Among European Union countries in December 2024, Spain had the highest unemployment rate at 10.6 percent, followed by Greece at 9.4 percent. By contrast, Czechia has the lowest unemployment rate in Europe, at 2.6 percent. The overall rate of unemployment in the European Union was 5.9 percent in the same month - a historical low-point for unemployment in the EU, which had been at over 10 percent for much of the 2010s.
Unemployment rate in the European Union and Europe as of December 2024, by country
Characteristic
Unemployment rate
Spain
10.6%
Greece
9.4%
Finland
8.7%
Sweden
8.5%
France
7.8%
Estonia
7.3%
Denmark
7%
Latvia
6.8%
Lithuania
6.5%
Portugal
6.4%
Euro area
6.3%
Italy
6.2%
Luxembourg
6.1%
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