Countries, country group 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
reference year
Austria 12.6 12.6 12.0 15.2 14.5 14.7 14.5 14.4 14.4 14.1 13.9 14.1 14.4 14.3 13.3
Belgium 14.8 14.7 15.2 14.7 14.6 14.6 15.3 15.3 15.1 15.5 14.9 15.5 15.9 16.4 14.8
Bulgaria .. 18.4 22.0 21.4 21.8 20.7 22.2 21.2 21.0 21.8 22.0 22.9 23.4 22.0 22.6
Cyprus 16.1 15.6 15.5 15.9 15.8 15.6 14.8 14.7 15.3 14.4 16.2 16.1 15.7 15.4 14.7
Czechia 10.4 9.9 9.6 9.0 8.6 9.0 9.8 9.6 8.6 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.1 9.6 10.1
Denmark 11.8 11.7 11.7 11.8 13.1 13.3 12.1 12.0 11.9 12.1 12.2 11.9 12.4 12.7 12.5
Estonia 18.3 18.3 19.4 19.5 19.7 15.8 17.5 17.5 18.6 21.8 21.6 21.7 21.0 21.9 21.7
Finland 11.7 12.6 13.0 13.6 13.8 13.1 13.7 13.2 11.8 12.8 12.4 11.6 11.5 12.0 11.6
France 13.0 13.2 13.1 12.5 12.9 13.3 14.0 14.1 13.7 13.3 13.6 13.6 13.2 13.4 13.6
Greece 19.6 20.5 20.3 20.1 19.7 20.1 21.4 23.1 23.1 22.1 21.4 21.2 20.2 18.5 17.9
Netherlands 10.7 9.7 10.2 10.5 11.1 10.3 11.0 10.1 10.4 11.6 11.6 12.7 13.2 13.3 13.2
Croatia .. .. .. .. .. 20.6 20.9 20.4 19.5 19.4 20.0 19.5 20.0 19.3 18.3
Ireland 19.7 18.5 17.2 15.5 15.0 15.2 15.2 16.3 15.7 16.4 16.2 16.8 15.6 14.9 ..
Poland 20.5 19.1 17.3 16.9 17.1 17.6 17.7 17.1 17.3 17.0 17.6 17.3 15.0 14.8 15.4
Latvia 19.4 23.5 21.2 25.9 26.4 20.9 19.0 19.2 19.4 21.2 22.5 21.8 22.1 23.3 22.9
Lithuania 20.5 20.0 19.1 20.9 20.3 20.5 19.2 18.6 20.6 19.1 22.2 21.9 22.9 22.9 20.6
Luxembourg 13.7 14.1 13.5 13.4 14.9 14.5 13.6 15.1 15.9 16.4 15.3 15.8 16.4 16.7 17.5
Hungary 13.5 15.9 12.3 12.4 12.4 12.3 14.1 14.3 15.0 15.0 14.9 14.5 13.4 12.8 12.3
Malta 14.3 14.2 15.1 15.3 14.9 15.5 15.6 15.1 15.8 15.8 16.6 16.5 16.7 16.8 17.1
Germany 12.2 12.5 15.2 15.2 15.5 15.6 15.8 16.1 16.1 16.7 16.7 16.5 16.1 16.0 14.8
Italy 19.2 19.3 19.5 18.9 18.4 18.7 19.8 19.5 19.3 19.4 19.9 20.6 20.3 20.3 ..
Portugal 19.4 18.5 18.1 18.5 17.9 17.9 18.0 17.9 18.7 19.5 19.5 19.0 18.3 17.3 17.2
Romania .. .. 24.6 23.6 22.1 21.6 22.3 22.9 23.0 25.1 25.4 25.3 23.6 23.5 23.8
Spain 20.1 20.3 19.7 19.8 20.4 20.7 20.6 20.8 20.4 22.2 22.1 22.3 21.6 21.5 20.7
Sweden 9.5 12.3 10.5 13.5 14.4 14.8 15.4 15.2 16.0 15.6 16.3 16.2 15.8 16.4 17.1
Slovakia 13.3 11.6 10.6 10.9 11.0 12.0 13.0 13.2 12.8 12.6 12.3 12.7 12.4 12.2 11.9
Slovenia 12.2 11.6 11.5 12.3 11.3 12.7 13.6 13.5 14.5 14.5 14.3 13.9 13.3 13.3 12.0
EU27_2020 .. .. .. .. .. 16.5 16.9 16.9 16.8 17.3 17.4 17.5 16.9 16.8 16.5
United Kingdom 19.0 19.0 18.6 18.7 17.3 17.1 16.2 16.0 15.9 16.8 16.6 15.9 17.0 18.6 ..
EU28 .. .. .. .. .. 16.5 16.9 16.8 16.7 17.2 17.3 17.3 16.9 17.1 16.8
Euro area–19 15.5 15.6 16.1 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.8 16.9 16.7 17.1 17.2 17.4 17.0 17.0 16.5
Iceland 9.7 9.6 10.1 10.1 10.2 9.8 9.2 7.9 9.3 7.9 9.2 8.8 10.1 .. ..
North Macedonia .. .. .. .. .. 27.0 26.8 26.2 24.2 22.1 21.5 21.9 22.2 21.9 ..
Norway 11.4 12.0 11.9 11.4 11.7 11.2 10.5 10.0 10.9 10.9 11.9 12.2 12.3 12.9 12.7
Switzerland .. .. 15.0 15.7 15.6 15.0 15.0 15.9 14.5 13.8 15.6 14.7 15.5 14.6 ..
Serbia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24.5 25.0 26.7 25.9 25.7 24.3 ..
Turkey .. 26.7 24.7 24.7 25.3 24.4 23.5 23.7 23.1 23.0 22.5 22.8 22.2 22.2 ..
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