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25. Employment rate, unemployment rate of poplulation aged 15–64 and the inactive population aged 15–64 as a percentage of the population in the countries of the European Union, 3rd Quarter of 2008, 3rd Quarter of 2011
Countries Employment rate (%) Unemployment rate (%) Inactive population as a percentage of the population (%)
2008. III. 2011. III. 2008. III. 2011. III. 2008. III. 2011. III.
Austria 72.8 73.0 3.8 3.7 24.3 24.1
Belgium 62.6 61.7 7.8 7.8 32.1 33.1
Denmark 78.5 73.8 3.4 7.6 18.7 20.2
United Kingdom 71.5 69.5 6.1 8.6 23.8 24.0
Finland 72.1 70.3 5.6 6.9 23.6 24.5
Francea)a) 65.3 64.3 7.3 9.1 29.6 29.3
Greece 62.2 55.4 7.3 17.9 32.9 32.4
Netherlands 77.5 75.1 2.4 4.2 20.5 21.6
Ireland 68.0 59.1 6.9 14.9 26.9 30.5
Luxembourg 63.9 65.0 5.5 4.4 32.3 32.1
Germany 70.6 72.8 7.2 5.8 23.8 22.6
Italy 59.0 56.9 6.2 7.8 37.2 38.3
Portugal 68.1 64.5 8.2 13.0 25.8 25.8
Spain 64.5 57.9 11.4 21.7 27.2 26.1
Sweden 75.7 75.4 5.7 6.9 19.7 19.0
EU–15 67.5 65.7 7.0 9.6 27.4 27.3
Cyprus 71.0 67.6 3.7 7.8 26.3 26.7
Czech Republic 66.7 66.1 4.3 6.6 30.3 29.2
Estonia 70.4 67.2 6.3 11.2 24.9 24.3
Poland 60.0 60.2 6.7 9.5 35.7 33.5
Latvia 69.0 62.7 7.5 14.6 25.4 26.6
Lithuania 65.0 61.4 6.0 15.1 30.8 27.7
Hungary 57.3 56.4 7.8 10.8 37.9 36.8
Malta 56.1 58.1 5.9 6.2 40.4 38.0
Slovakia 63.1 59.9 8.9 13.2 30.7 31.0
Slovenia 70.1 65.1 4.2 8.0 26.9 29.3
EU–25 66.5 64.9 7.0 9.6 28.5 28.2
Bulgaria 65.0 59.9 5.2 10.3 31.5 33.2
Romania 60.5 59.1 5.7 7.5 35.8 36.1
EU–27 66.2 64.6 6.9 9.5 28.9 28.6
a)In year 2000 annual data. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011