Long-term unemployment rate by country, 2025
People aged 15 to 74 who have been unemployed for 12 months or more, as a share of the labour force of the same age.
34 places ranked for 2025. Highest: Bosnia and Herzegovina (9.1%). Lowest: Netherlands (0.5%). The median is 1.8%.
Highest 10
- 1. Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.1%
- 2. North Macedonia 7.8%
- 3. Greece 5.0%
- 4. Serbia 3.5%
- 5. Slovakia 3.4%
- 6. Spain 3.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 7. Italy 3.1%
- 8. Lithuania 2.5%
- 9. Finland 2.4%
- 10. Latvia 2.3%
Lowest 10
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Source: Eurostat.
In short
- Among the 34 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Bosnia and Herzegovina (9.1%) and the lowest Netherlands (0.5%).
- Half of the countries are above 1.8% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 16 countries and fell in 10.
- The figure for the European Union was 1.9% in 2025, against 2.4% in 2020 (−0.5 percentage points).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.1% | 2025 | |
| 2 | North Macedonia | 7.8% | 2025 | |
| 3 | Greece | 5.0% | 2025 | |
| 4 | Serbia | 3.5% | 2025 | |
| 5 | Slovakia | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| 6 | Spain | 3.4%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 7 | Italy | 3.1% | 2025 | |
| 8 | Lithuania | 2.5% | 2025 | |
| 9 | Finland | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| 10 | Latvia | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| 11 | Portugal | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| 12 | Romania | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| 13 | Belgium | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| 15 | Croatia | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| 16 | Estonia | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| 17 | France | 1.8%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2025 | |
| 18 | Sweden | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| 20 | Hungary | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| 21 | Switzerland | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| 22 | Türkiye | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| 23 | Austria | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| 24 | Germany | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| 25 | Ireland | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| 26 | Slovenia | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| 27 | Cyprus | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| 28 | Denmark | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| 29 | Czechia | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| 30 | Poland | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| 31 | Norway | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| 32 | Iceland | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| 33 | Malta | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| 34 | Netherlands | 0.5% | 2025 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2025, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2025 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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