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ILO unemployment rate

34 European countries compared for 2025, eu average 6.0 %. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking

2.8 %

Czechia

EU average

6.0 %

27 member states

Median country

6.1 %

half above, half below

Range

2.8 to 12.2

Czechia - Bosnia and Herzegovina

How to read it

Across 34 countries, the highest value is in Bosnia and Herzegovina (12.2 %) and the lowest in Czechia (2.8 %).

Half of the countries are above 6.1 % and half below.

The EU average is 6.0 %; 17 of 34 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value fell from 9.3 % in 2009 to 6.0 % in 2025.

Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
Percentage of population in the labour force · From 15 to 74 years · Total

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

Unemployment over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Czechia in chart	1	Czechia	2.8	−3.2
Poland in chart	2	Poland	3.1	−2.9
Malta in chart	3	Malta	3.1	−2.9
Bulgaria in chart	4	Bulgaria	3.5	−2.5
Germany in chart	5	Germany	3.8	−2.2
Slovenia in chart	6	Slovenia	3.9	−2.1
Netherlands in chart	7	Netherlands	3.9	−2.1
Hungary in chart	8	Hungary	4.4	−1.6
Cyprus in chart	9	Cyprus	4.4	−1.6
Norway in chart	10	Norway non-EU	4.5	−1.5
Iceland in chart	11	Iceland non-EU	4.5	−1.5
Ireland in chart	12	Ireland	4.7	−1.3
Croatia in chart	13	Croatia	4.9	−1.1
Switzerland in chart	14	Switzerland non-EU	4.9	−1.1
Slovakia in chart	15	Slovakia	5.4	−0.6
Austria in chart	16	Austria	5.7	−0.3
Portugal in chart	17	Portugal	6.0	0
Italy in chart	18	Italy	6.1	+0.1
Romania in chart	19	Romania	6.1	+0.1
Belgium in chart	20	Belgium	6.2	+0.2
Denmark in chart	21	Denmark	6.4	+0.4
Luxembourg in chart	22	Luxembourg	6.5	+0.5
Lithuania in chart	23	Lithuania	6.9	+0.9
Latvia in chart	24	Latvia	6.9	+0.9
Estonia in chart	25	Estonia	7.5	+1.5
France in chart	26	France	7.7	+1.7
Türkiye in chart	27	Türkiye non-EU	8.4	+2.4
Serbia in chart	28	Serbia non-EU	8.7	+2.7
Sweden in chart	29	Sweden	8.8	+2.8
Greece in chart	30	Greece	8.9	+2.9
Finland in chart	31	Finland	9.7	+3.7
Spain in chart	32	Spain	10.5	+4.5
North Macedonia in chart	33	North Macedonia non-EU	11.5	+5.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina in chart	34	Bosnia and Herzegovina non-EU	12.2	+6.2

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.