Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - item weights in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026): Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - item weights was 1,000 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Latest (2019)
1,000
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 42 countries
All-time high
1,000
in 2008
All-time low
1,000
in 2008
Years of data
12
2008–2019
Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - item weights in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026), 2008–2019
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
In 2019, labour cost index by nace rev. 2 activity - item weights in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) stood at 1,000. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, labour cost index by nace rev. 2 activity - item weights in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) peaked at 1,000 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1,000, in 2008.
Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) ranks 1st of 42 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - item weights in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1,000 | — |
| 2009 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,000 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)
- 1 Austria 1,000 compare
- 1 Belgium 1,000 compare
- 1 Bulgaria 1,000 compare
- 1 Cyprus 1,000 compare
- 1 Czechia 1,000 compare
- 1 Germany 1,000 compare
- 1 Denmark 1,000 compare
- 1 Estonia 1,000 compare
- 1 Greece 1,000 compare
- 1 Spain 1,000 compare
- 1 European Union (EU6-1958, EU9-1973, EU10-1981, EU12-1986, EU15-1995, EU25-2004, EU27-2007, EU28-2013, EU27-2020) 1,000 compare
- 1 Finland 1,000 compare
- 1 France 1,000 compare
- 1 Croatia 1,000 compare
- 1 Hungary 1,000 compare
- 1 Ireland 1,000 compare
- 1 Iceland 1,000 compare
- 1 Italy 1,000 compare
- 1 Lithuania 1,000 compare
- 1 Luxembourg 1,000 compare
- 1 Latvia 1,000 compare
- 1 Malta 1,000 compare
- 1 Netherlands 1,000 compare
- 1 Norway 1,000 compare
- 1 Poland 1,000 compare
- 1 Portugal 1,000 compare
- 1 Romania 1,000 compare
- 1 Sweden 1,000 compare
- 1 Slovenia 1,000 compare
- 1 Slovakia 1,000 compare
- 1 Türkiye 1,000 compare
- 1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,000 compare
- 1 Estonia 1,000 compare
- 1 Croatia 1,000 compare
- 1 Lithuania 1,000 compare
- 1 Latvia 1,000 compare
- 1 Netherlands 1,000 compare
- 1 Poland 1,000 compare
- 1 Slovenia 1,000 compare
- 1 Slovakia 1,000 compare
- 1 United Kingdom 1,000 compare
More work & labour data for Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)
- Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 359,179 Thousand persons (2026)
- Agricultural labour input statistics - indices 97.3 Index, 2020=100 (2025)
- Agricultural labour input statistics - absolute figures 4,433 Thousand annual working units (AWU) (2025)
- Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 68.67 million Thousand hours worked (2026)
- Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data 104.36 Index, 2020=100 (2026)
- Population and employment - national accounts - annual data 352,258 Thousand persons (2025)
- Labour productivity and unit labour costs by industry 15.3 Euro (2025)
- Labour productivity and unit labour costs - annual data 51,903 Euro (2025)
- Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts - annual 267.01 million Thousand hours worked (2025)
- Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - nominal value, annual data 120.1 Index, 2020=100 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is labour cost index by nace rev. 2 activity - item weights in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- Labour cost index by nace rev. 2 activity - item weights in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) was 1,000 in 2019, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest labour cost index by nace rev. 2 activity - item weights recorded in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- The highest recorded value was 1,000 in 2008.
- What is the lowest labour cost index by nace rev. 2 activity - item weights recorded in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 in 2008.
- How does Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) rank for labour cost index by nace rev. 2 activity - item weights?
- Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) ranks 1st out of 42 countries with data for 2019.
- Is labour cost index by nace rev. 2 activity - item weights rising or falling in Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026)?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Euro area (EA11-1999, EA12-2001, EA13-2007, EA15-2008, EA16-2009, EA17-2011, EA18-2014, EA19-2015, EA20-2023, EA21-2026) data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - item weights. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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