# EU countries by long-term unemployment rate, 2025

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

- Indicator id: `long_term_unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Long-term unemployment as a percentage of the labour force, 15 to 74 years (une_ltu_a) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/une_ltu_a/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: Eurostat. Long-term unemployment as a percentage of the labour force, 15 to 74 years (une_ltu_a). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/une_ltu_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/long-term-unemployment-rate/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Greece | 5 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3.4 |
| 2 | Spain | 3.4 |
| 4 | Italy | 3.1 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 2.5 |
| 6 | Finland | 2.4 |
| 7 | Latvia | 2.3 |
| 8 | Portugal | 2.2 |
| 9 | Romania | 2.1 |
| 10 | Belgium | 2 |
| 10 | Luxembourg | 2 |
| 12 | Croatia | 1.8 |
| 12 | Estonia | 1.8 |
| 12 | France | 1.8 |
| 12 | Sweden | 1.8 |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 1.5 |
| 16 | Hungary | 1.5 |
| 18 | Austria | 1.3 |
| 19 | Germany | 1.1 |
| 19 | Ireland | 1.1 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 1.1 |
| 22 | Cyprus | 0.9 |
| 22 | Denmark | 0.9 |
| 24 | Czechia | 0.8 |
| 24 | Poland | 0.8 |
| 26 | Malta | 0.6 |
| 27 | Netherlands | 0.5 |