EU regions (NUTS 2) by unemployment rate, 2025

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by unemployment rate, 2025
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Mayotte had the highest unemployment rate of 241 regions in 2025, at 24.9%. Střední Čechy had the lowest, at 1.5%. The median was 5.1% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 6%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest24.9Mayotte

Lowest1.5Střední Čechy

Median5.1241 regions

European Union (27)6History

Top 40 regions, 2025

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%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2025 (%)	Change on 2024
1	Mayotte	24.9	-2 pts
1	Melilla	24.9	-3.4 pts
3	Ceuta	24.3	-3.2 pts
4	Guyane	16.9	-0.1 pts
5	Guadeloupe	16.6	-0.2 pts
6	La Réunion	16.3	-1 pts
7	Dytiki Makedonia	15.3	+2.8 pts
8	Andalusia	15.2	-1.3 pts
9	Extremadura	14.8	-0.7 pts
10	Campania	13.9	-1.7 pts
11	Canary Islands	13.5	-0.3 pts
12	Martinique	13.4	+1.1 pts
13	Castilla-La Mancha	12.8	-0.5 pts
14	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	12.6	+0.8 pts
15	Sicilia	12.2	-0.8 pts
16	Region of Murcia	12.1	-0.6 pts
17	Kentriki Makedonia	11.7	-1.1 pts
18	Valencian Community	11.6	-1 pts
19	Sud-Est	11.3	+1.4 pts
20	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	10.6	-1 pts
20	Helsinki-Uusimaa	10.6	+1.7 pts
22	Sydsverige	10.3	+0.6 pts
23	Puglia	10	+0.7 pts
24	Ipeiros	9.9	-0.8 pts
24	Wien	9.9	+0.5 pts
26	Calabria	9.8	-3.3 pts
27	Dytiki Elláda	9.7	-0.4 pts
28	Etelä-Suomi	9.6	+0.7 pts
29	Východné Slovensko	9.5	-0.1 pts
30	Östra Mellansverige	9.4	-0.2 pts
31	Sardegna	9.3	+1 pts
32	Länsi-Suomi	9.2	+1.4 pts
33	Stockholm	9.1	+0.8 pts
34	Ionia Nisia	9	-7.2 pts
34	Nord-Pas de Calais	9	-0.5 pts
34	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	9	+1.2 pts
34	Prov. Hainaut	9	+0.3 pts
38	Languedoc-Roussillon	8.9	-0.1 pts
39	Asturias	8.8	-1.3 pts
39	Balearic Islands	8.8	-0.5 pts
39	Ile-de-France	8.8	+0.8 pts
42	Castile and León	8.6	-0.8 pts
42	Sud-Muntenia	8.6	+1.3 pts
44	Sterea Elláda	8.5	-0.1 pts
44	Västsverige	8.5	+0.1 pts
46	Catalonia	8.4	-0.5 pts
46	Galicia	8.4	-1 pts
46	Norra Mellansverige	8.4	+1.2 pts
49	Peloponnisos	8.3	+0.7 pts
50	Franche-Comté	8.2	+2.9 pts
51	Attiki	8.1	-1 pts
51	La Rioja	8.1	-1.6 pts
53	Aragon	8	-0.1 pts
53	Community of Madrid	8	-1 pts
53	Haute-Normandie	8	+0.4 pts
53	Península de Setúbal	8	0 pts
57	Lorraine	7.8	-0.7 pts
57	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	7.8	+0.1 pts
59	Aquitaine	7.7	+0.8 pts
59	Navarre	7.7	+0.1 pts
59	Prov. Namur	7.7	+0.9 pts
62	Eesti	7.5	-0.1 pts
62	Picardie	7.5	-0.1 pts
64	Panonska Hrvatska	7.4	+0.3 pts
65	Basque Country	7.3	-0.8 pts
65	Cantabria	7.3	-0.5 pts
65	Corse	7.3	+0.1 pts
65	Notio Aigaio	7.3	-2.6 pts
65	Övre Norrland	7.3	+2.1 pts
65	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	7.3	+0.4 pts
65	Severozapaden	7.3	-2.4 pts
65	Småland med öarna	7.3	+0.1 pts
73	Prov. Liège	7.2	+0.2 pts
74	Rhône-Alpes	7.1	+0.3 pts
75	Bourgogne	7	+0.3 pts
75	Champagne-Ardenne	7	-0.2 pts
75	Észak-Magyarország	7	+0.1 pts
78	Latvija	6.9	0 pts
78	Sud-Vest Oltenia	6.9	-0.8 pts
80	Hovedstaden	6.8	+0.2 pts
81	Prov. Brabant wallon	6.7	-0.1 pts
81	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	6.7	+1.3 pts
83	Basse-Normandie	6.6	-0.7 pts
83	Mellersta Norrland	6.6	-1 pts
83	Pays de la Loire	6.6	+0.3 pts
86	Abruzzo	6.5	-0.6 pts
86	Berlin	6.5	+0.9 pts
86	Luxembourg	6.5	+0.1 pts
86	Midi-Pyrénées	6.5	+0.3 pts
86	Midtjylland	6.5	+0.4 pts
86	Nordjylland	6.5	+0.6 pts
92	Auvergne	6.4	-1.4 pts
92	Dél-Dunántúl	6.4	-0.9 pts
92	Grande Lisboa	6.4	-0.1 pts
92	Poitou-Charentes	6.4	+1.1 pts
92	Voreio Aigaio	6.4	-0.7 pts
97	Norte	6.3	-0.3 pts
97	Thessalia	6.3	-3.7 pts
99	Limousin	6.2	+0.8 pts
99	Molise	6.2	-1.7 pts
101	Centre - Val de Loire	6.1	+0.5 pts
101	Észak-Alföld	6.1	-1 pts
101	Syddanmark	6.1	+0.1 pts
104	Piemonte	6	+0.6 pts
105	Nord-Vest	5.9	+1.4 pts
106	Algarve	5.7	-0.1 pts
106	Nord-Est	5.7	+0.8 pts
108	Bretagne	5.6	-0.1 pts
109	Alentejo	5.5	-0.3 pts
109	Jadranska Hrvatska	5.5	-0.9 pts
109	Lazio	5.5	-0.8 pts
109	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	5.5	+1.3 pts
113	Região Autónoma da Madeira	5.4	-0.3 pts
113	Sjælland	5.4	-0.4 pts
113	Stredné Slovensko	5.4	+0.3 pts
116	Basilicata	5.3	-1.4 pts
116	Hamburg	5.3	+0.5 pts
116	Lubelskie	5.3	+2 pts
119	Leipzig	5.2	-0.3 pts
119	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	5.2	-1.5 pts
121	Alsace	5.1	-0.9 pts
121	Bremen	5.1	+0.2 pts
121	Kriti	5.1	-3.5 pts
121	Marche	5.1	0 pts
121	Sostinės regionas	5.1	-0.8 pts
121	Vest	5.1	+1.8 pts
127	Burgenland	5	+0.1 pts
127	Centro (PT)	5	-0.8 pts
127	Steiermark	5	+0.6 pts
130	Eastern and Midland	4.9	+0.5 pts
130	Região Autónoma dos Açores	4.9	-0.7 pts
130	Sachsen-Anhalt	4.9	+0.7 pts
133	Dél-Alföld	4.8	0 pts
133	Düsseldorf	4.8	+0.5 pts
133	Kärnten	4.8	+0.5 pts
133	Northern and Western	4.8	+0.6 pts
133	Severozápad	4.8	+0.7 pts
133	Zuid-Holland	4.8	+0.7 pts
139	Arnsberg	4.7	+0.6 pts
139	Dresden	4.7	+1.1 pts
139	Liguria	4.7	-0.7 pts
142	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	4.6	+0.3 pts
142	Oberösterreich	4.6	+0.8 pts
142	Umbria	4.6	-0.2 pts
142	Yugoiztochen	4.6	-0.3 pts
146	Groningen	4.5	-0.2 pts
147	Chemnitz	4.4	+1.3 pts
147	Kýpros	4.4	-0.4 pts
147	Niederösterreich	4.4	+0.2 pts
147	Prov. Limburg (BE)	4.4	+0.6 pts
151	Moravskoslezsko	4.3	+0.2 pts
151	Prov. Antwerpen	4.3	-0.3 pts
151	Świętokrzyskie	4.3	+0.6 pts
151	Toscana	4.3	+0.3 pts
151	Vorarlberg	4.3	+0.2 pts
156	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	4.2	+0.8 pts
156	Southern	4.2	+0.1 pts
156	Vzhodna Slovenija	4.2	+0.1 pts
159	Centru	4.1	-0.2 pts
159	Emilia-Romagna	4.1	-0.2 pts
159	Kujawsko-pomorskie	4.1	-0.1 pts
159	Mazowiecki regionalny	4.1	+0.6 pts
159	Saarland	4.1	+0.5 pts
164	Friesland (NL)	4	+0.1 pts
164	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	4	+0.6 pts
164	Severen tsentralen	4	-1.3 pts
167	Braunschweig	3.9	+0.2 pts
167	Hannover	3.9	+0.8 pts
167	Köln	3.9	+0.2 pts
167	Severoiztochen	3.9	-0.1 pts
167	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	3.9	0 pts
172	Brandenburg	3.8	+0.6 pts
172	Mittelfranken	3.8	+1.1 pts
172	Noord-Holland	3.8	0 pts
172	Tirol	3.8	+0.7 pts
172	Utrecht	3.8	+0.1 pts
177	Detmold	3.7	+0.3 pts
177	Flevoland	3.7	-0.1 pts
177	Overijssel	3.7	+0.3 pts
177	Schleswig-Holstein	3.7	+0.3 pts
177	Thüringen	3.7	+0.2 pts
182	Darmstadt	3.6	+0.2 pts
182	Drenthe	3.6	+0.2 pts
182	Kassel	3.6	+1.4 pts
182	Podkarpackie	3.6	-0.1 pts
182	Stuttgart	3.6	+0.4 pts
182	Zahodna Slovenija	3.6	+0.3 pts
188	Łódzkie	3.5	0 pts
188	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3.5	-0.2 pts
188	Noord-Brabant	3.5	+0.3 pts
188	Opolskie	3.5	+1.1 pts
188	Salzburg	3.5	+0.1 pts
193	Dolnośląskie	3.4	0 pts
193	Gelderland	3.4	-0.1 pts
193	Karlsruhe	3.4	+0.2 pts
193	Münster	3.4	0 pts
193	Veneto	3.4	+0.4 pts
198	Lüneburg	3.3	+0.6 pts
198	Severovýchod	3.3	+0.4 pts
198	Warmińsko-mazurskie	3.3	-0.5 pts
198	Západné Slovensko	3.3	0 pts
202	Budapest	3.2	+0.6 pts
202	Oberfranken	3.2	+0.5 pts
202	Yuzhen tsentralen	3.2	+0.3 pts
205	Freiburg	3.1	+0.6 pts
205	Közép-Dunántúl	3.1	+0.3 pts
205	Malta	3.1	-0.1 pts
205	Nyugat-Dunántúl	3.1	-0.2 pts
209	Grad Zagreb	3	+0.4 pts
209	Limburg (NL)	3	-0.3 pts
209	Lombardia	3	-0.7 pts
209	Oberbayern	3	+0.3 pts
209	Pest	3	-0.1 pts
209	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	3	+0.3 pts
209	Sjeverna Hrvatska	3	-0.1 pts
209	Unterfranken	3	+0.1 pts
217	Koblenz	2.9	-0.4 pts
217	Niederbayern	2.9	+0.9 pts
217	Tübingen	2.9	+0.1 pts
217	Weser-Ems	2.9	-0.2 pts
217	Zachodniopomorskie	2.9	+0.2 pts
222	Małopolskie	2.8	+0.3 pts
222	Oberpfalz	2.8	+0.4 pts
222	Wielkopolskie	2.8	+0.5 pts
225	Gießen	2.7	-1 pts
225	Pomorskie	2.7	+0.5 pts
225	Schwaben	2.7	+0.1 pts
225	Střední Morava	2.7	+0.1 pts
229	Podlaskie	2.6	-0.3 pts
229	Śląskie	2.6	+0.2 pts
231	Bratislavský kraj	2.5	+0.2 pts
231	Jihovýchod	2.5	+0.1 pts
233	Jihozápad	2.2	-0.1 pts
233	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	2.2	-0.5 pts
233	Zeeland	2.2	+0.1 pts
236	Warszawski stołeczny	2.1	-0.4 pts
237	Yugozapaden	1.9	-0.9 pts
238	Bucureşti-Ilfov	1.8	-0.4 pts
238	Praha	1.8	0 pts
238	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	1.8	-0.2 pts
241	Střední Čechy	1.5	+0.2 pts

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About this ranking

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.

Survey-based. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states and US counties, not Spanish municipalities. For municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate. US national and state rates are seasonally adjusted; county rates are not. Countries without a national or Eurostat series get the annual ILO modelled estimate, a model output rather than a survey result.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 2 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2025 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Unemployment rates by NUTS 2 region (lfst_r_lfu3rt). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfst_r_lfu3rt/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which region has the highest unemployment rate?

Mayotte, with 24.9% in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest unemployment rate?

Střední Čechy, with 1.5% in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Unemployment rates by NUTS 2 region (lfst_r_lfu3rt). Retrieved 2026-10-08. 2 regions have no value for 2025 and are not ranked.