EU regions (NUTS 2) by unemployment rate

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by unemployment rate, 2021
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Ceuta had the highest unemployment rate of 240 regions in 2021, at 30.8%. Niederbayern had the lowest, at 1.8%. The median was 5.75% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 7.1%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest30.8Ceuta

Lowest1.8Niederbayern

Median5.75240 regions

European Union (27)7.1History

Top 40 regions, 2021

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%. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2021 (%)	Change on 2020
1	Ceuta Series break	30.8	+6.3 pts
2	Melilla Series break	25.4	+1.7 pts
3	Canary Islands Series break	23.5	+0.9 pts
4	Andalusia Series break	21.9	-0.4 pts
5	Extremadura Series break	20.2	-1.6 pts
6	Dytiki Makedonia Series break	19.8	+0.1 pts
7	Campania Series break	19.3	+1.1 pts
8	Notio Aigaio Series break	18.8	+2.1 pts
9	Sicilia Series break	18.7	+0.6 pts
10	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki Series break	18.5	+1.3 pts
11	Calabria Series break	18	-1.9 pts
12	La Réunion Series break	17.9	+0.5 pts
13	Dytiki Elláda Series break	17.5	-4.1 pts
14	Sterea Elláda Series break	17.2	-2.1 pts
15	Guadeloupe Series break	17.1	-0.4 pts
16	Thessalia Series break	16.7	-0.2 pts
17	Kriti Series break	16.3	-1 pts
18	Kentriki Makedonia Series break	16.1	-2.3 pts
18	Valencian Community Series break	16.1	-0.1 pts
20	Castilla-La Mancha Series break	15.7	-2 pts
21	Ipeiros Series break	15.1	-2.8 pts
22	Region of Murcia Series break	14.7	-1.5 pts
23	Guyane Series break	14.6	-1.5 pts
23	Puglia Series break	14.6	+0.5 pts
25	Balearic Islands Series break	14.3	-1.8 pts
26	Voreio Aigaio Series break	13.9	-2.6 pts
27	Sardegna Series break	13.5	+0.5 pts
28	Ionia Nisia Series break	13.2	-2.8 pts
29	Martinique Series break	12.8	+0.4 pts
30	Peloponnisos Series break	12.7	+1.3 pts
31	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Series break	12.4	+0.1 pts
32	Asturias Series break	12.3	-1.8 pts
33	Wien Series break	12.1	+1.4 pts
34	Attiki Series break	11.9	-2.2 pts
35	Catalonia Series break	11.7	-0.9 pts
35	Community of Madrid Series break	11.7	-0.8 pts
37	Castile and León Series break	11.6	-0.5 pts
37	Galicia Series break	11.6	-0.4 pts
37	La Rioja Series break	11.6	+0.8 pts
40	Languedoc-Roussillon Series break	11.4	+2.2 pts
41	Cantabria Series break	11.3	-0.9 pts
41	Sydsverige Series break	11.3	+0.8 pts
43	Molise Series break	10.9	+1.1 pts
43	Severozapaden Series break	10.9	-1.8 pts
43	Východné Slovensko Series break	10.9	+0.3 pts
46	Navarre Series break	10.7	+0.6 pts
47	Aragon Series break	10.3	-1.4 pts
47	Basque Country Series break	10.3	+0.8 pts
47	Prov. Hainaut Series break	10.3	+2 pts
50	Lazio Series break	10	+0.8 pts
51	Norra Mellansverige Series break	9.8	+1.9 pts
51	Östra Mellansverige Series break	9.8	+0.4 pts
53	Picardie Series break	9.7	+1.1 pts
54	Panonska Hrvatska Series break	9.5	-2.4 pts
55	Prov. Liège Series break	9.4	+1.6 pts
56	Abruzzo Series break	9.3	-0.3 pts
57	Jadranska Hrvatska Series break	9.2	+1.8 pts
57	Sud-Vest Oltenia Series break	9.2	+4.2 pts
59	Corse Series break	9.1	+1 pts
60	Champagne-Ardenne Series break	8.9	-2.8 pts
61	Nord-Pas de Calais Series break	8.8	-0.3 pts
62	Península de Setúbal Series break	8.7	+1 pts
63	Algarve Series break	8.6	+0.2 pts
63	Poitou-Charentes Series break	8.6	0 pts
65	Lorraine Series break	8.5	-0.2 pts
65	Västsverige Series break	8.5	+0.9 pts
67	Liguria Series break	8.4	+0.2 pts
68	Basilicata Series break	8.3	-0.4 pts
68	Stockholm Series break	8.3	+0.7 pts
70	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas Series break	8.2	-1.1 pts
71	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Series break	8.1	+0.1 pts
72	Ile-de-France Series break	8	-0.2 pts
73	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi Series break	7.8	-1 pts
73	Região Autónoma da Madeira Series break	7.8	+0.2 pts
75	Helsinki-Uusimaa Series break	7.7	+0.5 pts
75	Länsi-Suomi Series break	7.7	0 pts
75	Sud-Muntenia Series break	7.7	+1.8 pts
78	Haute-Normandie Series break	7.6	-0.7 pts
78	Latvija Series break	7.6	-0.5 pts
78	Prov. Namur Series break	7.6	+1.5 pts
78	Småland med öarna Series break	7.6	-0.1 pts
82	Etelä-Suomi Series break	7.5	-0.2 pts
82	Stredné Slovensko Series break	7.5	+0.8 pts
82	Toscana Series break	7.5	+0.8 pts
85	Aquitaine Series break	7.4	+0.1 pts
86	Piemonte Series break	7.3	-0.2 pts
86	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste Series break	7.3	+1.5 pts
88	Centre - Val de Loire Series break	7.2	-1.7 pts
88	Kýpros Series break	7.2	-0.4 pts
88	Rhône-Alpes Series break	7.2	-0.3 pts
91	Alsace Series break	7.1	-0.2 pts
91	Bourgogne Series break	7.1	-0.7 pts
91	Marche Series break	7.1	-0.3 pts
94	Auvergne Series break	7	+1.5 pts
94	Észak-Alföld Series break	7	-0.3 pts
94	Franche-Comté Series break	7	+1.4 pts
94	Região Autónoma dos Açores Series break	7	+1.1 pts
98	Alentejo Series break	6.8	+0.7 pts
98	Grande Lisboa Series break	6.8	-1.3 pts
98	Nord-Est Series break	6.8	+3.8 pts
98	Prov. Brabant wallon Series break	6.8	+0.6 pts
102	Norte Series break	6.7	-0.2 pts
102	Severen tsentralen Series break	6.7	+1 pts
104	Umbria Series break	6.6	-1.6 pts
105	Bremen Series break	6.5	n/a
105	Eastern and Midland Series break	6.5	+0.7 pts
105	Southern Series break	6.5	+0.7 pts
108	Basse-Normandie Series break	6.4	+0.3 pts
109	Limousin Series break	6.3	-0.9 pts
109	Mellersta Norrland Series break	6.3	-1.3 pts
111	Eesti Series break	6.2	-0.8 pts
111	Észak-Magyarország Series break	6.2	+1.1 pts
111	Övre Norrland Series break	6.2	0 pts
114	Midi-Pyrénées Series break	6.1	+0.5 pts
115	Oeste e Vale do Tejo Series break	6	+0.4 pts
115	Pays de la Loire Series break	6	-0.9 pts
115	Sud-Est Series break	6	-1.4 pts
118	Lombardia Series break	5.9	+0.8 pts
118	Severoiztochen Series break	5.9	-0.1 pts
120	Bretagne Series break	5.8	-0.9 pts
121	Berlin Series break	5.7	-0.4 pts
121	Friuli-Venezia Giulia Series break	5.7	+0.1 pts
121	Hovedstaden Series break	5.7	-0.4 pts
124	Kärnten Series break	5.6	+0.9 pts
124	Prov. Luxembourg (BE) Series break	5.6	+0.5 pts
126	Emilia-Romagna Series break	5.5	-0.3 pts
126	Yugoiztochen Series break	5.5	+1 pts
128	Centro (PT) Series break	5.4	-0.2 pts
128	Groningen Series break	5.4	+0.2 pts
130	Grad Zagreb Series break	5.3	+0.6 pts
130	Luxembourg Series break	5.3	-1.5 pts
130	Veneto Series break	5.3	-0.5 pts
133	Lubelskie Series break	5.2	-0.4 pts
133	Nordjylland Series break	5.2	-0.7 pts
133	Prov. Antwerpen Series break	5.2	+1.2 pts
136	Burgenland Series break	5.1	+0.9 pts
136	Centru Series break	5.1	-2 pts
136	Niederösterreich Series break	5.1	+0.9 pts
136	Zuid-Holland Series break	5.1	+0.7 pts
140	Northern and Western Series break	5	0 pts
140	Sjælland Series break	5	-0.4 pts
140	Vzhodna Slovenija Series break	5	-0.5 pts
143	Midtjylland Series break	4.8	-0.7 pts
143	Podkarpackie Series break	4.8	+0.5 pts
143	Provincia Autonoma di Trento Series break	4.8	-0.6 pts
143	Sostinės regionas Series break	4.8	-2 pts
143	Tirol Series break	4.8	+1.7 pts
148	Dél-Dunántúl Series break	4.7	-0.6 pts
148	Západné Slovensko Series break	4.7	0 pts
150	Flevoland Series break	4.6	+0.7 pts
150	Moravskoslezsko Series break	4.6	+1 pts
150	Salzburg Series break	4.6	+1.6 pts
150	Sjeverna Hrvatska Series break	4.6	-0.4 pts
154	Friesland (NL) Series break	4.5	+0.6 pts
154	Hamburg Series break	4.5	-0.3 pts
154	Kujawsko-pomorskie Series break	4.5	+1.4 pts
154	Leipzig Series break	4.5	-0.8 pts
154	Łódzkie Series break	4.5	+1.4 pts
154	Noord-Holland Series break	4.5	+0.6 pts
154	Świętokrzyskie Series break	4.5	+0.2 pts
154	Syddanmark Series break	4.5	-0.6 pts
154	Zahodna Slovenija Series break	4.5	+0.1 pts
163	Dél-Alföld Series break	4.4	-0.2 pts
163	Düsseldorf Series break	4.4	-0.7 pts
165	Severozápad Series break	4.3	+0.3 pts
165	Steiermark Series break	4.3	-0.1 pts
167	Arnsberg Series break	4.2	-0.9 pts
167	Rheinhessen-Pfalz Series break	4.2	+0.2 pts
167	Sachsen-Anhalt Series break	4.2	-0.6 pts
170	Darmstadt Series break	4.1	-0.1 pts
170	Dolnośląskie Series break	4.1	+0.9 pts
170	Köln Series break	4.1	0 pts
170	Vorarlberg Series break	4.1	+0.5 pts
174	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Series break	4	+0.1 pts
174	Utrecht Series break	4	+0.5 pts
176	Braunschweig Series break	3.9	-0.6 pts
176	Detmold Series break	3.9	+0.2 pts
176	Gelderland Series break	3.9	+0.4 pts
176	Yuzhen tsentralen Series break	3.9	+0.5 pts
180	Limburg (NL) Series break	3.8	+0.3 pts
180	Malta Series break	3.8	-1.1 pts
180	Mazowiecki regionalny Series break	3.8	-0.9 pts
180	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Series break	3.8	-0.7 pts
180	Oberösterreich Series break	3.8	-0.1 pts
180	Overijssel Series break	3.8	+0.3 pts
180	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen Series break	3.8	+0.1 pts
187	Münster Series break	3.7	+0.1 pts
188	Prov. West-Vlaanderen Series break	3.6	+0.3 pts
188	Weser-Ems Series break	3.6	+0.3 pts
188	Zeeland Series break	3.6	+1 pts
191	Bucureşti-Ilfov Series break	3.5	-1.2 pts
191	Drenthe Series break	3.5	-0.2 pts
191	Gießen Series break	3.5	-1.7 pts
191	Thüringen Series break	3.5	-0.7 pts
191	Vest Series break	3.5	-1.1 pts
191	Warmińsko-mazurskie Series break	3.5	+0.5 pts
191	Zachodniopomorskie Series break	3.5	+0.1 pts
198	Dresden Series break	3.4	-0.2 pts
198	Karlsruhe Series break	3.4	-0.1 pts
198	Mittelfranken Series break	3.4	-0.4 pts
198	Prov. Limburg (BE) Series break	3.4	-0.2 pts
198	Yugozapaden Series break	3.4	-0.1 pts
203	Oberfranken Series break	3.3	n/a
204	Freiburg Series break	3.2	+0.5 pts
204	Małopolskie Series break	3.2	+0.5 pts
204	Noord-Brabant Series break	3.2	-0.3 pts
204	Podlaskie Series break	3.2	+0.4 pts
204	Saarland Series break	3.2	n/a
204	Schleswig-Holstein Series break	3.2	-0.3 pts
210	Lüneburg Series break	3.1	-0.7 pts
210	Nord-Vest Series break	3.1	-0.7 pts
210	Stuttgart Series break	3.1	-0.4 pts
213	Brandenburg Series break	3	-1.2 pts
213	Kassel Series break	3	n/a
213	Tübingen Series break	3	+0.1 pts
216	Budapest Series break	2.9	-0.4 pts
216	Pest Series break	2.9	-0.4 pts
216	Śląskie Series break	2.9	+0.2 pts
219	Hannover Series break	2.8	-0.9 pts
219	Koblenz Series break	2.8	n/a
219	Opolskie Series break	2.8	0 pts
219	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Series break	2.8	+0.1 pts
219	Schwaben Series break	2.8	+0.3 pts
224	Oberbayern Series break	2.7	-0.1 pts
225	Bratislavský kraj Series break	2.6	-0.8 pts
225	Unterfranken Series break	2.6	n/a
227	Střední Čechy Series break	2.5	+0.6 pts
228	Jihovýchod Series break	2.4	+0.1 pts
228	Jihozápad Series break	2.4	+0.4 pts
228	Oberpfalz Series break	2.4	n/a
228	Pomorskie Series break	2.4	-0.8 pts
228	Severovýchod Series break	2.4	+0.1 pts
233	Chemnitz Series break	2.3	n/a
233	Nyugat-Dunántúl Series break	2.3	-0.1 pts
233	Praha Series break	2.3	0 pts
233	Wielkopolskie Series break	2.3	+0.5 pts
237	Střední Morava Series break	2.2	-0.3 pts
238	Közép-Dunántúl Series break	2.1	-0.7 pts
238	Warszawski stołeczny Series break	2.1	-0.5 pts
240	Niederbayern Series break	1.8	n/a

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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. 3 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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 2026-10-07.

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Which region has the highest unemployment rate?

Ceuta, with 30.8% in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest unemployment rate?

Niederbayern, with 1.8% in 2021.

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 2026-10-07. 3 regions have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.