# EU regions (NUTS 2) by long-term unemployment rate, 2019

All 220 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2019, so the places are comparable. 20 regions have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- 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 (12 months or more) as a percentage of the labour force by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 74 years (lfst_r_lfu2ltu) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu2ltu/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: Eurostat. Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the labour force by NUTS 2 region, 15 to 74 years (lfst_r_lfu2ltu). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu2ltu/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/long-term-unemployment-rate/eu-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mayotte | 25.4 |
| 2 | Dytiki Elláda | 18.2 |
| 3 | Dytiki Makedonia | 17 |
| 4 | Melilla | 16.7 |
| 5 | Guadeloupe | 15.3 |
| 6 | Ceuta | 14.7 |
| 7 | Sicilia | 13.7 |
| 8 | La Réunion | 13.5 |
| 9 | Calabria | 13.4 |
| 9 | Campania | 13.4 |
| 11 | Kentriki Makedonia | 13.2 |
| 12 | Guyane | 13 |
| 13 | Sterea Elláda | 12.8 |
| 14 | Attiki | 12.7 |
| 14 | Thessalia | 12.7 |
| 16 | Ipeiros | 12.2 |
| 17 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 12.1 |
| 18 | Voreio Aigaio | 11.5 |
| 19 | Martinique | 9.8 |
| 20 | Extremadura | 9.2 |
| 21 | Peloponnisos | 9 |
| 22 | Puglia | 8.8 |
| 22 | Severozapaden | 8.8 |
| 24 | Canary Islands | 8.7 |
| 25 | Sardegna | 8 |
| 26 | Molise | 7.8 |
| 27 | Andalusia | 7.7 |
| 28 | Asturias | 7 |
| 29 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 6.9 |
| 30 | Castilla-La Mancha | 6.5 |
| 31 | Basilicata | 6.2 |
| 32 | Abruzzo | 5.7 |
| 32 | Ionia Nisia | 5.7 |
| 32 | Kriti | 5.7 |
| 35 | Východné Slovensko | 5.6 |
| 36 | Lazio | 5.5 |
| 37 | Valencian Community | 5.2 |
| 38 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 5.1 |
| 39 | Liguria | 5 |
| 40 | Region of Murcia | 4.9 |
| 41 | Prov. Hainaut | 4.7 |
| 42 | Castile and León | 4.6 |
| 42 | Galicia | 4.6 |
| 42 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 4.6 |
| 42 | Notio Aigaio | 4.6 |
| 46 | Umbria | 4.2 |
| 47 | Catalonia | 4.1 |
| 47 | Community of Madrid | 4.1 |
| 47 | Haute-Normandie | 4.1 |
| 47 | Marche | 4.1 |
| 47 | Piemonte | 4.1 |
| 52 | Península de Setúbal | 4 |
| 52 | Picardie | 4 |
| 52 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 4 |
| 55 | Panonska Hrvatska | 3.9 |
| 55 | Stredné Slovensko | 3.9 |
| 57 | Basque Country | 3.7 |
| 57 | Basse-Normandie | 3.7 |
| 57 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 3.7 |
| 57 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 3.7 |
| 61 | Aragon | 3.6 |
| 62 | Alentejo | 3.5 |
| 62 | Cantabria | 3.5 |
| 62 | Poitou-Charentes | 3.5 |
| 62 | Prov. Namur | 3.5 |
| 66 | Aquitaine | 3.3 |
| 66 | Champagne-Ardenne | 3.3 |
| 68 | Ile-de-France | 3.2 |
| 68 | Limousin | 3.2 |
| 68 | Lorraine | 3.2 |
| 68 | Prov. Liège | 3.2 |
| 72 | Norte | 3 |
| 72 | Severen tsentralen | 3 |
| 72 | Toscana | 3 |
| 75 | Centre - Val de Loire | 2.9 |
| 75 | La Rioja | 2.9 |
| 77 | Balearic Islands | 2.8 |
| 77 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 2.8 |
| 77 | Wien | 2.8 |
| 80 | Alsace | 2.7 |
| 80 | Franche-Comté | 2.7 |
| 80 | Grande Lisboa | 2.7 |
| 80 | Lombardia | 2.7 |
| 80 | Severoiztochen | 2.7 |
| 80 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 2.7 |
| 86 | Bourgogne | 2.6 |
| 87 | Pays de la Loire | 2.5 |
| 87 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 2.5 |
| 87 | Sud-Est | 2.5 |
| 90 | Auvergne | 2.4 |
| 90 | Latvija | 2.4 |
| 90 | Leipzig | 2.4 |
| 90 | Veneto | 2.4 |
| 94 | Centru | 2.3 |
| 94 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 2.3 |
| 96 | Emilia-Romagna | 2.2 |
| 96 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 2.2 |
| 96 | Kýpros | 2.2 |
| 96 | Navarre | 2.2 |
| 96 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 2.2 |
| 96 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 2.2 |
| 96 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 2.2 |
| 103 | Rhône-Alpes | 2.1 |
| 103 | Sud-Muntenia | 2.1 |
| 103 | Západné Slovensko | 2.1 |
| 106 | Algarve | 2 |
| 106 | Berlin | 2 |
| 106 | Észak-Alföld | 2 |
| 106 | Midi-Pyrénées | 2 |
| 110 | Bretagne | 1.9 |
| 110 | Grad Zagreb | 1.9 |
| 110 | Southern | 1.9 |
| 110 | Yugoiztochen | 1.9 |
| 114 | Centro (PT) | 1.8 |
| 114 | Chemnitz | 1.8 |
| 114 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1.8 |
| 114 | Northern and Western | 1.8 |
| 114 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 1.8 |
| 119 | Arnsberg | 1.7 |
| 119 | Bremen | 1.7 |
| 119 | Dresden | 1.7 |
| 119 | Lubelskie | 1.7 |
| 119 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 1.7 |
| 119 | Podkarpackie | 1.7 |
| 125 | Brandenburg | 1.6 |
| 125 | Dél-Dunántúl | 1.6 |
| 125 | Düsseldorf | 1.6 |
| 125 | Észak-Magyarország | 1.6 |
| 125 | Groningen | 1.6 |
| 125 | Thüringen | 1.6 |
| 125 | Zahodna Slovenija | 1.6 |
| 132 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 1.5 |
| 132 | Köln | 1.5 |
| 132 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 1.5 |
| 132 | Saarland | 1.5 |
| 136 | Braunschweig | 1.4 |
| 136 | Detmold | 1.4 |
| 136 | Friesland (NL) | 1.4 |
| 136 | Hamburg | 1.4 |
| 136 | Hannover | 1.4 |
| 136 | Luxembourg | 1.4 |
| 136 | Moravskoslezsko | 1.4 |
| 136 | Sostinės regionas | 1.4 |
| 144 | Eastern and Midland | 1.3 |
| 144 | Münster | 1.3 |
| 144 | Nord-Vest | 1.3 |
| 144 | Norra Mellansverige | 1.3 |
| 144 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 1.3 |
| 144 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 1.3 |
| 144 | Zuid-Holland | 1.3 |
| 151 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 1.2 |
| 151 | Dél-Alföld | 1.2 |
| 151 | Gießen | 1.2 |
| 151 | Östra Mellansverige | 1.2 |
| 151 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 1.2 |
| 151 | Prov. Antwerpen | 1.2 |
| 151 | Severozápad | 1.2 |
| 151 | Świętokrzyskie | 1.2 |
| 151 | Sydsverige | 1.2 |
| 160 | Etelä-Suomi | 1.1 |
| 160 | Flevoland | 1.1 |
| 160 | Kassel | 1.1 |
| 160 | Nordjylland | 1.1 |
| 160 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 1.1 |
| 160 | Weser-Ems | 1.1 |
| 160 | Yugozapaden | 1.1 |
| 167 | Gelderland | 1 |
| 167 | Länsi-Suomi | 1 |
| 167 | Malta | 1 |
| 167 | Niederösterreich | 1 |
| 167 | Overijssel | 1 |
| 167 | Schleswig-Holstein | 1 |
| 167 | Vest | 1 |
| 167 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 1 |
| 175 | Darmstadt | 0.9 |
| 175 | Drenthe | 0.9 |
| 175 | Eesti | 0.9 |
| 175 | Lüneburg | 0.9 |
| 175 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 0.9 |
| 175 | Noord-Brabant | 0.9 |
| 175 | Noord-Holland | 0.9 |
| 175 | Syddanmark | 0.9 |
| 175 | Utrecht | 0.9 |
| 175 | Zeeland | 0.9 |
| 185 | Bratislavský kraj | 0.8 |
| 185 | Hovedstaden | 0.8 |
| 185 | Karlsruhe | 0.8 |
| 185 | Koblenz | 0.8 |
| 185 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 0.8 |
| 185 | Limburg (NL) | 0.8 |
| 185 | Łódzkie | 0.8 |
| 185 | Midtjylland | 0.8 |
| 185 | Pest | 0.8 |
| 185 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 0.8 |
| 185 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 0.8 |
| 185 | Sjælland | 0.8 |
| 185 | Småland med öarna | 0.8 |
| 185 | Västsverige | 0.8 |
| 199 | Budapest | 0.7 |
| 199 | Nord-Est | 0.7 |
| 199 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 0.7 |
| 199 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 0.7 |
| 199 | Schwaben | 0.7 |
| 199 | Stockholm | 0.7 |
| 199 | Střední Morava | 0.7 |
| 206 | Mittelfranken | 0.6 |
| 206 | Oberbayern | 0.6 |
| 206 | Oberösterreich | 0.6 |
| 206 | Śląskie | 0.6 |
| 206 | Steiermark | 0.6 |
| 211 | Freiburg | 0.5 |
| 211 | Jihovýchod | 0.5 |
| 211 | Jihozápad | 0.5 |
| 211 | Közép-Dunántúl | 0.5 |
| 211 | Małopolskie | 0.5 |
| 211 | Stuttgart | 0.5 |
| 211 | Wielkopolskie | 0.5 |
| 218 | Severovýchod | 0.4 |
| 219 | Praha | 0.3 |
| 219 | Střední Čechy | 0.3 |