# EU countries by labour market slack, 2025

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `labour_market_slack_share`
- Unit: %
- 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).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labour-market-slack/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Finland | 19.5 |
| 2 | Sweden | 18.5 |
| 3 | Spain | 18.2 |
| 4 | France | 15 |
| 5 | Italy | 14.8 |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 14 |
| 7 | Denmark | 13 |
| 8 | Estonia | 12.9 |
| 8 | Greece | 12.9 |
| 8 | Ireland | 12.9 |
| 11 | Belgium | 12.6 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 11.6 |
| 13 | Austria | 11.1 |
| 13 | Latvia | 11.1 |
| 15 | Portugal | 10.3 |
| 16 | Lithuania | 9.6 |
| 17 | Romania | 9.3 |
| 18 | Cyprus | 7.9 |
| 18 | Germany | 7.9 |
| 20 | Croatia | 7.7 |
| 21 | Slovakia | 6.7 |
| 22 | Hungary | 6.3 |
| 23 | Czechia | 6.2 |
| 23 | Slovenia | 6.2 |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 5.6 |
| 26 | Poland | 5.3 |
| 27 | Malta | 4.9 |