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

Countries reporting
38
Highest
41.0%
Denmark
Lowest
5.0%
Slovakia
Median
24.0%
Years covered
15
2011–2025
Data points
549

What the numbers show

Transition from unemployment to employment by degree of urbanisation (annual averages of quarterly transitions, estimated probabilities) - experimental statistics is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 41.0% in Denmark; the lowest is 5.0% in Slovakia.

The median across all reporting countries is 24.0%, and the mean is 23.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.

Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Greece (up 133.3%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 65.4%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 41.0% 2025 up 28.1% rising
2 Netherlands 37.0% 2025 up 94.7% rising
2 Netherlands 37.0% 2025 up 94.7% rising
4 Austria 35.0% 2025 up 34.6% rising
5 Norway 34.0% 2025 up 30.8% rising
6 Switzerland 31.0% 2025 down 6.1% flat
6 Iceland 31.0% 2025 down 38.0% flat
8 Ireland 30.0% 2025 up 130.8% rising
9 Lithuania 29.0% 2025 up 81.2% rising
9 Lithuania 29.0% 2025 up 81.2% rising
11 Germany 28.0% 2025 up 21.7% rising
11 Portugal 28.0% 2025 up 27.3% rising
13 Spain 27.0% 2025 up 58.8% rising
13 Estonia 27.0% 2025 up 12.5% rising
13 Estonia 27.0% 2025 up 12.5% rising
13 France 27.0% 2025 up 28.6% rising
17 Cyprus 25.0% 2025 up 47.1% rising
18 Latvia 24.0% 2025 up 33.3% rising
18 Sweden 24.0% 2025 down 7.7% flat
18 Belgium 24.0% 2025 up 26.3% rising
18 Latvia 24.0% 2025 up 33.3% rising
22 Slovenia 23.0% 2025 up 27.8% rising
22 Czechia 23.0% 2025 up 35.3% rising
22 Slovenia 23.0% 2025 up 27.8% rising
25 Finland 22.0% 2025 down 4.3% rising
26 Hungary 20.0% 2025 down 4.8% rising
27 Croatia 19.0% 2025 up 58.3% rising
27 Poland 19.0% 2025 up 46.2% rising
27 Croatia 19.0% 2025 up 58.3% rising
27 Poland 19.0% 2025 up 46.2% rising
31 Serbia 17.0% 2025 falling
32 Greece 14.0% 2025 up 133.3% rising
33 Bulgaria 13.0% 2025 up 30.0% rising
34 North Macedonia 9.0% 2025 flat
34 Romania 9.0% 2025 down 65.4% flat
36 Italy 8.0% 2025 down 42.9% flat
37 Slovakia 5.0% 2025 down 54.5% flat
37 Slovakia 5.0% 2025 down 54.5% flat

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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Indicator
Transition from unemployment to employment 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
39 places, 549 data points, 2011–2025
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