EU regions (NUTS 2) by unemployment rate

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by unemployment rate, 2019
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Mayotte had the highest unemployment rate of 243 regions in 2019, at 30.1%. Střední Čechy had the lowest, at 1.3%. The median was 5.3% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 6.8%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest30.1Mayotte

Lowest1.3Střední Čechy

Median5.3243 regions

European Union (27)6.8History

Top 40 regions, 2019

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2019 (%)	Change on 2018
1	Mayotte	30.1	-5 pts
2	Melilla	27	+1.2 pts
3	Ceuta	25.8	-3.2 pts
4	Dytiki Makedonia	24.6	-2.4 pts
5	Dytiki Elláda	24.1	0 pts
6	Extremadura	21.6	-2.1 pts
7	La Réunion	21.3	-2.7 pts
8	Andalusia	21.2	-1.8 pts
9	Calabria	20.9	-0.7 pts
10	Guadeloupe	20.6	-2 pts
11	Canary Islands	20.5	+0.4 pts
12	Campania	20	-0.3 pts
13	Sicilia	19.9	-1.4 pts
14	Kentriki Makedonia	19.6	-1.1 pts
15	Guyane	19.3	+0.3 pts
16	Thessalia	18.7	+0.3 pts
17	Voreio Aigaio	17.7	-4.6 pts
18	Sterea Elláda	17.2	-1.7 pts
19	Attiki	16.9	-3 pts
20	Ipeiros	16.4	-3.7 pts
21	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	16.2	+0.2 pts
21	Castilla-La Mancha	16.2	-2 pts
23	Martinique	14.8	-2.5 pts
23	Puglia	14.8	-1.3 pts
23	Sardegna	14.8	-0.6 pts
26	Region of Murcia	14.7	-2.1 pts
27	Asturias	14.2	+0.6 pts
28	Valencian Community	14.1	-1.5 pts
29	Notio Aigaio	13.7	-3.2 pts
30	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	12.6	-0.6 pts
31	Ionia Nisia	12.4	-3.6 pts
32	Molise	12	-0.7 pts
32	Peloponnisos	12	-2.4 pts
34	Balearic Islands	11.8	+0.3 pts
34	Galicia	11.8	-1.5 pts
36	Kriti	11.7	-1.7 pts
37	Castile and León	11.6	-0.5 pts
38	Nord-Pas de Calais	11.2	-1 pts
39	Abruzzo	11.1	+0.3 pts
40	Catalonia	11	-0.5 pts
41	Basilicata	10.8	-1.7 pts
42	Community of Madrid	10.6	-1.6 pts
42	Severozapaden Series break	10.6	-0.7 pts
44	Languedoc-Roussillon	10.4	-1.3 pts
45	Cantabria	10.3	-0.4 pts
46	Aragon	10	-0.6 pts
46	La Rioja	10	-0.4 pts
48	Haute-Normandie	9.9	+0.6 pts
48	Lazio	9.9	-1.2 pts
50	Liguria	9.5	-0.3 pts
50	Panonska Hrvatska	9.5	-2.6 pts
52	Wien	9.3	-0.7 pts
53	Basque Country	9.2	-0.8 pts
54	Aquitaine	9.1	-0.2 pts
54	Champagne-Ardenne	9.1	+0.3 pts
54	Picardie	9.1	-0.1 pts
54	Východné Slovensko	9.1	-1 pts
58	Sydsverige	8.9	+0.3 pts
59	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	8.8	-0.5 pts
60	Marche	8.6	+0.5 pts
60	Prov. Hainaut	8.6	-1.4 pts
62	Umbria	8.4	-0.8 pts
63	Península de Setúbal	8.3	n/a
64	Basse-Normandie	8.2	+0.2 pts
64	Centre - Val de Loire	8.2	-0.2 pts
64	Franche-Comté	8.2	+1 pts
64	Navarre	8.2	-1.8 pts
68	Lorraine	8.1	-1.7 pts
68	Poitou-Charentes	8.1	-0.6 pts
70	Ile-de-France	7.9	-0.9 pts
71	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	7.8	-0.3 pts
72	Região Autónoma dos Açores	7.7	-0.7 pts
73	Pays de la Loire	7.6	-0.2 pts
73	Piemonte	7.6	-0.6 pts
75	Bourgogne	7.5	-1.4 pts
76	Alsace	7.3	-0.7 pts
76	Norra Mellansverige	7.3	+0.9 pts
76	Östra Mellansverige	7.3	+0.1 pts
79	Alentejo	7.2	n/a
79	Kýpros	7.2	-1.2 pts
79	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	7.2	+0.3 pts
82	Algarve	7	+0.6 pts
82	Limousin	7	0 pts
82	Prov. Namur	7	-1.5 pts
82	Rhône-Alpes	7	-0.3 pts
86	Bretagne	6.9	+0.1 pts
86	Região Autónoma da Madeira	6.9	-1.8 pts
88	Grande Lisboa	6.7	n/a
88	Mellersta Norrland	6.7	+1.2 pts
88	Midi-Pyrénées	6.7	-1 pts
88	Norte	6.7	-0.6 pts
88	Prov. Liège	6.7	-1.5 pts
88	Toscana	6.7	-0.6 pts
94	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	6.5	-0.6 pts
95	Helsinki-Uusimaa	6.4	-0.5 pts
95	Jadranska Hrvatska	6.4	-2.8 pts
95	Länsi-Suomi	6.4	-1 pts
95	Sud-Est	6.4	+0.3 pts
99	Corse	6.3	+1.3 pts
99	Észak-Alföld	6.3	-0.3 pts
99	Etelä-Suomi	6.3	-1.1 pts
99	Latvija	6.3	-1.1 pts
99	Småland med öarna	6.3	+0.6 pts
104	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	6.1	-0.6 pts
104	Övre Norrland	6.1	+0.7 pts
104	Stockholm	6.1	+0.5 pts
104	Stredné Slovensko	6.1	-1.4 pts
104	Västsverige	6.1	+0.5 pts
109	Severoiztochen Series break	5.9	-1.5 pts
110	Nordjylland	5.8	+0.3 pts
111	Auvergne	5.6	-2.2 pts
111	Lombardia	5.6	-0.4 pts
111	Luxembourg	5.6	0 pts
111	Veneto	5.6	-0.8 pts
115	Emilia-Romagna	5.5	-0.3 pts
115	Prov. Brabant wallon	5.5	-1.4 pts
115	Southern	5.5	-0.7 pts
118	Grad Zagreb	5.4	+0.3 pts
118	Lubelskie Series break	5.4	-0.9 pts
118	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	5.4	0 pts
121	Berlin	5.3	-0.8 pts
121	Centru	5.3	+1.1 pts
121	Sud-Vest Oltenia	5.3	-1.1 pts
124	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	5.2	n/a
125	Bremen	5.1	+0.8 pts
125	Groningen	5.1	-0.4 pts
125	Hovedstaden	5.1	-0.3 pts
125	Severen tsentralen Series break	5.1	-1.6 pts
129	Podkarpackie Series break	5	-1.5 pts
129	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	5	+0.2 pts
131	Centro (PT)	4.9	n/a
131	Midtjylland	4.9	+0.2 pts
131	Sjælland	4.9	-0.3 pts
131	Vzhodna Slovenija	4.9	-0.6 pts
135	Dél-Dunántúl	4.8	-0.6 pts
135	Northern and Western	4.8	-0.8 pts
135	Syddanmark	4.8	-0.1 pts
138	Eastern and Midland	4.7	-0.9 pts
138	Leipzig	4.7	-0.1 pts
138	Sud-Muntenia	4.7	-0.8 pts
141	Sachsen-Anhalt	4.6	-0.7 pts
141	Sjeverna Hrvatska	4.6	-1.2 pts
143	Eesti	4.5	-0.9 pts
143	Mazowiecki regionalny Series break	4.5	-1.2 pts
145	Észak-Magyarország	4.4	-0.4 pts
145	Sostinės regionas	4.4	-0.2 pts
147	Malta	4.1	+0.1 pts
147	Świętokrzyskie Series break	4.1	-1.7 pts
147	Zuid-Holland	4.1	n/a
150	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	4	-0.9 pts
150	Niederösterreich	4	+0.2 pts
150	Zahodna Slovenija	4	-0.8 pts
150	Západné Slovensko	4	-0.3 pts
154	Arnsberg	3.9	-0.1 pts
154	Kujawsko-pomorskie Series break	3.9	-0.4 pts
154	Yugoiztochen Series break	3.9	-1.5 pts
157	Düsseldorf	3.8	-0.5 pts
157	Kärnten	3.8	-0.3 pts
159	Chemnitz	3.7	+0.3 pts
159	Friesland (NL)	3.7	-1 pts
159	Moravskoslezsko	3.7	0 pts
159	Saarland	3.7	+0.1 pts
159	Thüringen	3.7	-0.4 pts
164	Burgenland	3.6	-0.6 pts
164	Hamburg	3.6	-0.5 pts
164	Łódzkie Series break	3.6	-0.8 pts
164	Prov. Antwerpen	3.6	-0.8 pts
164	Prov. Limburg (BE)	3.6	-0.2 pts
164	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	3.6	0 pts
170	Dresden	3.5	-0.6 pts
170	Flevoland	3.5	-1 pts
170	Hannover	3.5	-0.6 pts
173	Brandenburg	3.4	-0.7 pts
173	Dél-Alföld	3.4	0 pts
173	Köln	3.4	-0.3 pts
173	Münster	3.4	-0.2 pts
173	Vest	3.4	-0.2 pts
178	Braunschweig	3.3	-0.7 pts
178	Dolnośląskie Series break	3.3	0 pts
178	Gießen	3.3	-0.3 pts
178	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	3.3	-0.2 pts
178	Warmińsko-mazurskie Series break	3.3	-2.3 pts
183	Noord-Brabant	3.2	-0.3 pts
183	Noord-Holland	3.2	-0.6 pts
183	Opolskie Series break	3.2	0 pts
183	Steiermark	3.2	-0.8 pts
183	Vorarlberg	3.2	-0.1 pts
188	Darmstadt	3.1	0 pts
188	Gelderland	3.1	-0.2 pts
188	Limburg (NL)	3.1	-0.3 pts
188	Zachodniopomorskie Series break	3.1	-0.7 pts
192	Detmold	3	-0.3 pts
192	Nord-Vest	3	+0.1 pts
192	Overijssel	3	-0.7 pts
192	Podlaskie Series break	3	-0.2 pts
192	Severozápad	3	-0.4 pts
192	Weser-Ems	3	+0.3 pts
192	Yuzhen tsentralen Series break	3	-1.2 pts
199	Małopolskie Series break	2.9	0 pts
199	Oberösterreich	2.9	-0.3 pts
199	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	2.9	+0.2 pts
199	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	2.9	0 pts
199	Schleswig-Holstein	2.9	-0.2 pts
199	Utrecht	2.9	n/a
205	Drenthe	2.8	-1.4 pts
205	Karlsruhe	2.8	-0.2 pts
205	Kassel	2.8	-0.1 pts
205	Pomorskie Series break	2.8	-0.2 pts
209	Lüneburg	2.6	+0.1 pts
209	Wielkopolskie Series break	2.6	+0.4 pts
209	Zeeland	2.6	-0.1 pts
212	Bucureşti-Ilfov	2.5	-1.1 pts
212	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	2.5	-0.1 pts
214	Bratislavský kraj	2.4	-0.5 pts
214	Budapest	2.4	-0.6 pts
214	Pest	2.4	+0.2 pts
214	Salzburg	2.4	-0.4 pts
214	Śląskie Series break	2.4	-1 pts
214	Stuttgart	2.4	+0.1 pts
220	Koblenz	2.3	-0.5 pts
220	Oberfranken	2.3	0 pts
220	Oberpfalz	2.3	+0.4 pts
223	Freiburg	2.2	-0.4 pts
223	Schwaben	2.2	-0.2 pts
223	Střední Morava	2.2	0 pts
223	Yugozapaden Series break	2.2	-0.4 pts
227	Mittelfranken	2.1	+0.3 pts
227	Nord-Est	2.1	-0.3 pts
227	Tirol	2.1	-0.3 pts
227	Warszawski stołeczny Series break	2.1	-0.3 pts
231	Közép-Dunántúl	2	-0.2 pts
231	Lubuskie Series break	2	-1 pts
231	Niederbayern	2	0 pts
231	Trier	2	-0.6 pts
231	Unterfranken	2	0 pts
236	Jihovýchod	1.9	-0.4 pts
236	Oberbayern	1.9	-0.4 pts
236	Tübingen	1.9	0 pts
239	Nyugat-Dunántúl	1.7	-0.3 pts
239	Severovýchod	1.7	-0.3 pts
241	Jihozápad	1.5	0 pts
242	Praha	1.3	0 pts
242	Střední Čechy	1.3	-0.7 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. 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 30.1% in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest unemployment rate?

Střední Čechy, with 1.3% in 2019.

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.