Unemployed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region by country
Countries reporting
33
Highest
2,970 Thousand persons
Türkiye
Lowest
10.5 Thousand persons
Iceland
Median
248.5 Thousand persons
Years covered
27
1999–2025
Data points
11,084
What the numbers show
Unemployed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 2,970 Thousand persons in Türkiye; the lowest is 10.5 Thousand persons in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 248.5 Thousand persons, and the mean is 556.65 Thousand persons.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 283.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 38.2%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 71.0%).
Unemployed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 2,970 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 2 | Spain | 2,608 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 48.4% | rising |
| 3 | France | 2,451 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 4 | Germany | 1,692 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 5 | Italy | 1,576 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 48.1% | flat |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 1,269 Thousand persons | 2019 | down 46.4% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 557.9 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Sweden | 510.4 Thousand persons | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 9 | Romania | 500.3 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 10 | Greece | 422 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 64.7% | rising |
| 11 | Netherlands | 396.1 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 12 | Belgium | 339.3 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 13 | Portugal | 337.1 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 14 | Finland | 277.8 Thousand persons | 2025 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 15 | Serbia | 272.4 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 16 | Austria | 269.5 Thousand persons | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 17 | Switzerland | 248.5 Thousand persons | 2025 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 18 | Hungary | 216.5 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 19 | Denmark | 208.9 Thousand persons | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 173.5 Thousand persons | 2025 | — | falling |
| 21 | Czechia | 150.5 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 22 | Slovakia | 149.5 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 52.4% | falling |
| 23 | Norway | 136.3 Thousand persons | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania | 107.8 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 106.9 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 26 | North Macedonia | 91.8 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 27 | Croatia | 86.8 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 28 | Latvia | 65.8 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 29 | Estonia | 56.2 Thousand persons | 2025 | up 29.8% | falling |
| 30 | Montenegro | 47.8 Thousand persons | 2020 | unchanged | falling |
| 31 | Slovenia | 40.2 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 55.5% | falling |
| 32 | Cyprus | 23 Thousand persons | 2025 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Iceland | 10.5 Thousand persons | 2025 | up 38.2% | rising |