# Unemployment rate: European Union (27)

5.9260454% 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 | 5.9260454 |
| 2024 | 5.923008 |
| 2023 | 6.0264363 |
| 2022 | 6.1613727 |
| 2021 | 7.0265937 |
| 2020 | 7.0547137 |
| 2019 | 6.6770506 |
| 2018 | 7.2424726 |
| 2017 | 8.13209 |
| 2016 | 9.105695 |
| 2015 | 10.016536 |
| 2014 | 10.825588 |
| 2013 | 11.351173 |
| 2012 | 10.875848 |
| 2011 | 9.928883 |
| 2010 | 9.873272 |
| 2009 | 9.211205 |
| 2008 | 7.2416344 |
| 2007 | 7.503105 |
| 2006 | 8.688963 |
| 2005 | 9.631006 |
| 2004 | 9.860575 |
| 2003 | 9.707827 |
| 2002 | 9.565636 |
| 2001 | 9.206624 |
| 2000 | 9.699206 |
| 1999 | 10.214071 |
| 1998 | 10.5276375 |
| 1997 | 10.946538 |
| 1996 | 11.143824 |
| 1995 | 11.109237 |
| 1994 | 11.547912 |
| 1993 | 10.851944 |
| 1992 | 9.23105 |
| 1991 | 8.586194 |

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