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

Mayotte had the highest long-term unemployment rate of 223 regions in 2018, at 28.7%. Praha had the lowest, at 0.3%. The median was 2.2% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 3.1%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest28.7Mayotte

Lowest0.3Praha

Median2.2223 regions

European Union (27)3.1History

Top 40 regions, 2018

%. 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	2018 (%)	Change on 2017
1	Mayotte	28.7	+3.8 pts
2	Dytiki Makedonia	19.3	-1.4 pts
3	Ceuta	18.8	+5.9 pts
4	Dytiki Elláda	17.5	-2.1 pts
5	Guadeloupe	16.1	-0.2 pts
6	Melilla	16	-1.6 pts
7	Ipeiros	15.5	-3 pts
8	Calabria Series break	15.2	+0.5 pts
8	Voreio Aigaio	15.2	0 pts
10	Attiki	15.1	-1.6 pts
11	Sicilia Series break	14.7	+0.3 pts
12	La Réunion	14.6	+1.2 pts
13	Sterea Elláda	14.1	-1.4 pts
14	Kentriki Makedonia	14	-2.6 pts
15	Campania Series break	13.8	0 pts
16	Thessalia	13.1	-2.9 pts
17	Guyane	12.4	-3.6 pts
18	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	10.9	-3.1 pts
19	Martinique	10.5	-1.3 pts
19	Peloponnisos	10.5	-1.8 pts
21	Puglia Series break	9.8	-2 pts
22	Extremadura	9.7	-2.3 pts
23	Canary Islands	9.6	-1.5 pts
24	Andalusia	9.4	-1.5 pts
25	Molise Series break	8.9	-1.8 pts
26	Ionia Nisia	8.7	-1.4 pts
26	Severozapaden	8.7	+1.3 pts
28	Sardegna Series break	8.3	-0.9 pts
29	Castilla-La Mancha	7.8	-1.8 pts
30	Basilicata Series break	7.7	-0.4 pts
31	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	7.5	-0.5 pts
32	Kriti	6.7	-3.3 pts
33	Východné Slovensko	6.6	-1.2 pts
34	Lazio Series break	6.5	+0.6 pts
35	Valencian Community	6.4	-1.2 pts
36	Asturias	6.2	-0.7 pts
37	Abruzzo Series break	6.1	-0.4 pts
37	Nord-Pas de Calais	6.1	-0.6 pts
39	Region of Murcia	6	-1.5 pts
40	Galicia	5.9	-1.9 pts
40	Prov. Hainaut	5.9	-1.2 pts
42	Notio Aigaio	5.5	-0.9 pts
43	Panonska Hrvatska	5.4	-1.6 pts
44	Community of Madrid	5.3	-0.8 pts
45	Liguria Series break	5.1	+0.5 pts
46	Languedoc-Roussillon	5	-1.1 pts
46	Stredné Slovensko	5	-1.4 pts
48	Castile and León	4.9	-1.2 pts
48	Lorraine	4.9	-0.9 pts
48	Umbria Series break	4.9	-0.4 pts
51	Cantabria	4.8	-1.7 pts
52	Basque Country	4.7	-0.8 pts
52	Catalonia	4.7	-1.6 pts
54	Prov. Liège	4.6	-1.9 pts
55	Marche Series break	4.5	-1.5 pts
55	Prov. Namur	4.5	+0.7 pts
57	Piemonte Series break	4.4	-0.7 pts
57	Região Autónoma da Madeira	4.4	-1.5 pts
59	Severen tsentralen	4.3	-0.1 pts
60	Haute-Normandie	4.1	-1.7 pts
60	Severoiztochen	4.1	-0.6 pts
62	Aquitaine	4	+0.1 pts
62	Aragon	4	-0.8 pts
64	Navarre	3.9	+0.1 pts
64	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3.9	-0.5 pts
64	Região Autónoma dos Açores	3.9	-0.7 pts
67	Champagne-Ardenne	3.7	-1 pts
68	Auvergne	3.6	+0.2 pts
68	Ile-de-France	3.6	-0.4 pts
68	Jadranska Hrvatska	3.6	-0.5 pts
68	Picardie	3.6	-1.6 pts
68	Poitou-Charentes	3.6	0 pts
68	Sud-Vest Oltenia	3.6	0 pts
74	La Rioja	3.5	-1.4 pts
74	Toscana Series break	3.5	-0.8 pts
76	Bourgogne	3.4	-1.1 pts
76	Norte	3.4	-2.1 pts
76	Wien	3.4	-0.7 pts
79	Centre - Val de Loire	3.3	-0.5 pts
79	Prov. Brabant wallon	3.3	-0.4 pts
81	Friuli-Venezia Giulia Series break	3.2	-0.2 pts
82	Alsace	3.1	-0.7 pts
82	Latvija	3.1	-0.2 pts
82	Lombardia Series break	3.1	-0.3 pts
85	Basse-Normandie	3	+0.1 pts
85	Sachsen-Anhalt	3	-0.9 pts
85	Veneto Series break	3	-0.2 pts
88	Midi-Pyrénées	2.9	0 pts
88	Prov. Luxembourg (BE) Low reliability	2.9	+0.3 pts
88	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Low reliability	2.9	-0.4 pts
91	Balearic Islands	2.8	-0.7 pts
91	Észak-Alföld Series break	2.8	0 pts
91	Lubelskie	2.8	+0.3 pts
94	Kýpros	2.7	-1.8 pts
94	Sud-Muntenia	2.7	-1 pts
94	Yugoiztochen	2.7	-0.9 pts
97	Berlin	2.6	-0.3 pts
97	Pays de la Loire	2.6	+0.1 pts
97	Podkarpackie	2.6	0 pts
97	Sud-Est	2.6	-0.4 pts
101	Emilia-Romagna Series break	2.5	-0.5 pts
101	Grad Zagreb Low reliability	2.5	-0.7 pts
101	Limousin Low reliability	2.5	0 pts
101	Rhône-Alpes	2.5	0 pts
101	Vzhodna Slovenija	2.5	-0.8 pts
106	Franche-Comté	2.4	-0.3 pts
106	Southern	2.4	-0.7 pts
108	Leipzig	2.3	-0.3 pts
108	Northern and Western	2.3	-0.8 pts
110	Brandenburg	2.2	-0.1 pts
110	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	2.2	-0.5 pts
110	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	2.2	-0.8 pts
110	Západné Slovensko	2.2	-0.8 pts
114	Dresden	2.1	0 pts
114	Sjeverna Hrvatska Low reliability	2.1	-1.7 pts
114	Yuzhen tsentralen	2.1	-0.6 pts
117	Bretagne	2	-0.9 pts
118	Arnsberg	1.9	-0.2 pts
118	Dél-Dunántúl Series break	1.9	-0.9 pts
118	Düsseldorf	1.9	-0.2 pts
118	Friesland (NL)	1.9	-0.4 pts
118	Hamburg	1.9	0 pts
118	Hannover	1.9	-0.3 pts
118	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.9	0 pts
118	Malta	1.9	-0.1 pts
118	Thüringen	1.9	-0.2 pts
127	Braunschweig	1.8	-0.3 pts
127	Centru	1.8	-0.1 pts
127	Chemnitz	1.8	-0.3 pts
127	Eastern and Midland	1.8	-1.1 pts
127	Észak-Magyarország Series break	1.8	-0.1 pts
127	Groningen	1.8	-0.7 pts
127	Sydsverige Series break	1.8	-0.2 pts
127	Zahodna Slovenija	1.8	-1.1 pts
135	Flevoland	1.7	-0.8 pts
135	Saarland	1.7	-0.2 pts
135	Świętokrzyskie Low reliability	1.7	-0.4 pts
135	Vest	1.7	-0.5 pts
139	Köln	1.6	0 pts
139	Länsi-Suomi	1.6	-0.5 pts
139	Prov. Antwerpen	1.6	-0.6 pts
142	Bremen	1.5	-0.2 pts
142	Etelä-Suomi	1.5	-0.7 pts
142	Gießen	1.5	+0.1 pts
142	Łódzkie	1.5	+0.2 pts
142	Münster	1.5	-0.1 pts
142	Östra Mellansverige Series break	1.5	0 pts
142	Provincia Autonoma di Trento Series break	1.5	-0.5 pts
142	Sostinės regionas	1.5	-0.5 pts
150	Bratislavský kraj	1.4	-0.6 pts
150	Drenthe	1.4	-0.8 pts
150	Luxembourg	1.4	-0.8 pts
150	Moravskoslezsko	1.4	-0.6 pts
150	Noord-Holland	1.4	-0.3 pts
150	Overijssel	1.4	-0.6 pts
150	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1.4	-0.9 pts
150	Warmińsko-mazurskie Low reliability	1.4	-0.7 pts
150	Yugozapaden	1.4	-0.3 pts
159	Detmold	1.3	-0.3 pts
159	Eesti	1.3	-0.7 pts
159	Gelderland	1.3	-0.5 pts
159	Mazowiecki regionalny	1.3	-0.8 pts
159	Noord-Brabant	1.3	-0.4 pts
159	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1.3	-0.3 pts
165	Dél-Alföld Series break	1.2	-0.5 pts
165	Kujawsko-pomorskie Low reliability	1.2	-0.7 pts
165	Niederösterreich	1.2	-0.6 pts
165	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1.2	-0.1 pts
165	Sjælland	1.2	-0.1 pts
170	Bucureşti-Ilfov	1.1	+0.5 pts
170	Budapest Series break	1.1	0 pts
170	Kärnten Low reliability	1.1	-0.6 pts
170	Lüneburg	1.1	-0.2 pts
170	Nord-Vest	1.1	-0.2 pts
170	Schleswig-Holstein	1.1	-0.2 pts
170	Severozápad	1.1	-0.3 pts
177	Darmstadt	1	-0.3 pts
177	Hovedstaden	1	-0.4 pts
177	Koblenz	1	-0.2 pts
177	Limburg (NL)	1	-0.8 pts
177	Nordjylland Low reliability	1	-0.2 pts
177	Pest Series break	1	-0.5 pts
177	Steiermark	1	-0.4 pts
177	Stockholm Series break	1	-0.2 pts
177	Syddanmark	1	-0.1 pts
177	Zeeland Low reliability	1	0 pts
187	Karlsruhe	0.9	0 pts
187	Mellersta Norrland Low reliability	0.9	-0.2 pts
187	Niederbayern	0.9	+0.1 pts
187	Nord-Est	0.9	+0.1 pts
187	Norra Mellansverige Series break	0.9	-0.2 pts
187	Prov. Limburg (BE) Low reliability	0.9	-0.6 pts
187	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	0.9	-0.1 pts
187	Prov. West-Vlaanderen Low reliability	0.9	-0.1 pts
187	Weser-Ems	0.9	-0.3 pts
196	Kassel	0.8	-0.2 pts
196	Małopolskie Low reliability	0.8	-0.6 pts
196	Midtjylland	0.8	-0.2 pts
196	Oberpfalz	0.8	-0.1 pts
196	Pomorskie Low reliability	0.8	-0.1 pts
196	Stuttgart	0.8	-0.1 pts
196	Västsverige Series break	0.8	-0.1 pts
196	Zachodniopomorskie Low reliability	0.8	-0.6 pts
204	Dolnośląskie Low reliability	0.7	-0.6 pts
204	Freiburg	0.7	-0.2 pts
204	Jihovýchod	0.7	-0.3 pts
204	Közép-Dunántúl Low reliability	0.7	-0.2 pts
204	Nyugat-Dunántúl Low reliability	0.7	-0.2 pts
204	Oberbayern	0.7	+0.1 pts
204	Övre Norrland Low reliability	0.7	-0.1 pts
204	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Low reliability	0.7	-0.5 pts
204	Schwaben	0.7	-0.2 pts
204	Småland med öarna Series break	0.7	-0.2 pts
204	Střední Morava	0.7	-0.3 pts
215	Oberösterreich Low reliability	0.6	-0.5 pts
215	Střední Čechy	0.6	-0.2 pts
217	Jihozápad Low reliability	0.5	-0.1 pts
217	Severovýchod	0.5	-0.3 pts
217	Tübingen	0.5	-0.1 pts
220	Śląskie Low reliability	0.4	-0.9 pts
220	Warszawski stołeczny Low reliability	0.4	-0.6 pts
220	Wielkopolskie Low reliability	0.4	-1 pts
223	Praha Low reliability	0.3	-0.2 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. 17 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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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Which region has the highest long-term unemployment rate?

Mayotte, with 28.7% in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Praha, with 0.3% in 2018.

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