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

Mayotte had the highest long-term unemployment rate of 231 regions in 2016, at 24.1%. Tübingen had the lowest, at 0.7%. The median was 3.3% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 4.3%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest24.1Mayotte

Lowest0.7Tübingen

Median3.3231 regions

European Union (27)4.3History

Top 40 regions, 2016

%. 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	2016 (%)	Change on 2015
1	Mayotte	24.1	+5.2 pts
2	Dytiki Elláda	22.5	+0.8 pts
3	Dytiki Makedonia	20.7	+1.2 pts
4	Melilla	19.6	-1.6 pts
5	Sterea Elláda	19.4	-0.4 pts
6	Ipeiros	18.9	+1 pts
7	Thessalia	18.7	-1.1 pts
8	Kentriki Makedonia	18.6	-0.8 pts
9	Guadeloupe	17	+0.5 pts
10	Attiki	16.9	-2.4 pts
11	Guyane	16	+1.5 pts
12	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	15.8	-0.3 pts
13	Ceuta	15.2	-3.3 pts
14	Calabria	15	-0.4 pts
15	Peloponnisos	14.5	-2.7 pts
16	Sicilia	14.3	+0.2 pts
17	Canary Islands	14.2	-3.2 pts
18	La Réunion	14.1	-1.1 pts
19	Campania	14	+0.4 pts
20	Kriti	12.7	-0.8 pts
21	Andalusia	12.6	-2.2 pts
22	Voreio Aigaio	12.3	-0.6 pts
23	Puglia	12.2	0 pts
24	Extremadura	12.1	-1.2 pts
25	Castilla-La Mancha	11.8	-2.1 pts
26	Martinique	11.5	-0.6 pts
27	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	10.2	-0.9 pts
28	Asturias	9.9	-0.6 pts
28	Valencian Community	9.9	-1.7 pts
30	Sardegna	9.6	+0.2 pts
31	Panonska Hrvatska	9.2	n/a
31	Region of Murcia	9.2	-2.8 pts
33	Galicia	8.9	-1.7 pts
34	Catalonia	8.4	-2 pts
35	Molise	8.3	-1.6 pts
36	Basilicata	8.2	-0.8 pts
36	Ionia Nisia	8.2	-4.7 pts
38	Severozapaden	8.1	-1 pts
39	Východné Slovensko	8	-1.9 pts
40	Community of Madrid	7.9	-1.6 pts
41	Notio Aigaio	7.8	+1.3 pts
41	Região Autónoma da Madeira	7.8	-1.3 pts
43	Castile and León	7.6	-1.6 pts
44	Prov. Hainaut	7.3	-0.5 pts
45	Norte	7.2	-1.3 pts
45	Stredné Slovensko	7.2	-1.5 pts
47	Cantabria	7.1	-2 pts
47	Jadranska Hrvatska	7.1	-3.3 pts
49	Abruzzo	6.9	-0.8 pts
50	Aragon	6.7	-0.8 pts
51	Nord-Pas de Calais	6.6	-0.5 pts
52	Basque Country	6.5	-1.4 pts
53	Prov. Liège	6.4	-1.1 pts
53	Região Autónoma dos Açores	6.4	-1.1 pts
55	Severen tsentralen	6.2	-0.6 pts
56	Lazio	6.1	-0.4 pts
57	Navarre	6	-0.3 pts
58	Haute-Normandie	5.9	+1.3 pts
59	Kýpros	5.8	-1 pts
59	Languedoc-Roussillon	5.8	-0.5 pts
61	Lorraine	5.7	+0.2 pts
62	La Rioja	5.6	-1.8 pts
62	Picardie	5.6	+0.9 pts
64	Sud-Muntenia	5.5	-0.1 pts
65	Marche	5.4	+0.7 pts
65	Sjeverna Hrvatska	5.4	n/a
67	Severoiztochen	5.3	-0.2 pts
68	Piemonte	5	-0.9 pts
68	Umbria	5	-0.5 pts
70	Alsace	4.9	+1.1 pts
70	Balearic Islands	4.9	-1.8 pts
70	Toscana	4.9	+0.1 pts
73	Champagne-Ardenne	4.8	-0.8 pts
74	Sud-Vest Oltenia	4.7	-0.1 pts
74	Vzhodna Slovenija	4.7	-0.8 pts
76	Liguria	4.6	+0.1 pts
76	Prov. Namur	4.6	-1.7 pts
76	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	4.6	+0.1 pts
79	Grad Zagreb	4.5	n/a
79	Southern	4.5	-1.6 pts
79	Sud-Est	4.5	+0.1 pts
82	Centre - Val de Loire	4.4	0 pts
82	Northern and Western	4.4	-1.1 pts
82	Sachsen-Anhalt	4.4	-0.2 pts
82	Wien	4.4	+0.6 pts
82	Západné Slovensko	4.4	-2.3 pts
87	Ile-de-France	4.3	0 pts
88	Aquitaine	4.1	+0.1 pts
88	Corse Low reliability	4.1	-2.2 pts
90	Algarve	4	-2.1 pts
90	Bourgogne	4	+0.3 pts
90	Eastern and Midland	4	-0.8 pts
90	Észak-Alföld	4	-0.4 pts
90	Latvija	4	-0.5 pts
90	Lombardia	4	-0.4 pts
90	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Low reliability	4	+0.2 pts
97	Poitou-Charentes	3.9	-0.9 pts
97	Yuzhen tsentralen	3.9	-1.6 pts
99	Yugoiztochen	3.8	-1.8 pts
99	Zahodna Slovenija	3.8	0 pts
101	Basse-Normandie	3.7	+0.1 pts
101	Flevoland	3.7	-0.1 pts
101	Moravskoslezsko	3.7	-0.8 pts
104	Prov. Brabant wallon	3.6	-0.4 pts
105	Berlin	3.5	-1.2 pts
105	Franche-Comté	3.5	-0.7 pts
105	Świętokrzyskie Series break	3.5	-0.7 pts
105	Veneto	3.5	-0.1 pts
109	Emilia-Romagna	3.4	-0.3 pts
109	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	3.4	-0.3 pts
109	Podkarpackie Series break	3.4	-0.9 pts
109	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	3.4	-0.7 pts
113	Dél-Dunántúl	3.3	-0.4 pts
113	Groningen	3.3	-0.7 pts
113	Limousin	3.3	-0.2 pts
113	Lubelskie Series break	3.3	-0.8 pts
113	Midi-Pyrénées	3.3	+0.1 pts
113	Pays de la Loire	3.3	+0.2 pts
119	Bretagne	3.2	+0.8 pts
119	Rhône-Alpes	3.2	-0.2 pts
119	Yugozapaden	3.2	-1.1 pts
122	Auvergne	3	-0.5 pts
122	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3	-1.5 pts
122	Vest	3	+0.6 pts
125	Kujawsko-pomorskie Series break	2.9	-0.2 pts
125	Leipzig	2.9	-0.9 pts
127	Drenthe	2.8	-0.6 pts
127	Észak-Magyarország	2.8	-1 pts
127	Friesland (NL)	2.8	-0.7 pts
127	Podlaskie Low reliability	2.8	-0.7 pts
127	Prov. Antwerpen	2.8	+0.1 pts
127	Prov. Luxembourg (BE) Low reliability	2.8	-1.6 pts
133	Dresden	2.7	-0.5 pts
133	Warmińsko-mazurskie Series break	2.7	-1.6 pts
135	Etelä-Suomi	2.6	-0.1 pts
135	Länsi-Suomi	2.6	+0.2 pts
135	Overijssel	2.6	-0.2 pts
135	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	2.6	+0.3 pts
135	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	2.6	+0.1 pts
140	Dél-Alföld	2.5	-1 pts
140	Severozápad	2.5	-1.8 pts
142	Centru	2.4	-0.5 pts
142	Malta	2.4	-0.3 pts
142	Thüringen	2.4	-0.3 pts
145	Bratislavský kraj	2.3	+0.2 pts
145	Budapest	2.3	-0.3 pts
145	Chemnitz	2.3	-0.9 pts
145	Gelderland	2.3	-0.4 pts
145	Luxembourg	2.3	+0.4 pts
150	Arnsberg	2.2	-0.3 pts
150	Brandenburg	2.2	-0.9 pts
150	Düsseldorf	2.2	-0.8 pts
150	Eesti	2.2	-0.3 pts
150	Łódzkie Series break	2.2	-1 pts
150	Noord-Brabant	2.2	-0.5 pts
150	Noord-Holland	2.2	-0.4 pts
150	Sostinės regionas	2.2	-1.2 pts
150	Zachodniopomorskie Series break	2.2	-0.7 pts
159	Hannover	2.1	0 pts
159	Limburg (NL)	2.1	-0.4 pts
159	Małopolskie Series break	2.1	-1.1 pts
159	Mazowiecki regionalny Series break	2.1	-0.5 pts
159	Prov. Limburg (BE)	2.1	0 pts
159	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	2.1	+0.1 pts
165	Śląskie Series break	2	-1.1 pts
165	Wielkopolskie Series break	2	-0.8 pts
167	Braunschweig	1.9	-0.4 pts
167	Nord-Vest	1.9	-0.2 pts
167	Zeeland	1.9	-0.1 pts
170	Bremen	1.8	-0.2 pts
170	Münster	1.8	+0.1 pts
170	Niederösterreich	1.8	+0.3 pts
170	Sydsverige	1.8	-0.5 pts
174	Dolnośląskie Series break	1.7	-1.1 pts
174	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.7	-0.3 pts
174	Pomorskie Series break	1.7	-0.5 pts
174	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1.7	+0.3 pts
174	Saarland	1.7	-1.2 pts
179	Detmold	1.6	-0.5 pts
179	Köln	1.6	-0.5 pts
179	Pest	1.6	-1.8 pts
182	Darmstadt	1.5	-0.1 pts
182	Hamburg	1.5	-0.4 pts
182	Hovedstaden Series break	1.5	-0.3 pts
182	Jihovýchod	1.5	-0.7 pts
182	Kärnten Low reliability	1.5	-0.3 pts
182	Norra Mellansverige	1.5	+0.1 pts
182	Östra Mellansverige	1.5	0 pts
182	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1.5	+0.1 pts
182	Severovýchod	1.5	-0.8 pts
182	Sjælland Series break	1.5	-0.2 pts
182	Střední Morava	1.5	-1.1 pts
193	Koblenz	1.4	+0.4 pts
193	Nordjylland Series break	1.4	-0.2 pts
193	Schleswig-Holstein	1.4	-0.3 pts
193	Steiermark	1.4	+0.2 pts
197	Gießen	1.3	-0.2 pts
197	Közép-Dunántúl	1.3	-0.8 pts
197	Lüneburg	1.3	-0.3 pts
197	Nord-Est	1.3	-0.2 pts
197	Oberpfalz	1.3	+0.2 pts
202	Jihozápad	1.2	-0.6 pts
202	Lubuskie Low reliability	1.2	-0.2 pts
202	Oberösterreich	1.2	+0.4 pts
202	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1.2	-0.3 pts
202	Stockholm	1.2	-0.2 pts
202	Weser-Ems	1.2	-0.4 pts
208	Kassel	1.1	-0.3 pts
208	Nyugat-Dunántúl	1.1	-0.3 pts
208	Oberfranken	1.1	-0.5 pts
208	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	1.1	-0.3 pts
212	Bucureşti-Ilfov Low reliability	1	+0.3 pts
212	Karlsruhe	1	-0.3 pts
212	Mellersta Norrland Low reliability	1	-0.2 pts
212	Midtjylland Series break	1	-0.4 pts
212	Schwaben	1	+0.1 pts
212	Střední Čechy	1	-0.2 pts
212	Syddanmark Series break	1	-0.5 pts
212	Västsverige	1	-0.1 pts
220	Freiburg	0.9	+0.2 pts
220	Övre Norrland	0.9	-0.2 pts
220	Småland med öarna	0.9	-0.1 pts
220	Stuttgart	0.9	-0.1 pts
220	Warszawski stołeczny Low reliability	0.9	-0.3 pts
225	Mittelfranken	0.8	0 pts
225	Niederbayern	0.8	-0.1 pts
225	Praha	0.8	0 pts
225	Tirol Low reliability	0.8	n/a
225	Unterfranken	0.8	n/a
230	Oberbayern	0.7	-0.1 pts
230	Tübingen	0.7	-0.3 pts

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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. 9 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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, 2016. 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=2016. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{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, 2016}},
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Which region has the highest long-term unemployment rate?

Mayotte, with 24.1% in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Tübingen, with 0.7% in 2016.

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