# Unemployment rate: Europe and Central Asia (WB)

5.3593197% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.

Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/unemployment) · [All countries and regions](/unemployment).

## Every year

| Year | Value (%) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2025 | 5.3593197 |
| 2024 | 5.372218 |
| 2023 | 5.5523853 |
| 2022 | 5.846064 |
| 2021 | 6.900111 |
| 2020 | 7.0950794 |
| 2019 | 6.6236944 |
| 2018 | 6.876565 |
| 2017 | 7.4855423 |
| 2016 | 8.07811 |
| 2015 | 8.558232 |
| 2014 | 8.94532 |
| 2013 | 9.267917 |
| 2012 | 9.07096 |
| 2011 | 8.851159 |
| 2010 | 9.117328 |
| 2009 | 9.058952 |
| 2008 | 7.1689706 |
| 2007 | 7.2469645 |
| 2006 | 8.172976 |
| 2005 | 8.731816 |
| 2004 | 9.056514 |
| 2003 | 9.113467 |
| 2002 | 9.07871 |
| 2001 | 9.05642 |
| 2000 | 9.684831 |
| 1999 | 10.585177 |
| 1998 | 10.692878 |
| 1997 | 10.518161 |
| 1996 | 10.268622 |
| 1995 | 9.931119 |
| 1994 | 9.651484 |
| 1993 | 8.657557 |
| 1992 | 7.5036397 |
| 1991 | 6.899087 |

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