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Long-term unemployment

34 European countries compared for 2025, eu average 1.9 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

0.5 %

Netherlands

EU average

1.9 %

27 member states

Median country

1.8 %

half above, half below

Range

0.5 to 9.1

Netherlands - Bosnia and Herzegovina

How to read it

Across 34 countries, the highest value is in Bosnia and Herzegovina (9.1 %) and the lowest in Netherlands (0.5 %).

Half of the countries are above 1.8 % and half below.

The EU average is 1.9 %; 14 of 34 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value fell from 3.1 % in 2009 to 1.9 % in 2025.

Long-term unemployment by sex - annual data
Percentage of population in the labour force · Long-term unemployment · From 15 to 74 years · Total

Eurostat methods can differ from the World Bank data used elsewhere on the site - source and licence.

Long-term unemployment over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Netherlands in chart	1	Netherlands	0.5	−1.4
Iceland in chart	2	Iceland non-EU	0.6	−1.3
Malta in chart	3	Malta	0.6	−1.3
Norway in chart	4	Norway non-EU	0.7	−1.2
Poland in chart	5	Poland	0.8	−1.1
Czechia in chart	6	Czechia	0.8	−1.1
Cyprus in chart	7	Cyprus	0.9	−1.0
Denmark in chart	8	Denmark	0.9	−1.0
Ireland in chart	9	Ireland	1.1	−0.8
Germany in chart	10	Germany	1.1	−0.8
Slovenia in chart	11	Slovenia	1.1	−0.8
Austria in chart	12	Austria	1.3	−0.6
Bulgaria in chart	13	Bulgaria	1.5	−0.4
Türkiye in chart	14	Türkiye non-EU	1.5	−0.4
Hungary in chart	15	Hungary	1.5	−0.4
Switzerland in chart	16	Switzerland non-EU	1.5	−0.4
France in chart	17	France	1.8	−0.1
Sweden in chart	18	Sweden	1.8	−0.1
Croatia in chart	19	Croatia	1.8	−0.1
Estonia in chart	20	Estonia	1.8	−0.1
Luxembourg in chart	21	Luxembourg	2.0	+0.1
Belgium in chart	22	Belgium	2.0	+0.1
Romania in chart	23	Romania	2.1	+0.2
Portugal in chart	24	Portugal	2.2	+0.3
Latvia in chart	25	Latvia	2.3	+0.4
Finland in chart	26	Finland	2.4	+0.5
Lithuania in chart	27	Lithuania	2.5	+0.6
Italy in chart	28	Italy	3.1	+1.2
Spain in chart	29	Spain	3.4	+1.5
Slovakia in chart	30	Slovakia	3.4	+1.5
Serbia in chart	31	Serbia non-EU	3.5	+1.6
Greece in chart	32	Greece	5.0	+3.1
North Macedonia in chart	33	North Macedonia non-EU	7.8	+5.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina in chart	34	Bosnia and Herzegovina non-EU	9.1	+7.2

Tick a country in the table to add it to the chart, up to six at a time - a chart with more lines stops being readable. The ranking is for the latest period in which most countries have a value. EU and euro area aggregates do not take part in the ranking.