Long-term unemployment rate
People aged 15 to 74 who have been unemployed for 12 months or more, as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74. Unemployment follows the ILO definition: without work, available to start within two weeks and actively seeking work.
A share of the labour force, not of the unemployed. 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.
Key facts
- Long-term unemployment rate in the European Union (27) was 1.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Greece had the highest long-term unemployment rate of 27 EU countries in 2025, at 5%, and The Netherlands the lowest, at 0.5%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 268 places, with figures from 2000 to 2025.
Rankings
- EU countries
- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Regions of Germany (NUTS 2)
- Regions of France (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Czechia (NUTS 2)
EU countries by long-term unemployment rate, 2025
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Denmark
- Finland
- Slovenia
- Greece
- Slovakia
- Sweden
Regions and states
- Ile-de-France
- Lombardia
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- Community of Madrid
- Rhône-Alpes
- Lazio
- Campania
- Valencian Community
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
- Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen
- Prov. Limburg (BE)
- Yugoiztochen
- Prov. West-Vlaanderen
- Prov. Vlaams-Brabant
- Região Autónoma dos Açores
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest long-term unemployment rate? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"long_term_unemployment_rate","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=long_term_unemployment_rate&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)