The Netherlands had the highest employment rate among European Union countries in 2024, at 82.5 percent, while Iceland had the highest employment rate among all European countries. The second highest employment rate in the EU was that of Malta, which had an employment rate of 78.4 percent. Italy reported the lowest employment rate in the EU at 62.3 percent.

This dataset provides values for EMPLOYMENT RATE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Graph and download economic data for Employment Rate: Aged 15-64: All Persons for the European Union (LREM64TTEUA156S) from 2005 to 2019 about EU, employment-population ratio, 15 to 64 years, Europe, employment, population, and rate.

Full Time Employment in European Union decreased to 164651.20 Thousand in the first quarter of 2025 from 165223.80 Thousand in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - European Union Full Time Employment- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Among European Union countries in March 2025, Spain had the highest unemployment rate at 10.9 percent, followed by Finland at 9.4 percent. By contrast, Czechia has the lowest unemployment rate in Europe, at 2.6 percent. The overall rate of unemployment in the European Union was 5.8 percent in the same month - a historical low-point for unemployment in the EU, which had been at over 10 percent for much of the 2010s.

European Union Employment Rate: EA 19: Female: Age 55 to 64 data was reported at 58.000 % in Mar 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 57.900 % for Dec 2022. European Union Employment Rate: EA 19: Female: Age 55 to 64 data is updated quarterly, averaging 48.600 % from Mar 2009 (Median) to Mar 2023, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 58.000 % in Mar 2023 and a record low of 36.400 % in Mar 2009. European Union Employment Rate: EA 19: Female: Age 55 to 64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.G009: Eurostat: Employment Rate.

European Union Employment Rate: EU 28: Age 15 to 64 data was reported at 69.100 % in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 68.700 % for Jun 2018. European Union Employment Rate: EU 28: Age 15 to 64 data is updated quarterly, averaging 64.300 % from Mar 2001 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 71 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 69.100 % in Sep 2018 and a record low of 61.900 % in Mar 2002. European Union Employment Rate: EU 28: Age 15 to 64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.G006: Eurostat: Employment Rate.

Unemployment Rate In the Euro Area increased to 6.30 percent in May from 6.20 percent in April of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

European Union - Employment rates of recent graduates was 82.40% in December of 2022, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Employment rates of recent graduates - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, European Union - Employment rates of recent graduates reached a record high of 82.40% in December of 2022 and a record low of 74.30% in December of 2013.

Key information about European Union Labour Force Participation Rate

• European Union Labour Force Participation Rate increased to 75.8 % in Dec 2022, compared with 74.9 % in the previous year.
• EU Labour Force Participation Rate is updated yearly, available from Dec 1990 to Dec 2022, with an average rate of 69.6 % .
• The data reached the an all-time high of 75.8 % in Dec 2022 and a record low of 54.8 % in Dec 2000.
• EU Labour Force Participation Rate is reported by reported by CEIC Data.
• In the latest reports, EU Population reached 449.3 million people in Dec 2023.
• Unemployment Rate of EU remained the same at 5.8 % in Jan 2025.

Euro Area - Employment rate was 71.20% in December of 2020, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Euro Area - Employment rate - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Euro Area - Employment rate reached a record high of 72.50% in December of 2019 and a record low of 67.30% in December of 2013.

European Union ECB Projection: Employment: YoY Growth: EA data was reported at 0.600 % in 2021. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.600 % for 2020. European Union ECB Projection: Employment: YoY Growth: EA data is updated yearly, averaging 0.650 % from Dec 2018 (Median) to 2021, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.400 % in 2018 and a record low of 0.600 % in 2021. European Union ECB Projection: Employment: YoY Growth: EA data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by European Central Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.G040: European Central Bank: Labour Statistics, Employment and Unemployment: Projection.

Graph and download economic data for Employment Rate: Aged 15-64: All Persons for the European Union (LREM64TTEUQ156S) from Q1 2005 to Q4 2019 about EU, employment-population ratio, 15 to 64 years, Europe, employment, population, and rate.

Employment In the Euro Area increased by 0.20 in March of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Employment Change - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The statistic reflects the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in member states of the European Union in November 2024. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Spain in November 2024 was 11.2 percent.The unemployment rate represents the share of the unemployed in all potential employees available to the job market. Unemployment rates in the EU The unemployment rate is an important measure of a country or region’s economic health, and despite unemployment levels in the European Union falling slightly from a peak in early 2013 , they remain high, especially in comparison to what the rates were before the worldwide recession started in 2008. This confirms the continuing stagnation in European markets, which hits young job seekers particularly hard as they struggle to compete against older, more experienced workers for a job, suffering under jobless rates twice as high as general unemployment. Some companies, such as Microsoft and Fujitsu, have created thousands of jobs in some of the countries which have particularly dire unemployment rates, creating a beacon of hope. However, some industries such as information technology, face the conundrum of a deficit of qualified workers in the local unemployed work force, and have to hire workers from abroad instead of helping decrease the local unemployment rates. This skills mismatch has no quick solution, as workers require time for retraining to fill the openings in the growing science-, technology-, or engineering-based jobs, and too few students choose degrees that would help them obtain these positions. Worldwide unemployment also remains high, with the rates being worst in the Middle East and North Africa. Estimates by the International Labour Organization predict that the problem will stabilize in coming years, but not improve until at least 2017.

European Union Employment Rate: EA 19: Age 20 to 64 data was reported at 74.300 % in Mar 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 74.400 % for Dec 2022. European Union Employment Rate: EA 19: Age 20 to 64 data is updated quarterly, averaging 69.200 % from Mar 2009 (Median) to Mar 2023, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 74.400 % in Dec 2022 and a record low of 66.800 % in Mar 2013. European Union Employment Rate: EA 19: Age 20 to 64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.G009: Eurostat: Employment Rate.

European Union Employment Rate: EA 19: Age 15 to 64 data was reported at 67.900 % in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 67.400 % for Jun 2018. European Union Employment Rate: EA 19: Age 15 to 64 data is updated quarterly, averaging 63.800 % from Mar 1997 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 87 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 67.900 % in Sep 2018 and a record low of 58.000 % in Mar 1997. European Union Employment Rate: EA 19: Age 15 to 64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Eurostat. The data is categorized under Global Database’s European Union – Table EU.G006: Eurostat: Employment Rate.

European Union - Employment rate: From 15 to 64 years was 70.80% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Employment rate: From 15 to 64 years - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, European Union - Employment rate: From 15 to 64 years reached a record high of 70.80% in December of 2024 and a record low of 62.50% in December of 2013.

The product has been discontinued since: 25 Jan 2018. The dispersion of regional (NUTS level 2) employment rates of the age group 15-64 shows the regional differences in employment within countries and groups of countries (EU25, euro area). The employment rate of the age group 15-64 represents employed persons aged 15-64 as a percentage of the population of the same age group. The dispersion of regional employment rates is zero when the employment rates in all regions are identical, and it will rise if there is an increase in the differences between employment rates among regions. The indicator is not applicable for DK, IE, LU, CY, EE, LT, LV, MT, SI or IS as these countries comprise only one or (in the case of IE) two NUTS level 2 regions. However, the employment rates of these countries and of the two Irish regions are used to compute the dispersion of regional employment rates for groups of countries. Regional employment rates represent annual average figures and are taken from the European Union Labour Force Survey.

This statistic shows the employment rate in the European Union from 2010 to 2023. In 2023, the employment rate in the EU amounted to 70.4 percent, compared to 69.8 percent in 2022.