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

Dytiki Elláda had the highest long-term unemployment rate of 227 regions in 2015, at 21.7%. Freiburg had the lowest, at 0.7%. The median was 3.7% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 4.9%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest21.7Dytiki Elláda

Lowest0.7Freiburg

Median3.7227 regions

European Union (27)4.9History

Top 40 regions, 2015

%. Source: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2015 (%)	Change on 2014
1	Dytiki Elláda	21.7	-0.4 pts
2	Melilla	21.2	+2.3 pts
3	Sterea Elláda	19.8	+0.4 pts
3	Thessalia	19.8	+1 pts
5	Dytiki Makedonia	19.5	+2.9 pts
6	Kentriki Makedonia	19.4	-2.3 pts
7	Attiki	19.3	-1.9 pts
8	Mayotte	18.9	+3.5 pts
9	Ceuta	18.5	-4.4 pts
10	Ipeiros	17.9	-2.4 pts
11	Canary Islands	17.4	-2 pts
12	Peloponnisos	17.2	-0.1 pts
13	Guadeloupe	16.5	+0.1 pts
14	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	16.1	-1.1 pts
15	Calabria	15.4	-0.4 pts
16	La Réunion	15.2	-2.2 pts
17	Andalusia	14.8	-2.6 pts
18	Guyane	14.5	+0.6 pts
19	Sicilia	14.1	-1.3 pts
20	Castilla-La Mancha	13.9	-2 pts
21	Campania	13.6	-1.5 pts
22	Kriti	13.5	-1.7 pts
23	Extremadura	13.3	-0.5 pts
24	Ionia Nisia	12.9	-0.1 pts
24	Voreio Aigaio	12.9	-2.1 pts
26	Puglia	12.2	-1.6 pts
27	Martinique	12.1	-0.6 pts
28	Region of Murcia	12	-1.5 pts
29	Valencian Community	11.6	-2.1 pts
30	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	11.1	+0.5 pts
31	Galicia	10.6	-1 pts
32	Asturias	10.5	-1.3 pts
33	Catalonia	10.4	-1.1 pts
33	Jadranska Hrvatska	10.4	+0.7 pts
35	Molise	9.9	-0.3 pts
35	Východné Slovensko	9.9	-2.2 pts
37	Community of Madrid	9.5	-0.5 pts
38	Sardegna	9.4	-1.4 pts
39	Castile and León	9.2	-1.8 pts
40	Cantabria	9.1	-1.7 pts
40	Região Autónoma da Madeira	9.1	-0.9 pts
40	Severozapaden	9.1	-0.6 pts
43	Basilicata	9	-0.6 pts
44	Stredné Slovensko	8.7	-2.6 pts
45	Norte	8.5	-1.1 pts
46	Basque Country	7.9	-1.3 pts
47	Prov. Hainaut	7.8	-1.3 pts
48	Abruzzo	7.7	+0.2 pts
49	Aragon	7.5	-2.2 pts
49	Prov. Liège	7.5	+1.2 pts
49	Região Autónoma dos Açores	7.5	-1.7 pts
52	La Rioja	7.4	-1.4 pts
53	Nord-Pas de Calais	7.1	+0.3 pts
54	Kýpros	6.8	-0.9 pts
54	Severen tsentralen	6.8	-1.8 pts
56	Balearic Islands	6.7	-1.7 pts
56	Západné Slovensko	6.7	-1.1 pts
58	Lazio	6.5	-1.1 pts
58	Notio Aigaio	6.5	-2.5 pts
60	Corse Low reliability	6.3	+3.4 pts
60	Languedoc-Roussillon	6.3	+0.1 pts
60	Navarre	6.3	-1.3 pts
60	Prov. Namur	6.3	+2.2 pts
64	Algarve	6.1	-1.4 pts
64	Southern	6.1	-1 pts
66	Piemonte	5.9	-0.9 pts
67	Champagne-Ardenne	5.6	+0.4 pts
67	Sud-Muntenia	5.6	+1.8 pts
67	Yugoiztochen	5.6	-1.3 pts
70	Lorraine	5.5	+0.2 pts
70	Northern and Western	5.5	-0.7 pts
70	Severoiztochen	5.5	-1.3 pts
70	Umbria	5.5	-0.2 pts
70	Vzhodna Slovenija	5.5	-0.6 pts
70	Yuzhen tsentralen	5.5	-1.6 pts
76	Eastern and Midland	4.8	-1.5 pts
76	Poitou-Charentes	4.8	+0.1 pts
76	Sud-Vest Oltenia	4.8	+1.2 pts
76	Toscana	4.8	-0.9 pts
80	Berlin	4.7	-0.2 pts
80	Marche	4.7	-1.2 pts
80	Picardie	4.7	-0.8 pts
83	Haute-Normandie	4.6	-1.4 pts
83	Sachsen-Anhalt	4.6	-0.3 pts
85	Latvija	4.5	-0.2 pts
85	Liguria	4.5	-1.6 pts
85	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	4.5	-0.7 pts
85	Moravskoslezsko	4.5	+0.3 pts
85	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	4.5	+0.5 pts
90	Centre - Val de Loire	4.4	+0.4 pts
90	Észak-Alföld	4.4	-1 pts
90	Lombardia	4.4	-0.2 pts
90	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	4.4	+0.4 pts
90	Sud-Est	4.4	-0.3 pts
95	Ile-de-France	4.3	+0.1 pts
95	Podkarpackie	4.3	-1.7 pts
95	Severozápad	4.3	-0.3 pts
95	Warmińsko-mazurskie	4.3	-0.5 pts
95	Yugozapaden	4.3	-1.1 pts
100	Franche-Comté	4.2	+0.4 pts
100	Świętokrzyskie	4.2	-1.2 pts
102	Lubelskie	4.1	-0.2 pts
102	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	4.1	-0.9 pts
104	Aquitaine	4	+0.4 pts
104	Groningen	4	+0.7 pts
104	Prov. Brabant wallon	4	-1.1 pts
107	Alsace	3.8	-0.9 pts
107	Észak-Magyarország	3.8	-0.9 pts
107	Flevoland	3.8	-0.7 pts
107	Leipzig	3.8	-1.2 pts
107	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Low reliability	3.8	-0.1 pts
107	Wien	3.8	+0.7 pts
107	Zahodna Slovenija	3.8	-0.6 pts
114	Bourgogne	3.7	-1 pts
114	Dél-Dunántúl	3.7	+0.4 pts
114	Emilia-Romagna	3.7	-0.4 pts
114	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	3.7	-0.3 pts
118	Basse-Normandie	3.6	-0.5 pts
118	Veneto	3.6	-0.4 pts
120	Auvergne	3.5	+0.3 pts
120	Dél-Alföld	3.5	-0.5 pts
120	Friesland (NL)	3.5	+0.5 pts
120	Limousin	3.5	-0.6 pts
120	Podlaskie	3.5	-1 pts
125	Drenthe	3.4	+0.3 pts
125	Pest	3.4	-0.3 pts
125	Rhône-Alpes	3.4	+0.4 pts
125	Sostinės regionas	3.4	-1 pts
129	Chemnitz	3.2	-0.3 pts
129	Dresden	3.2	-0.1 pts
129	Łódzkie	3.2	-1 pts
129	Małopolskie	3.2	-1.3 pts
129	Midi-Pyrénées	3.2	-0.4 pts
134	Brandenburg	3.1	-0.4 pts
134	Kujawsko-pomorskie	3.1	-1.1 pts
134	Pays de la Loire	3.1	0 pts
134	Śląskie	3.1	-0.8 pts
138	Düsseldorf	3	-0.1 pts
139	Centru	2.9	-1.1 pts
139	Saarland	2.9	+0.1 pts
139	Zachodniopomorskie	2.9	-0.6 pts
142	Dolnośląskie	2.8	-1.1 pts
142	Overijssel	2.8	-0.1 pts
142	Wielkopolskie	2.8	-0.5 pts
145	Etelä-Suomi	2.7	+0.4 pts
145	Gelderland	2.7	-0.1 pts
145	Malta	2.7	-0.2 pts
145	Noord-Brabant	2.7	+0.1 pts
145	Prov. Antwerpen	2.7	+0.3 pts
145	Thüringen	2.7	-0.1 pts
151	Budapest	2.6	-0.6 pts
151	Mazowiecki regionalny	2.6	-0.5 pts
151	Noord-Holland	2.6	-0.1 pts
151	Střední Morava	2.6	-0.4 pts
155	Arnsberg	2.5	0 pts
155	Eesti	2.5	-0.8 pts
155	Limburg (NL)	2.5	-0.2 pts
155	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	2.5	+0.1 pts
159	Bretagne	2.4	0 pts
159	Länsi-Suomi	2.4	+0.4 pts
159	Vest	2.4	+0.3 pts
162	Braunschweig	2.3	-0.1 pts
162	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	2.3	+0.2 pts
162	Severovýchod	2.3	-0.2 pts
162	Sydsverige	2.3	+0.1 pts
166	Jihovýchod	2.2	-0.3 pts
166	Pomorskie	2.2	-1.4 pts
168	Bratislavský kraj	2.1	-0.6 pts
168	Detmold	2.1	0 pts
168	Hannover	2.1	-0.3 pts
168	Köln	2.1	-0.3 pts
168	Közép-Dunántúl	2.1	-0.7 pts
168	Nord-Vest	2.1	+0.4 pts
168	Prov. Limburg (BE)	2.1	-0.2 pts
175	Bremen	2	-0.5 pts
175	Helsinki-Uusimaa	2	+0.4 pts
175	Opolskie Low reliability	2	-0.7 pts
175	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	2	+0.3 pts
175	Zeeland	2	-0.1 pts
180	Hamburg	1.9	-0.1 pts
180	Luxembourg Series break	1.9	+0.3 pts
182	Hovedstaden	1.8	-0.1 pts
182	Jihozápad	1.8	-0.5 pts
182	Kärnten Low reliability	1.8	+0.2 pts
185	Münster	1.7	-0.3 pts
185	Schleswig-Holstein	1.7	0 pts
185	Sjælland	1.7	-0.2 pts
188	Darmstadt	1.6	0 pts
188	Lüneburg	1.6	-0.1 pts
188	Nordjylland	1.6	+0.1 pts
188	Oberfranken	1.6	+0.2 pts
188	Weser-Ems	1.6	-0.1 pts
193	Gießen	1.5	-0.2 pts
193	Niederösterreich	1.5	+0.1 pts
193	Nord-Est	1.5	-0.3 pts
193	Östra Mellansverige	1.5	0 pts
193	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1.5	+0.2 pts
193	Syddanmark	1.5	-0.1 pts
199	Kassel	1.4	-0.1 pts
199	Lubuskie Low reliability	1.4	-0.8 pts
199	Midtjylland	1.4	0 pts
199	Norra Mellansverige	1.4	-0.2 pts
199	Nyugat-Dunántúl	1.4	-0.5 pts
199	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1.4	-0.2 pts
199	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	1.4	-0.1 pts
199	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1.4	0 pts
199	Stockholm	1.4	+0.2 pts
208	Karlsruhe	1.3	+0.1 pts
209	Mellersta Norrland	1.2	0 pts
209	Steiermark	1.2	-0.2 pts
209	Střední Čechy	1.2	-0.7 pts
209	Warszawski stołeczny	1.2	-0.8 pts
213	Oberpfalz	1.1	0 pts
213	Övre Norrland	1.1	0 pts
213	Västsverige	1.1	-0.2 pts
216	Koblenz	1	-0.7 pts
216	Småland med öarna	1	-0.1 pts
216	Stuttgart	1	-0.2 pts
216	Tübingen	1	0 pts
220	Niederbayern	0.9	-0.1 pts
220	Schwaben	0.9	-0.2 pts
222	Mittelfranken	0.8	-0.2 pts
222	Oberbayern	0.8	0 pts
222	Oberösterreich	0.8	-0.2 pts
222	Praha	0.8	0 pts
226	Bucureşti-Ilfov Low reliability	0.7	-0.4 pts
226	Freiburg	0.7	-0.2 pts

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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 13 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2015 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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.

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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), EU regions (NUTS 2) by long-term unemployment rate, 2015. Eurostat, European Commission, 10 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu2ltu/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/long-term-unemployment-rate/eu-regions?period=2015. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Which region has the highest long-term unemployment rate?

Dytiki Elláda, with 21.7% in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Freiburg, with 0.7% in 2015.

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