Country, group of countries |
Unemployed, thousand persons, 2020 |
Unemployment rate, per cent |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Austria |
243.0 |
4.7 |
4.0 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
5.3 |
4.9 |
4.2 |
5.4 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
4.9 |
5.4 |
5.7 |
5.8 |
6.1 |
5.6 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
5.4 |
Belgium |
281.7 |
6.6 |
6.2 |
6.9 |
7.7 |
7.4 |
8.5 |
8.3 |
7.5 |
7.0 |
8.0 |
8.4 |
7.2 |
7.6 |
8.5 |
8.6 |
8.6 |
7.9 |
7.1 |
6.0 |
5.4 |
5.6 |
Bulgaria |
166.1 |
16.4 |
20.0 |
18.3 |
13.9 |
12.2 |
10.2 |
9.0 |
6.9 |
5.7 |
6.9 |
10.3 |
11.4 |
12.4 |
13.0 |
11.5 |
9.2 |
7.7 |
6.2 |
5.3 |
4.3 |
5.2 |
Cyprus |
34.1 |
5.1 |
4.0 |
3.4 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
5.4 |
4.7 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
8.1 |
12.1 |
16.1 |
16.3 |
15.2 |
13.2 |
11.3 |
8.6 |
7.3 |
7.8 |
Czechia |
136.8 |
8.8 |
8.0 |
7.1 |
7.6 |
8.3 |
8.0 |
7.2 |
5.4 |
4.4 |
6.8 |
7.4 |
6.8 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
6.2 |
5.1 |
4.0 |
2.9 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
Denmark |
168.5 |
4.5 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
5.5 |
5.3 |
4.9 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
6.5 |
7.9 |
7.9 |
8.0 |
7.6 |
7.1 |
6.5 |
6.2 |
6.0 |
5.3 |
5.1 |
5.8 |
Estonia |
46.7 |
13.6 |
13.2 |
10.2 |
11.6 |
10.6 |
8.2 |
6.1 |
4.7 |
5.6 |
13.9 |
17.1 |
12.6 |
10.2 |
8.9 |
7.5 |
6.3 |
7.0 |
5.9 |
5.4 |
4.6 |
7.0 |
Finland |
211.5 |
11.2 |
10.4 |
10.5 |
10.5 |
10.4 |
8.5 |
7.8 |
6.9 |
6.4 |
8.4 |
8.5 |
7.9 |
7.8 |
8.3 |
8.8 |
9.6 |
9.0 |
8.8 |
7.5 |
6.8 |
7.9 |
France |
2,338.8 |
10.3 |
8.6 |
8.7 |
8.3 |
8.9 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
7.7 |
7.1 |
8.8 |
8.9 |
8.9 |
9.5 |
10.0 |
10.3 |
10.4 |
10.1 |
9.5 |
9.1 |
8.5 |
8.1 |
Greece |
746.0 |
11.5 |
10.6 |
10.2 |
9.6 |
10.5 |
10.1 |
9.1 |
8.5 |
7.9 |
9.8 |
12.9 |
18.1 |
24.7 |
27.7 |
26.7 |
25.1 |
23.7 |
21.7 |
19.5 |
17.5 |
16.5 |
Netherlands |
349.3 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
3.6 |
4.7 |
5.9 |
5.0 |
4.2 |
3.7 |
4.4 |
5.1 |
5.0 |
5.9 |
7.3 |
7.5 |
6.9 |
6.1 |
4.9 |
3.8 |
3.4 |
3.9 |
Croatia |
133.9 |
.. |
.. |
15.4 |
14.3 |
14.1 |
13.0 |
11.5 |
10.1 |
8.7 |
9.4 |
11.9 |
14.0 |
16.3 |
17.5 |
17.5 |
16.4 |
13.3 |
11.3 |
8.5 |
6.7 |
7.6 |
Ireland |
135.1 |
4.4 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
5.1 |
6.9 |
12.8 |
14.8 |
15.7 |
15.8 |
14.0 |
12.1 |
10.1 |
8.6 |
6.9 |
5.9 |
5.1 |
5.8 |
Poland |
533.6 |
16.6 |
18.7 |
20.2 |
19.7 |
19.4 |
18.0 |
14.0 |
9.7 |
7.2 |
8.3 |
9.7 |
9.8 |
10.2 |
10.5 |
9.1 |
7.6 |
6.2 |
5.0 |
3.9 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
Latvia |
78.3 |
14.5 |
14.1 |
14.0 |
12.2 |
11.9 |
10.2 |
7.2 |
6.2 |
8.0 |
18.0 |
19.8 |
16.5 |
15.3 |
12.1 |
11.1 |
10.1 |
9.9 |
8.9 |
7.6 |
6.5 |
8.4 |
Lithuania |
125.4 |
16.3 |
17.1 |
13.2 |
13.0 |
10.8 |
8.4 |
5.8 |
4.3 |
5.9 |
14.0 |
18.1 |
15.7 |
13.6 |
12.0 |
10.9 |
9.3 |
8.1 |
7.3 |
6.3 |
6.5 |
8.8 |
Luxembourg |
21.2 |
2.4 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
3.7 |
5.1 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
4.4 |
4.9 |
5.2 |
5.9 |
5.9 |
6.7 |
6.3 |
5.5 |
5.6 |
5.6 |
6.8 |
Hungary |
196.5 |
6.6 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
5.8 |
5.9 |
7.2 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
7.9 |
10.1 |
11.3 |
11.1 |
11.1 |
10.2 |
7.8 |
6.8 |
5.1 |
4.2 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
Malta |
11.8 |
6.4 |
7.2 |
7.0 |
7.5 |
7.4 |
7.0 |
6.8 |
6.5 |
6.0 |
6.9 |
6.9 |
6.4 |
6.3 |
6.2 |
5.8 |
5.4 |
4.7 |
4.1 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
4.4 |
Germany |
1,645.2 |
8.0 |
7.8 |
8.6 |
9.9 |
10.8 |
11.3 |
10.4 |
8.8 |
7.6 |
7.9 |
7.1 |
5.9 |
5.5 |
5.3 |
5.1 |
4.7 |
4.2 |
3.8 |
3.5 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
Italy |
2,297.5 |
11.0 |
9.7 |
9.3 |
9.0 |
8.0 |
7.8 |
6.9 |
6.2 |
6.8 |
7.9 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
10.8 |
12.3 |
12.9 |
12.1 |
11.9 |
11.4 |
10.8 |
10.2 |
9.4 |
Portugal |
347.0 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
4.8 |
6.5 |
6.7 |
8.0 |
8.1 |
8.5 |
8.0 |
10.0 |
11.4 |
13.3 |
16.3 |
17.0 |
14.5 |
12.9 |
11.5 |
9.2 |
7.3 |
6.7 |
7.1 |
Romania |
450.8 |
7.7 |
7.3 |
8.8 |
7.4 |
8.1 |
7.5 |
7.6 |
6.8 |
6.1 |
7.2 |
7.3 |
7.5 |
7.1 |
7.4 |
7.1 |
7.0 |
6.1 |
5.1 |
4.3 |
4.0 |
5.2 |
Spain |
3,517.1 |
13.9 |
10.4 |
11.2 |
11.3 |
11.1 |
9.2 |
8.5 |
8.3 |
11.3 |
18.0 |
20.0 |
21.5 |
24.9 |
26.2 |
24.6 |
22.2 |
19.7 |
17.3 |
15.4 |
14.2 |
15.6 |
Sweden |
453.8 |
5.5 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
5.6 |
6.8 |
7.9 |
7.1 |
6.2 |
6.3 |
8.5 |
8.8 |
8.0 |
8.1 |
8.2 |
8.1 |
7.6 |
7.1 |
6.9 |
6.5 |
7.0 |
8.5 |
Slovakia |
181.1 |
19.1 |
19.4 |
18.7 |
17.2 |
18.6 |
16.3 |
13.4 |
11.2 |
9.5 |
12.1 |
14.4 |
13.7 |
14.0 |
14.3 |
13.2 |
11.5 |
9.7 |
8.2 |
6.6 |
5.8 |
6.8 |
Slovenia |
51.2 |
7.1 |
5.8 |
6.1 |
6.6 |
6.1 |
6.7 |
6.1 |
5.0 |
4.5 |
6.0 |
7.4 |
8.3 |
9.0 |
10.3 |
9.9 |
9.1 |
8.1 |
6.7 |
5.2 |
4.5 |
5.0 |
EU27_2020 |
14,902.0 |
.. |
.. |
9.7 |
9.8 |
10.0 |
9.7 |
8.7 |
7.5 |
7.3 |
9.3 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
11.0 |
11.5 |
11.0 |
10.2 |
9.3 |
8.3 |
7.4 |
6.8 |
7.2 |
United Kingdom |
.. |
5.6 |
4.7 |
5.1 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
5.4 |
5.3 |
5.7 |
7.7 |
7.9 |
8.2 |
8.1 |
7.7 |
6.3 |
5.4 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
4.1 |
3.8 |
.. |
North Macedonia |
155.9 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
36.3 |
35.2 |
34.0 |
32.3 |
32.2 |
31.6 |
31.2 |
29.1 |
28.1 |
26.3 |
24.0 |
22.5 |
21.0 |
17.4 |
16.6 |
Norway |
123.3 |
3.5 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
3.4 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
3.2 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
4.4 |
4.8 |
4.3 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
4.5 |
Russia |
860.1 |
10.7 |
9.0 |
7.9 |
8.3 |
7.8 |
7.2 |
7.1 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
8.4 |
7.4 |
6.6 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.2 |
5.6 |
5.6 |
7.4 |
4.9 |
4.5 |
5.7 |
Switzerland |
235.8 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
4.1 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
4.2 |
4.9 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
5.1 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
4.5 |
5.0 |
Turkey |
4,023.9 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
8.9 |
9.1 |
9.9 |
12.8 |
10.9 |
9.0 |
8.3 |
8.9 |
10.1 |
10.4 |
11.1 |
11.1 |
11.1 |
14.0 |
13.4 |
Israel |
171.6 |
11.2 |
12.0 |
13.1 |
13.7 |
13.2 |
11.5 |
10.8 |
9.5 |
7.8 |
9.7 |
8.6 |
7.3 |
7.0 |
6.3 |
6.0 |
5.3 |
4.9 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
4.5 |
Japan |
1,750.0 |
4.9 |
5.2 |
5.6 |
5.5 |
4.9 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.1 |
4.2 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.2 |
3.8 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.0 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
2.9 |
Republic of Korea |
992.4 |
4.3 |
3.9 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
3.2 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.1 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
3.2 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
United States |
12,151.6 |
4.0 |
4.8 |
5.9 |
6.1 |
5.6 |
5.1 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
5.9 |
9.4 |
9.8 |
9.1 |
8.2 |
7.5 |
6.3 |
5.4 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
3.9 |
3.7 |
8.1 |
Canada |
1,820.3 |
6.9 |
7.3 |
7.7 |
7.6 |
7.3 |
6.8 |
6.4 |
6.1 |
6.2 |
8.4 |
8.2 |
7.6 |
7.4 |
7.2 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.1 |
6.4 |
5.9 |
5.7 |
9.6 |
Mexico |
2,334.4 |
2.7 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
3.7 |
3.7 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.3 |
5.1 |
5.1 |
5.0 |
4.5 |
4.0 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
4.6 |
Australia |
860.1 |
6.4 |
6.8 |
6.5 |
6.0 |
5.5 |
5.1 |
4.9 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
5.7 |
5.3 |
5.2 |
5.3 |
5.8 |
6.2 |
6.2 |
5.9 |
5.8 |
5.5 |
5.3 |
6.6 |
New Zealand |
128.0 |
6.2 |
5.5 |
5.4 |
4.8 |
4.1 |
3.9 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
4.3 |
6.3 |
6.8 |
6.7 |
7.2 |
6.1 |
5.7 |
5.6 |
5.4 |
5.0 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.8 |
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