This is a list of European regions (NUTS2 regions) sorted by their unemployment rate (European definition). Eurostat calculates the unemployment rate based on the information provided by national statistics institutes affiliated to eurostat. The list presents statistics for the years 2006 to 2018 from EUROSTAT, as of March 2019. [1]
Region (NUTS2) | Country | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Brussels | Belgium | 17.6 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 17.4 | 19.3 | 18.3 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 14.8 | 13.2 |
Severoiztochen | Bulgaria | 11.0 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 10.4 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 18.2 | 16.8 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 7.4 |
Prague | Czech Republic | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
Capital Region of Denmark | Denmark | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
Berlin | Germany | 18.7 | 16.4 | 15.2 | 13.7 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.1 |
Estonia | Estonia | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 13.5 | 16.7 | 12.3 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 5.4 |
Central Greece | Greece | 9.2 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 19.0 | 27.9 | 28.2 | 26.8 | 25.8 | 25.0 | 20.8 | 18.9 |
Community of Madrid | Spain | 6.3 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 18.5 | 19.8 | 18.7 | 17.1 | 15.7 | 13.3 | 12.2 |
Centre-Val de Loire | France | 6.9 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 8.6 | 8.3 |
Continental Croatia | Croatia | 10.6 | 10.3 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 16.5 | 18.3 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 8.0 |
Lazio | Italy | 7.5 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 10.6 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 11.1 |
Cyprus | Cyprus | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 11.8 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 14.9 | 12.9 | 11.1 | 8.4 |
Latvia | Latvia | 7.0 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 17.5 | 19.5 | 16.2 | 15.0 | 11.9 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 7.4 |
Vilnius County | Lithuania | 4.9 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 12.6 | 15.5 | 13.1 | 11.9 | 9.7 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
Budapest | Hungary | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
Malta | Malta | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
South Holland | Netherlands | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 5.5 | 4.3 |
Vienna | Austria | 9.7 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 10.0 |
Warsaw | Poland | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.4 | |||||||
Lisbon Metropolitan Area | Portugal | 8.5 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 14.1 | 17.6 | 18.5 | 14.9 | 13.1 | 11.9 | 9.5 | 7.4 |
Bucharest - Ilfov | Romania | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.6 |
Central Slovakia | Slovakia | 16.4 | 15.3 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 16.8 | 15.9 | 12.8 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 7.5 |
Helsinki-Uusimaa | Finland | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 6.9 |
Stockholm | Sweden | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
Inner London - East | United Kingdom | 10.9 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||||
Iceland | Iceland | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
Oslo and Akershus | Norway | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
Lake Geneva | Switzerland | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
Montenegro | Montenegro | 19.7 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 18.0 | 17.5 | 17.7 | 16.1 | 15.2 | |||||
North Macedonia | North Macedonia | 36.0 | 34.9 | 33.8 | 32.2 | 32.0 | 31.4 | 31.0 | 29.0 | 28.0 | 26.1 | 23.7 | 22.4 | 20.7 |
Vojvodina | Serbia | 23.9 | 19.9 | 16.6 | 15.1 | 12.2 | 10.5 | |||||||
Istanbul | Turkey | 10.5 | 9.4 | 10.0 | 15.9 | 13.5 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 12.4 |
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