Unemployed population — Unemployment in Euro area
Euro area: Unemployed population — Unemployment was 11,157 Persons in 2025. ▬ Flat
Unemployed population — Unemployment in Euro area, 1998–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 11,157 Persons for unemployed population — unemployment in 2025.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 36.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployed population — unemployment in Euro area peaked at 19,085 Persons in 2013 and was at its lowest, 11,072 Persons, in 2024.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14,591 Persons | 14,082 Persons | 15,099 Persons | 2 |
| 2000s | 12,735 Persons | 11,109 Persons | 15,170 Persons | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,204 Persons | 12,397 Persons | 19,085 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,781 Persons | 11,072 Persons | 12,937 Persons | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More work & labour data for Euro area
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 75.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 57.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 62.7% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 82.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 51.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 44.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 70.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployed population — unemployment in Euro area?
- Unemployed population — unemployment in Euro area was 11,157 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest unemployed population — unemployment recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 19,085 Persons in 2013.
- What is the lowest unemployed population — unemployment recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,072 Persons in 2024.
- How does Euro area rank for unemployed population — unemployment?
- Euro area ranks 3rd out of 10 groups with data for 2025.
- Is unemployed population — unemployment rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Unemployed population — Unemployment. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The infra-annual dataflow on the unemployed population is a subset of the infra-annual labour statistics database, which contains predominantly monthly and quarterly statistics on the unemployed population by age groups (15+, 15-24, 25-54, 55-64, 15-64 and 15-74 where available) and sex and associated statistical methodological information and associated statistical methodological information, for the OECD member countries and for selected other economies. Chile, Costa Rica, and the United Kingdom publish Labour Force Survey (LFS) data using a rolling quarter methodology. The OECD treats the middle month of the rolling quarter as the reference month. As a result, the publication of monthly LFS data for these countries may be delayed by one month or more relative to the OECD reference month. The unemployed are persons in their working age who, in the reference period, do not have a job; are available for work; and, have taken specific steps to find a job. The infra-annual labour statistics compiled for all OECD member countries, are drawn from Labour Force Surveys based on definition provided by the 19th Conference of Labour Statisticians in 2013. The uniform application of these definitions across all OECD member countries results in estimates that are internationally comparable.