EU regions (NUTS 2) by unemployment rate

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by unemployment rate, 2017
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Mayotte had the highest unemployment rate of 236 regions in 2017, at 29.6%. Praha had the lowest, at 1.7%. The median was 6.65% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 8.3%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest29.6Mayotte

Lowest1.7Praha

Median6.65236 regions

European Union (27)8.3History

Top 40 regions, 2017

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2017 (%)	Change on 2016
1	Mayotte	29.6	-0.1 pts
2	Dytiki Makedonia	29.1	-2.2 pts
3	Melilla	27.6	-3.2 pts
4	Dytiki Elláda	26.3	-3.5 pts
4	Extremadura	26.3	-1.2 pts
6	Andalusia	25.5	-3.4 pts
7	Ipeiros	24.8	+0.4 pts
8	Canary Islands	23.5	-2.6 pts
9	Kentriki Makedonia	22.9	-1.6 pts
10	La Réunion	22.7	+0.4 pts
11	Voreio Aigaio	22.5	+4.2 pts
12	Ceuta	22.4	-2.5 pts
12	Guadeloupe	22.4	-1.4 pts
14	Guyane	21.9	-1.1 pts
15	Attiki	21.6	-1.4 pts
15	Calabria	21.6	-1.6 pts
17	Sicilia	21.5	-0.6 pts
18	Campania	20.9	+0.5 pts
18	Sterea Elláda	20.9	-4.1 pts
20	Castilla-La Mancha	20.8	-2.8 pts
21	Thessalia	20.7	-4.8 pts
22	Ionia Nisia	19.7	+3.7 pts
23	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	19.5	-3.3 pts
24	Puglia	18.9	-0.5 pts
25	Valencian Community	18.2	-2.4 pts
26	Region of Murcia	18	-1.8 pts
27	Martinique	17.8	0 pts
28	Kriti	17.7	-4.9 pts
29	Sardegna	17	-0.3 pts
30	Peloponnisos	16.8	-2.4 pts
31	Notio Aigaio	16	-1.5 pts
31	Panonska Hrvatska	16	-1.1 pts
33	Galicia	15.7	-1.5 pts
34	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Series break	14.9	-1.9 pts
35	Molise	14.6	+1.8 pts
36	Castile and León	14.1	-1.7 pts
37	Asturias	13.7	-3.9 pts
38	Cantabria	13.6	-1.3 pts
39	Catalonia	13.4	-2.3 pts
39	Community of Madrid	13.4	-2.3 pts
41	Nord-Pas de Calais	12.9	-0.4 pts
42	Basilicata	12.8	-0.5 pts
43	Balearic Islands	12.4	-1.5 pts
44	Languedoc-Roussillon	12.3	+0.4 pts
45	La Rioja	12	-1.5 pts
45	Východné Slovensko	12	-1.2 pts
47	Abruzzo	11.7	-0.4 pts
47	Aragon	11.7	-3.1 pts
49	Prov. Hainaut Series break	11.4	-0.4 pts
50	Basque Country	11.3	-1.3 pts
50	Haute-Normandie	11.3	-0.2 pts
50	Severozapaden	11.3	+0.7 pts
53	Kýpros	11.1	-1.9 pts
54	Lorraine	11	-0.7 pts
55	Jadranska Hrvatska	10.8	-3.1 pts
56	Bourgogne	10.7	+1.1 pts
56	Lazio	10.7	-0.5 pts
58	Marche	10.6	0 pts
58	Umbria	10.6	+1 pts
60	Prov. Liège Series break	10.5	-0.6 pts
61	Wien	10.4	-0.9 pts
62	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	10.3	-0.3 pts
62	Região Autónoma da Madeira	10.3	-2.5 pts
64	Navarre	10.2	-2.3 pts
65	Aquitaine	10.1	+0.1 pts
66	Picardie	10	-1.5 pts
67	Corse	9.8	+1.5 pts
67	Norte	9.8	-2.4 pts
69	Champagne-Ardenne	9.6	-1.7 pts
69	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	9.6	-0.6 pts
71	Liguria	9.5	-0.3 pts
72	Severoiztochen	9.4	-0.4 pts
72	Stredné Slovensko	9.4	-1.4 pts
74	Länsi-Suomi	9.3	-0.1 pts
75	Piemonte	9.1	-0.3 pts
75	Poitou-Charentes	9.1	+0.1 pts
77	Alsace	9	-1.9 pts
78	Região Autónoma dos Açores	8.8	-2.1 pts
79	Ile-de-France	8.7	-0.5 pts
79	Latvija	8.7	-0.9 pts
79	Sjeverna Hrvatska	8.7	-1.3 pts
82	Toscana	8.6	-0.9 pts
83	Centre - Val de Loire	8.5	-1.4 pts
83	Etelä-Suomi	8.5	-0.6 pts
85	Auvergne	8.4	+1.2 pts
85	Podkarpackie	8.4	-1.2 pts
85	Sydsverige	8.4	0 pts
88	Grad Zagreb	8.2	-1.3 pts
89	Basse-Normandie	8.1	-0.5 pts
89	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	8.1	-0.8 pts
91	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	7.8	-0.9 pts
92	Algarve	7.7	-1.6 pts
92	Helsinki-Uusimaa	7.7	+0.3 pts
92	Sud-Vest Oltenia	7.7	-2.2 pts
95	Östra Mellansverige	7.6	-0.1 pts
95	Prov. Brabant wallon Series break	7.6	-0.3 pts
97	Észak-Alföld	7.4	-1.9 pts
97	Prov. Namur Series break	7.4	-2.3 pts
99	Bretagne	7.3	-1.3 pts
99	Rhône-Alpes	7.3	-0.8 pts
101	Groningen	7.2	-1 pts
101	Lubelskie	7.2	-0.8 pts
101	Midi-Pyrénées	7.2	-1.3 pts
101	Warmińsko-mazurskie	7.2	-1.6 pts
105	Pays de la Loire	7.1	-1.8 pts
106	Berlin	7	-0.8 pts
106	Southern Series break	7	-1.6 pts
106	Świętokrzyskie	7	-1.9 pts
106	Yugoiztochen	7	-0.9 pts
110	Franche-Comté	6.9	-1.2 pts
110	Norra Mellansverige	6.9	-0.6 pts
110	Sachsen-Anhalt	6.9	-0.5 pts
110	Severen tsentralen	6.9	-2.4 pts
114	Sud-Muntenia	6.8	-2.1 pts
114	Vzhodna Slovenija	6.8	-2.1 pts
116	Eastern and Midland Series break	6.7	-1.5 pts
116	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	6.7	-0.9 pts
116	Prov. Luxembourg (BE) Series break	6.7	-1.1 pts
119	Emilia-Romagna	6.6	-0.4 pts
120	Sud-Est	6.5	-1.2 pts
121	Lombardia	6.4	-1 pts
121	Mazowiecki regionalny	6.4	-1.4 pts
121	Zahodna Slovenija	6.4	-0.7 pts
124	Dél-Dunántúl	6.3	+0.1 pts
124	Limousin	6.3	-0.8 pts
124	Stockholm	6.3	-0.2 pts
124	Veneto	6.3	-0.5 pts
128	Hovedstaden Series break	6.2	0 pts
128	Mellersta Norrland	6.2	-0.6 pts
128	Northern and Western Series break	6.2	-2.4 pts
131	Syddanmark Series break	6.1	0 pts
132	Västsverige	6	-0.5 pts
133	Övre Norrland	5.9	+0.1 pts
133	Prov. Antwerpen Series break	5.9	-0.2 pts
135	Eesti	5.8	-1.1 pts
135	Észak-Magyarország	5.8	-0.5 pts
137	Flevoland	5.7	-2.3 pts
137	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	5.7	-1.2 pts
139	Friesland (NL)	5.6	-1.1 pts
139	Nordjylland Series break	5.6	-0.4 pts
139	Sjælland Series break	5.6	-0.6 pts
142	Kujawsko-pomorskie	5.5	-1.9 pts
142	Luxembourg	5.5	-0.8 pts
142	Småland med öarna	5.5	-0.7 pts
142	Západné Slovensko	5.5	-2.2 pts
146	Midtjylland Series break	5.4	0 pts
147	Yuzhen tsentralen	5.3	-1.8 pts
148	Burgenland	5.2	-0.5 pts
148	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	5.2	-1.1 pts
150	Leipzig	5.1	-0.9 pts
150	Overijssel	5.1	-1.1 pts
152	Drenthe	5	-1.5 pts
153	Kärnten	4.8	-0.6 pts
153	Limburg (NL)	4.8	-0.9 pts
153	Niederösterreich	4.8	-0.4 pts
153	Sostinės regionas	4.8	-0.8 pts
157	Arnsberg	4.7	-0.3 pts
157	Dolnośląskie	4.7	-0.8 pts
157	Moravskoslezsko	4.7	-2.2 pts
157	Podlaskie	4.7	-2 pts
157	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Series break	4.7	-0.1 pts
157	Zachodniopomorskie	4.7	-2.3 pts
163	Łódzkie	4.6	-1 pts
164	Brandenburg	4.5	-0.1 pts
164	Gelderland	4.5	-1.1 pts
164	Hannover	4.5	-0.2 pts
164	Noord-Holland	4.5	-1 pts
164	Saarland	4.5	-0.4 pts
164	Steiermark	4.5	-0.6 pts
170	Braunschweig	4.4	-0.2 pts
170	Thüringen	4.4	-0.7 pts
170	Vest	4.4	-0.5 pts
173	Bremen	4.3	-1.1 pts
173	Bucureşti-Ilfov	4.3	-0.4 pts
173	Dresden	4.3	-0.6 pts
173	Düsseldorf	4.3	-0.6 pts
173	Opolskie	4.3	-0.7 pts
178	Bratislavský kraj	4.2	-0.9 pts
178	Centru	4.2	-1 pts
178	Hamburg	4.2	+0.1 pts
178	Małopolskie	4.2	-1 pts
178	Noord-Brabant	4.2	-1.1 pts
178	Pomorskie	4.2	-1.5 pts
184	Chemnitz	4.1	-0.3 pts
184	Dél-Alföld	4.1	-1.5 pts
184	Prov. Limburg (BE) Series break	4.1	-0.7 pts
187	Malta	4	-0.7 pts
187	Oberösterreich	4	-0.5 pts
189	Detmold	3.9	-0.2 pts
189	Münster	3.9	-0.4 pts
189	Śląskie	3.9	-1.5 pts
192	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	3.8	-0.3 pts
193	Köln	3.7	-0.2 pts
193	Lubuskie	3.7	-1 pts
193	Vorarlberg	3.7	+0.3 pts
196	Gießen	3.6	-0.4 pts
196	Nord-Vest	3.6	-0.7 pts
196	Schleswig-Holstein	3.6	-0.4 pts
199	Darmstadt	3.5	-0.5 pts
199	Warszawski stołeczny	3.5	-0.2 pts
201	Lüneburg	3.4	+0.1 pts
201	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Series break	3.4	-0.8 pts
201	Severozápad	3.4	-1.8 pts
204	Karlsruhe	3.3	+0.2 pts
204	Střední Morava	3.3	-0.6 pts
204	Tirol	3.3	-0.2 pts
204	Yugozapaden	3.3	-2.1 pts
208	Prov. West-Vlaanderen Series break	3.2	-0.5 pts
209	Jihovýchod	3.1	-0.6 pts
209	Koblenz	3.1	-0.3 pts
209	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	3.1	-0.6 pts
209	Salzburg	3.1	-0.3 pts
209	Wielkopolskie	3.1	-1.7 pts
214	Oberfranken	3	-0.3 pts
214	Stuttgart	3	-0.3 pts
214	Weser-Ems	3	-0.6 pts
217	Budapest	2.9	-1.4 pts
217	Freiburg	2.9	-0.1 pts
217	Nord-Est	2.9	-0.1 pts
217	Zeeland	2.9	-1 pts
221	Severovýchod	2.8	-1.2 pts
222	Pest	2.6	-0.5 pts
222	Schwaben	2.6	-0.1 pts
224	Kassel	2.5	-1.2 pts
225	Nyugat-Dunántúl	2.4	-0.3 pts
226	Unterfranken	2.3	-0.2 pts
227	Közép-Dunántúl	2.2	-0.8 pts
227	Oberbayern	2.2	-0.2 pts
227	Oberpfalz	2.2	-0.7 pts
227	Tübingen	2.2	-0.4 pts
231	Jihozápad	2.1	-1 pts
231	Mittelfranken	2.1	-0.4 pts
231	Niederbayern	2.1	0 pts
231	Střední Čechy	2.1	-1 pts
235	Trier	2	-0.7 pts
236	Praha	1.7	-0.5 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. 7 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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 29.6% in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest unemployment rate?

Praha, with 1.7% in 2017.

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. 7 regions have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.