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Lowest unemployment in Europe

European countries ranked by unemployment rate — the share of the active workforce out of work, from Eurostat.

Leading: Czechia (2.8%), Malta (3.1%), Poland (3.1%).

  1. 1Czechia2.8%
  2. 2Malta3.1%
  3. 3Poland3.1%
  4. 4Bulgaria3.5%
  5. 5Germany3.8%
  6. 6Netherlands3.9%
  7. 7Slovenia3.9%
  8. 8Cyprus4.4%
  9. 9Hungary4.4%
  10. 10Iceland4.5%
  11. 11Norway4.5%
  12. 12Ireland4.7%
  13. 13Croatia4.9%
  14. 14Switzerland4.9%
  15. 15Slovakia5.4%
  16. 16Austria5.7%
  17. 17Portugal6.0%
  18. 18Italy6.1%
  19. 19Romania6.1%
  20. 20Belgium6.2%
  21. 21Denmark6.4%
  22. 22Luxembourg6.5%
  23. 23Latvia6.9%
  24. 24Lithuania6.9%
  25. 25Estonia7.5%
  26. 26France7.7%
  27. 27Türkiye8.4%
  28. 28Serbia8.7%
  29. 29Sweden8.8%
  30. 30Greece8.9%
  31. 31Finland9.7%
  32. 32Spain10.5%
  33. 33North Macedonia11.5%
  34. 34Bosnia and Herzegovina12.2%

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Source: Eurostat. 34 countries with data. Data updated 2026-07.