265 Weser-Ems 2.9%
- 266 Zachodniopomorskie 2.9%
- 267 Małopolskie 2.8%
- 268 Oberpfalz 2.8%u (low reliability)
- 269 Wielkopolskie 2.8%
- 270 Gießen 2.7%u (low reliability)
- 271 Pomorskie 2.7%
- 272 Schwaben 2.7%
- 273 Střední Morava 2.7%
- 274 Podlaskie 2.6%u (low reliability)
- 275 Śląskie 2.6%
- 276 Bratislavský kraj 2.5%
- 277 Jihovýchod 2.5%
- 278 Jihozápad 2.2%
- 279 Provincia Autonoma di Trento 2.2%
- 280 Zeeland 2.2%
- 281 Warszawski stołeczny 2.1%
- 282 Yugozapaden 1.9%
- 283 Bucureşti-Ilfov 1.8%
- 284 Praha 1.8%
- 285 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 1.8%
- 286 Střední Čechy 1.5%
- Austria 5.7%
- Belgium 6.2%
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.2%
- Bulgaria 3.5%
- Croatia 4.9%
- Cyprus 4.4%
- Czechia 2.8%
- Denmark 6.4%
- Estonia 7.5%
- European Union 6.0%
- Finland 9.7%
- France 7.7%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- Germany 3.8%
- Greece 8.9%
- Hungary 4.4%
- Iceland 4.5%
- Ireland 4.7%
- Italy 6.1%
- Latvia 6.9%
- Lithuania 6.9%
- Luxembourg 6.5%
- Malta 3.1%
- Netherlands 3.9%
- North Macedonia 11.5%
- Norway 4.5%
- Poland 3.1%
- Portugal 6.0%
- Romania 6.1%
- Serbia 8.7%
- Slovakia 5.4%
- Slovenia 3.9%
- Spain 10.5%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- Sweden 8.8%
- Switzerland 4.9%
- Türkiye 8.4%
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