Euro area unemployment at 6.3% (30.7.2026)

EU at 6.0%

Overview

In June 2026, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.3%, stable compared with May 2026 as well as with June 2025. The EU unemployment rate was 6.0% in June 2026, also stable compared with May 2026 as well as with June 2025. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Eurostat estimates that 13.317 million persons in the EU, of whom 11.130 million in the euro area, were unemployed in June 2026.

Compared with May 2026, unemployment increased by 79 thousand in the EU and by 71 thousand in the euro area.
Compared with June 2025, unemployment increased by 112 thousand in the EU and by 43 thousand in the euro area.

Unemployment rates

Youth unemployment

In June 2026, 2.987 million young persons (under 25) were unemployed in the EU, of whom 2.351 million were in the euro area. In June 2026, the youth unemployment rate was 15.5% in the EU, up from 15.4% in the previous month, and 14.8% in the euro area, down from 14.9% in May 2026.

Compared with May 2026, youth unemployment increased by 29 thousand in the EU, while it remained unchanged in the euro area.
Compared with June 2025, youth unemployment increased by 53 thousand in the EU and decreased by 8 thousand in the euro area.

Youth unemployment rates

Unemployment by sex

In June 2026, the unemployment rate for women was 6.1% in the EU, down from 6.2% in May 2026, and the unemployment rate for men was 5.9%, up from 5.8% in the previous month. In the euro area, the unemployment rate for women was 6.4%, stable compared with May 2026, and the unemployment rate for men was 6.2%, up from 6.1% in May 2026.

Additional labour market indicators

The estimates in this News Release are based on the globally used International Labour Organisation (ILO) standard definition of unemployment, which counts as unemployed people without a job who have been actively seeking work in the last four weeks and are available to start work within the next two weeks.

To capture in full the labour market situation, the data on unemployment have been complemented by additional indicators, e.g. underemployed part-time workers, persons seeking work but not immediately available and persons available to work but not seeking, released together with EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) data for the first quarter of 2026.

EU-LFS data for the second quarter of 2026 will be released on 11 September 2026.

Tables

Seasonally adjusted unemployment, totals
	Rates (%)					Number of persons (in thousands)
	Jun-25	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jun-25	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26
Euro area	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	11 087	11 211	11 124	11 059	11 130
EU	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	13 205	13 427	13 288	13 238	13 317
Belgium	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	334	343	343	347	345
Bulgaria	3.6	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	111	87	87	88	92
Czechia	2.9	3.2	3.1	3.0	3.3	157	175	167	160	178
Denmark	6.8	6.6	6.9	6.8	6.5	222	219	230	227	217
Germany	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	1 649	1 688	1 687	1 690	1 696
Estonia	7.4	6.3	6.4	6.6	6.6	56	47	48	49	49
Ireland	4.6	5.0	4.8	4.9	5.0	136	147	141	142	145
Greece	9.2	10.3	9.0	7.8	8.0	440	497	429	369	382
Spain	10.5	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.1	2 615	2 584	2 566	2 566	2 553
France	7.7	8.1	8.2	8.2	8.2	2 442	2 609	2 623	2 639	2 635
Croatia	4.8	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	86	77	76	76	76
Italy	5.9	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.7	1 512	1 388	1 389	1 361	1 458
Cyprus	4.5	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.0	23	17	17	16	16
Latvia	6.8	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.8	65	62	62	62	64
Lithuania	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.0	6.9	109	112	113	113	110
Luxembourg	6.5	7.0	7.0	6.9	7.1	23	25	25	24	25
Hungary	4.4	4.4	4.6	4.4	4.5	215	214	223	212	217
Malta	2.6	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.5	9	12	12	12	12
Netherlands	3.8	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	386	407	397	399	393
Austria	6.0	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.7	284	273	275	277	270
Poland	3.1	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	544	537	544	548	551
Portugal	6.0	5.9	5.7	5.6	5.6	333	333	323	316	317
Romania	6.2	6.5	6.3	6.4	6.3	504	534	512	522	512
Slovenia	3.5	4.0	4.1	4.0	3.8	35	42	42	41	39
Slovakia	5.5	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	150	161	161	160	161
Finland	9.7	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	278	302	303	303	303
Sweden	8.8	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	506	504	504	503	503
Iceland	4.1	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	10	13	13	13	13
Norway	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	139	144	144	144	143
Switzerland	4.9	5.0	:	:	:	253	256	:	:	:
United States	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	7 034	7 186	7 365	7 300	7 088
: Data not available Source datasets: une_rt_m (rates) and une_rt_m (in 1 000 persons)

Seasonally adjusted youth (under 25s) unemployment
	Rates (%)					Number of persons (in thousands)
	Jun-25	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jun-25	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26
Euro area	14.7	15.2	14.9	14.9	14.8	2 359	2 398	2 353	2 351	2 351
EU	15.0	15.7	15.3	15.4	15.5	2 934	3 016	2 930	2 958	2 987
Belgium	15.5	18.7	18.5	18.5	18.5	74	89	90	90	90
Bulgaria	15.1	11.3	11.2	11.6	12.6	18	14	14	14	16
Czechia	10.7	9.9	9.8	8.6	12.9	35	33	31	28	44
Denmark	14.9	15.6	12.9	15.4	16.6	80	78	64	82	86
Germany	6.9	7.3	7.2	7.1	7.1	315	317	313	308	304
Estonia	26.9	20.4	21.3	22.5	22.7	18	12	13	14	14
Ireland	11.6	11.3	9.8	9.9	10.8	43	39	34	34	37
Greece	18.6	25.1	17.1	15.9	19.5	51	70	45	42	55
Spain	24.6	24.3	24.0	24.0	23.4	454	461	459	465	456
France	19.0	21.2	21.3	21.3	21.1	652	729	735	735	730
Croatia	18.0	17.1	16.1	16.1	16.1	21	19	18	18	18
Italy	20.0	18.4	17.8	16.9	18.4	265	224	220	205	226
Cyprus	15.2	12.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	5	4	2	2	2
Latvia	15.2	7.8	8.4	9.3	10.6	11	5	6	6	7
Lithuania	14.6	15.7	14.4	13.6	12.2	14	17	16	15	14
Luxembourg	18.7	20.5	20.6	20.2	20.8	5	5	5	5	5
Hungary	13.8	12.6	12.8	12.8	13.5	41	36	36	36	40
Malta	7.7	9.8	9.1	9.0	9.5	2	3	3	3	3
Netherlands	8.7	8.9	8.7	8.7	8.5	157	160	157	157	152
Austria	13.7	11.3	9.5	8.0	9.9	73	59	50	42	51
Poland	12.2	12.2	12.4	12.5	12.6	134	136	139	140	141
Portugal	19.1	19.0	17.9	19.8	18.9	73	71	67	74	71
Romania	24.6	28.8	:	:	:	128	142	:	:	:
Slovenia	11.1	14.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	8	13	11	11	11
Slovakia	15.5	17.5	17.6	17.3	17.1	21	23	23	22	22
Finland	22.2	22.7	23.0	23.2	23.2	73	76	77	77	77
Sweden	23.9	24.5	24.7	24.8	24.9	166	175	175	176	177
Iceland	9.1	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	3	5	5	5	5
Norway	15.7	14.9	11.1	14.4	13.0	72	68	50	65	61
Switzerland	8.9	8.5	:	:	:	54	50	:	:	:
: Data not available Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Romania and Slovenia: quarterly data Source datasets: une_rt_m (rates) and une_rt_m (in 1 000 persons)

Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates (%), by sex
	Males					Females
	Jun-25	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26	Jun-25	Mar-26	Apr-26	May-26	Jun-26
Euro area	6.1	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.4	6.4
EU	5.8	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.9	6.1	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.1
Belgium	6.7	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	5.3	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2
Bulgaria	3.8	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.3	3.4	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.8
Czechia	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.5	2.9	3.3	3.8	3.6	3.5	3.7
Denmark	7.3	6.8	6.9	5.8	6.6	6.2	6.4	7.0	8.0	6.4
Germany	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
Estonia	7.4	6.6	6.4	6.6	6.6	7.4	6.0	6.5	6.6	6.6
Ireland	4.8	4.7	4.4	4.5	4.6	4.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.4
Greece	7.6	7.7	5.8	5.0	6.0	11.2	13.4	12.8	11.1	10.4
Spain	9.3	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	11.9	11.7	11.5	11.4	11.3
France	7.8	8.5	8.6	8.6	8.6	7.6	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8
Croatia	5.3	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.3	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.7
Italy	5.4	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.3	6.6	6.0	6.0	5.7	6.2
Cyprus	4.1	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.8	4.9	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.1
Latvia	7.2	6.7	6.7	6.9	7.2	6.5	6.5	6.3	6.2	6.4
Lithuania	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.1	7.9	6.1	6.1	6.2	5.9	5.8
Luxembourg	6.3	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.9	6.6	7.3	7.3	7.1	7.3
Hungary	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.8	4.4	4.7
Malta	3.1	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.6	2.1	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4
Netherlands	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0
Austria	6.3	5.7	6.1	6.1	6.1	5.6	5.7	5.4	5.5	5.2
Poland	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.4	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3
Portugal	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.0	4.9	6.6	6.2	6.0	6.1	6.3
Romania	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.1	6.9	6.3	6.5	6.3
Slovenia	3.5	4.0	3.9	3.7	3.5	3.4	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.1
Slovakia	5.2	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.6	5.8	6.1	6.2	6.1	6.1
Finland	10.4	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	8.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1
Sweden	8.8	8.9	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.8	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5
Iceland	4.2	5.4	5.3	5.1	5.0	4.0	5.8	5.9	6.0	6.1
Norway	5.7	5.4	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.0	4.3	4.0	3.9	4.0
Switzerland	4.9	5.0	:	:	:	4.9	5.0	:	:	:
: Data not available Source dataset: une_rt_m

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

The data in this News Release can be subject to revisions, caused by updates to the seasonally adjusted series whenever new monthly data are added; the inclusion of the most recent EU-LFS data in the calculation process; update of seasonal adjustment models with complete annual data.

Compared with the rates published in the News Release of 2 July 2026, the May 2026 unemployment rate for the EU has been revised from 5.9% to 6.0% and the unemployment rate for the euro area has been revised from 6.2% to 6.3%. Among EU Member States, the rate has been revised by more than 0.1 percentage points (pp) downwards for Greece (by 0.3 pp). The rate has been revised by more than 0.1 percentage points (pp) upwards for Italy (by 0.3 pp) and Estonia (by 0.2 pp).

Country notes

Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden as well as Iceland and Norway: the trend component is used instead of the more volatile seasonally adjusted data.

Estonia and Portugal: 3-month moving averages of EU-LFS data are used instead of pure monthly indicators.

Methods and definitions

Eurostat publishes harmonised unemployment rates for individual EU Member States, the euro area and the EU. These unemployment rates are based on the definition recommended by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The measurement is based on a harmonised data source, the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS).

Based on the ILO definition, Eurostat defines unemployed persons as persons aged 15 to 74 who:

are without work;
are available to start work within the next two weeks;
and have actively sought employment at some time during the previous four weeks.

The unemployment rate is the number of people unemployed as a percentage of the labour force.

The labour force is the total number of people employed plus unemployed. In this news release unemployment rates are based on employment and unemployment data covering persons aged 15 to 74.

The youth unemployment rate is the number of people aged 15 to 24 unemployed as a percentage of the labour force of the same age. Therefore, the youth unemployment rate should not be interpreted as the share of jobless people in the overall youth population.

When data for the most recent month are not available for a Member State, EU and EA aggregates are calculated using the latest data available for that Member State.

Geographical information

Euro area (EA21): Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

European Union (EU 27): Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.