List of sovereign states in Europe by unemployment rate

This is a list of European countries by unemployment and employment rate.

Map

Blue	below 5%
Green	5.0 to 9.9%
Orange	10 to 14.9%
Red	over 15%

16.6%

17.5%

3.7%

5.7%

5.0%

1.0%

5.7%

15.7%

5.3%

7.1%

6.8%

3.2%

6.1%

7.2%

8.4%

8.0%

4.5%

12.4%

9.6%

4.5%

6.8%

5.8%

10.2%

5.0%

25.9%

6.8%

1.8%

9.6%

4.9%

4.4%

6.3%

2.0%

17.3%

3.6%

11.9%

5.0%

3.1%

6.9%

5.7%

5.8%

8.0%

7.5%

7.3%

4.9%

10.6%

8.9%

5.1%

12.2%

9.4%

4.9%

Faroe
Islands
(Dk.)

-

Adriatic
Sea

Arctic Ocean

Barents Sea

Bay of
Biscay

Black
Sea

Azov
Sea

Caspian
Sea

Celtic
Sea

Greenland Sea

Baffin Bay

Gulf of
Cadiz

Ligurian
Sea

Mediterranean Sea

North
Atlantic
Ocean

North
Sea

Norwegian
Sea

Strait of Gibraltar

Table

State (51) [1]	Unemployment rate	Employment rate	Date
Albania	17.5% [2]	50.2% (2017) [3]	2015
Andorra	3.7%	-	2016
Armenia	16.6%	50.1% (2017) [3]	-
Austria	4.6% [4]	77.2% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Azerbaijan	5.0%	63.0% (2018) [3]	-
Belarus [6]	1.0%	67.5% (2018) [3]	2015
Belgium	5.7% [4]	72.1% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Bosnia and Herzegovina [7]	15.7%	55.9% (2023) [5]	2018
Bulgaria	3.9% [4]	76.2% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Croatia	5.6% [4]	70.8% (2023) [5]	June 2023
Cyprus	4.9% [4]	79.5% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Czech Republic	2.4% [4]	81.7% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Denmark	4.9% [4]	79.8% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Estonia	6.2% [4]	82.1% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Finland	7.0% [4]	78.2% (2023) [5]	December 2020
France	7.0% [4]	74.4% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Georgia	12.4%	55.8% (2018) [3]	-
Germany	2.8% [4]	81.1% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Greece	9.6% [4]	67.4% (2023) [5]	June 2024
Hungary	3.8% [4]	80.7% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Iceland	3.2% [4]	85.3% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Ireland	3.8% [4]	79.1% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Italy	7.6% [4]	66.3% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Kazakhstan	5.0%	66.6% (2017) [3]	-
Kosovo [8]	25.9%	24.8% (2018) [3]	2018
Latvia	5.7% [4]	77.5% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Liechtenstein [9]	1.8%	59.1% (2017) [3]	2017
Lithuania	7.2% [4]	78.5% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Luxembourg	4.9% [4]	74.8% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Malta	2.8% [4]	81.3% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Moldova [10]	6.3%	42.0% (2018) [3]	2017 Q1
Monaco	2.0%	47.9% (2016) [3]	2012
Montenegro [11]	17.3%	47.5% (2018) [3]	2015
Netherlands	3.5% [4]	83.5% (2023) [5]	May 2023
North Macedonia [12]	11.9%	46.2%	2024 Q3
Norway	3% [4]	80.4% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Poland	2.7% [4]	77.9% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Portugal	6.4% [4]	78.0% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Romania	5.5% [4]	68.7% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Russia [13]	5.8%	59.8% (2018) [3]	2015
San Marino	8.0%	70.6% (2017) [3]	2017
Serbia [14] [ circular reference ]	7.5%	69.6% (2023) [5]	2020 Q2
Slovakia	6% [4]	77.5% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Slovenia	3.6% [4]	77.5% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Spain	10.6% [15]	70.5% (2023) [5]	October 2024
Sweden	7.1% [4]	82.6% (2023) [5]	May 2023
Switzerland	5.1% [16]	83.1% (2023) [5]	December 2020
Turkey	12.2% [16]	57.3% (2023) [5]	January 2021
Ukraine [17]	9.4%	57.1% (2018) [3]	2015
United Kingdom	4.9% [16]	79.3% (2019) [18]	September 2020
Vatican City	-	-

See also

• International organisations in Europe
• List of European regions by unemployment rate
• List of European countries by budget revenues
• List of European countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
• List of European countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
• List of European countries by GNI (nominal) per capita
• List of European countries by GNI (PPP) per capita
• List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
• List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita
• List of countries by GDP (nominal)
• List of countries by GDP (PPP)

References

1. Only 51 sovereign states are listed, including Kosovo and Vatican which are not UN members
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• Employment rate in the EU27 fell to 64.6% in 2009
• Countries surrounding the EU