# EU countries by nominal unit labour cost, annual growth, 2025

All 26 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nominal_unit_labour_cost_growth`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Percentage change from the previous year in the nominal unit labour cost based on persons: compensation per employee divided by real labour productivity per person employed (GDP in chain-linked volumes per person employed).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Labour productivity and unit labour costs, nominal unit labour cost based on persons, percentage change on previous period (nama_10_lp_ulc) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nama_10_lp_ulc/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: Eurostat. Labour productivity and unit labour costs, nominal unit labour cost based on persons, percentage change on previous period (nama_10_lp_ulc). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/nama_10_lp_ulc/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/nominal-unit-labour-cost-growth/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 9.4 |
| 2 | Hungary | 8.1 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 6 |
| 4 | Slovenia | 5.6 |
| 5 | Slovakia | 5.3 |
| 6 | Portugal | 5.2 |
| 7 | Germany | 4.4 |
| 7 | Spain | 4.4 |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 4.3 |
| 10 | Czechia | 4.2 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 4.1 |
| 12 | Poland | 4 |
| 13 | Romania | 3.8 |
| 14 | Italy | 3.5 |
| 14 | Malta | 3.5 |
| 16 | Greece | 3.4 |
| 17 | Estonia | 3.3 |
| 17 | Latvia | 3.3 |
| 19 | Austria | 3.2 |
| 20 | Belgium | 2.9 |
| 21 | Cyprus | 2.1 |
| 22 | Finland | 2 |
| 23 | France | 1.6 |
| 24 | Denmark | 0.8 |
| 25 | Sweden | -0.3 |
| 26 | Ireland | -3 |