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Labour market slack in European Union (27)

Labour market slack in the European Union (27) was 11.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is unchanged from 2024.

202511.8%
Change on 20240 pts
Series high19.62013
Series low11.82024

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Labour market slack in European Union (27), 2009 to 2025

1012141618202009201220152018202120252009: 16.3 %2010: 17.3 %2011: 17.3 %2012: 18.6 %2013: 19.6 %2014: 19.5 %2015: 18.6 %2016: 17.3 %2017: 15.9 %2018: 14.6 %2019: 13.7 %2020: 14.9 %2021: 14.1 %2022: 12.4 %2023: 12 %2024: 11.8 %2025: 11.8 %1012141618202009201520252009: 16.3 %2010: 17.3 %2011: 17.3 %2012: 18.6 %2013: 19.6 %2014: 19.5 %2015: 18.6 %2016: 17.3 %2017: 15.9 %2018: 14.6 %2019: 13.7 %2020: 14.9 %2021: 14.1 %2022: 12.4 %2023: 12 %2024: 11.8 %2025: 11.8 %
%. Source: Eurostat, Labour market slack as a percentage of the extended labour force, 15 to 74 years (lfsi_sla_a). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-09-10.
All 17 values
Period%
202511.8
202411.8
202312
202212.4
202114.1
202014.9
201913.7
201814.6
201715.9
201617.3
201518.6
201419.5
201319.6
201218.6
201117.3
201017.3
200916.3

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Definition

Unmet demand for work among people aged 15 to 74: the unemployed, part-time workers who want to work more hours, people available to work but not seeking, and people seeking work but not immediately available, as a percentage of the extended labour force (the labour force plus the last two groups).

Wider than the unemployment rate, which counts only the first group over the labour force. From the EU labour force survey. Eurostat flags series breaks (most in 2021, under the new framework regulation for social statistics); they are stored as status break.

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Eurostat. Labour market slack as a percentage of the extended labour force, 15 to 74 years (lfsi_sla_a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_sla_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Labour market slack as a percentage of the extended labour force, 15 to 74 years (lfsi_sla_a) (Labour market slack, European Union (27), 2009 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_sla_a/default/table

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Labour market slack as a percentage of the extended labour force, 15 to 74 years (lfsi_sla_a), Labour market slack, European Union (27), 2009 to 2025. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_sla_a/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/labour-market-slack/european-union. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Labour market slack as a percentage of the extended labour force, 15 to 74 years (lfsi_sla_a). Labour market slack, European Union (27), 2009 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_sla_a/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/labour-market-slack/european-union.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Labour market slack as a percentage of the extended labour force, 15 to 74 years (lfsi_sla_a), Labour market slack, European Union (27), 2009 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_sla_a/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/labour-market-slack/european-union (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_labour_market_slack_european_2025,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Labour market slack as a percentage of the extended labour force, 15 to 74 years (lfsi\_sla\_a): Labour market slack, European Union (27), 2009 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_sla_a/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/labour-market-slack/european-union. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Labour market slack as a percentage of the extended labour force, 15 to 74 years (lfsi\_sla\_a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi\_sla\_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
}
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What is the labour market slack in European Union (27)?

Labour market slack in the European Union (27) was 11.8% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is unchanged from 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Eurostat, European Commission. Labour market slack as a percentage of the extended labour force, 15 to 74 years (lfsi_sla_a). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest labour market slack in European Union (27)?

19.6% in 2013, the highest value since 2009 in this series.

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