Number of people unemployed in CEE 2019-2026, by gender

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 10, 2025

In 2024, around five million people in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries were expected to be unemployed. According to the forecast, the unemployment figures in the region would be higher in the following two years. Overall, the unemployed population followed a decreasing trend between 2020 and 2024.

Number of people unemployed in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) from 2019 to 2026, by gender (in millions)

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January 2025

Region

CEE

Survey time period

2019 to 2024

Supplementary notes

*Forecast. All other figures are estimates.
Includes Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

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