Transition from employment to unemployment by degree of urbanisation (annual averages of quarterly transitions, estimated probabilities) - experimental statistics by country

Countries reporting
40
Highest
2.0%
Austria
Lowest
0.0%
Italy
Median
1.0%
Years covered
15
2011–2025
Data points
569

What the numbers show

Transition from employment to unemployment by degree of urbanisation (annual averages of quarterly transitions, estimated probabilities) - experimental statistics is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 2.0% in Austria; the lowest is 0.0% in Italy.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.0%, and the mean is 1.1%.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Slovakia (down 100.0%).

Transition from employment to unemployment by degree of urbanisation: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Austria 2.0% 2025 up 100.0% rising
1 Lithuania 2.0% 2025 up 100.0% rising
1 Lithuania 2.0% 2025 up 100.0% rising
1 Estonia 2.0% 2025 up 100.0% falling
1 Denmark 2.0% 2025 unchanged falling
1 Spain 2.0% 2025 down 50.0% falling
1 Estonia 2.0% 2025 up 100.0% falling
1 Finland 2.0% 2025 unchanged flat
1 France 2.0% 2025 unchanged falling
1 Sweden 2.0% 2025 up 100.0% flat
1 Serbia 2.0% 2025 flat
12 Netherlands 1.0% 2025 unchanged flat
12 Latvia 1.0% 2025 unchanged falling
12 Norway 1.0% 2025 unchanged flat
12 Portugal 1.0% 2025 down 50.0% falling
12 Slovenia 1.0% 2025 down 50.0% falling
12 Netherlands 1.0% 2025 unchanged flat
12 Latvia 1.0% 2025 unchanged falling
12 Croatia 1.0% 2025 down 50.0% falling
12 Slovenia 1.0% 2025 down 50.0% falling
12 United Kingdom 1.0% 2020 unchanged flat
12 Greece 1.0% 2025 unchanged falling
12 Belgium 1.0% 2025 unchanged flat
12 Bulgaria 1.0% 2025 unchanged volatile
12 Switzerland 1.0% 2025 unchanged flat
12 Cyprus 1.0% 2025 down 50.0% falling
12 Germany 1.0% 2025 unchanged flat
12 United Kingdom 1.0% 2020 unchanged flat
12 North Macedonia 1.0% 2025 falling
12 Croatia 1.0% 2025 down 50.0% falling
12 Hungary 1.0% 2025 unchanged falling
12 Ireland 1.0% 2025 unchanged falling
12 Iceland 1.0% 2025 unchanged falling
34 Slovakia 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile
34 Czechia 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile
34 Romania 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile
34 Poland 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile
34 Poland 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile
34 Slovakia 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile
34 Italy 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Transition from employment to unemployment by degree of urbanisation (annual averages of quarterly transitions, estimated probabilities) - experimental statistics
Unit
Percentage of total employment
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
41 places, 569 data points, 2011–2025
Last refreshed