EU regions (NUTS 2) by unemployment rate

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by unemployment rate, 2022
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Ceuta had the highest unemployment rate of 238 regions in 2022, at 30%. Střední Čechy had the lowest, at 1.2%. The median was 5.1% and the figure for the European Union (27) was 6.2%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest30Ceuta

Lowest1.2Střední Čechy

Median5.1238 regions

European Union (27)6.2History

Top 40 regions, 2022

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Ceuta	30	-0.8 pts
2	Melilla	25.9	+0.5 pts
3	Andalusia	19.1	-2.8 pts
4	Guadeloupe	18.6	+1.5 pts
5	La Réunion	18.1	+0.2 pts
6	Dytiki Makedonia	17.7	-2.1 pts
7	Canary Islands	17.6	-5.9 pts
8	Extremadura	17.3	-2.9 pts
9	Campania	17.1	-2.2 pts
10	Sicilia	16.6	-2.1 pts
11	Thessalia	16.4	-0.3 pts
12	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	14.7	-3.8 pts
12	Kentriki Makedonia	14.7	-1.4 pts
14	Calabria	14.6	-3.4 pts
14	Castilla-La Mancha	14.6	-1.1 pts
16	Sterea Elláda	13.8	-3.4 pts
17	Region of Murcia	13.6	-1.1 pts
18	Ipeiros	13.3	-1.8 pts
18	Valencian Community	13.3	-2.8 pts
20	Guyane	13.1	-1.5 pts
21	Ionia Nisia	12.9	-0.3 pts
22	Dytiki Elláda	12.6	-4.9 pts
22	Peloponnisos	12.6	-0.1 pts
24	Asturias	12.5	+0.2 pts
24	Martinique	12.5	-0.3 pts
26	Kriti	12.1	-4.2 pts
26	Puglia	12.1	-2.5 pts
28	Sardegna	11.5	-2 pts
28	Voreio Aigaio	11.5	-2.4 pts
30	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	11.4	-1 pts
31	Community of Madrid	11.2	-0.5 pts
32	Galicia	11	-0.6 pts
33	Notio Aigaio	10.7	-8.1 pts
34	Balearic Islands	10.6	-3.7 pts
34	Panonska Hrvatska	10.6	+1.1 pts
36	Molise	10.5	-0.4 pts
36	Prov. Hainaut	10.5	+0.2 pts
38	Východné Slovensko	10.2	-0.7 pts
39	Attiki	10	-1.9 pts
39	Catalonia	10	-1.7 pts
41	Castile and León	9.9	-1.7 pts
42	Navarre	9.7	-1 pts
42	Península de Setúbal	9.7	+1 pts
44	Aragon	9.6	-0.7 pts
44	Cantabria	9.6	-1.7 pts
44	La Rioja	9.6	-2 pts
47	Östra Mellansverige	9.5	-0.3 pts
48	Abruzzo	9.4	+0.1 pts
49	Sydsverige	9.3	-2 pts
50	Wien	9.2	-2.9 pts
51	Picardie	9.1	-0.6 pts
52	Languedoc-Roussillon	9	-2.4 pts
53	Basque Country	8.9	-1.4 pts
54	Sud-Vest Oltenia	8.8	-0.4 pts
55	Nord-Pas de Calais	8.7	-0.1 pts
56	Prov. Liège	8.3	-1.1 pts
57	Champagne-Ardenne	8	-0.9 pts
58	Haute-Normandie	7.9	+0.3 pts
58	Sud-Muntenia	7.9	+0.2 pts
60	Lazio	7.7	-2.3 pts
60	Norra Mellansverige	7.7	-2.1 pts
62	Etelä-Suomi	7.6	+0.1 pts
62	Ile-de-France	7.6	-0.4 pts
64	Sud-Est	7.3	+1.3 pts
65	Poitou-Charentes	7.2	-1.4 pts
65	Prov. Namur	7.2	-0.4 pts
67	Auvergne	7.1	+0.1 pts
67	Basilicata	7.1	-1.2 pts
67	Umbria	7.1	+0.5 pts
70	Liguria	7	-1.4 pts
70	Stockholm	7	-1.3 pts
72	Aquitaine	6.9	-0.5 pts
72	Latvija	6.9	-0.7 pts
72	Lorraine	6.9	-1.6 pts
75	Grande Lisboa	6.8	0 pts
75	Jadranska Hrvatska	6.8	-2.4 pts
75	Limousin	6.8	+0.5 pts
75	Região Autónoma da Madeira	6.8	-1 pts
75	Severozapaden	6.8	-4.1 pts
80	Alsace	6.7	-0.4 pts
80	Bourgogne	6.7	-0.4 pts
80	Helsinki-Uusimaa	6.7	-1 pts
80	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	6.7	-1.1 pts
80	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	6.7	-1.4 pts
85	Mellersta Norrland	6.6	+0.3 pts
85	Nord-Est	6.6	-0.2 pts
85	Rhône-Alpes	6.6	-0.6 pts
85	Stredné Slovensko	6.6	-0.9 pts
85	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	6.6	-1.6 pts
90	Piemonte	6.5	-0.8 pts
91	Centre - Val de Loire	6.4	-0.8 pts
91	Västsverige	6.4	-2.1 pts
93	Kýpros	6.3	-0.9 pts
93	Länsi-Suomi	6.3	-1.4 pts
95	Basse-Normandie	6.2	-0.2 pts
95	Észak-Alföld	6.2	-0.8 pts
95	Észak-Magyarország	6.2	0 pts
95	Marche	6.2	-0.9 pts
95	Midi-Pyrénées	6.2	+0.1 pts
95	Småland med öarna	6.2	-1.4 pts
101	Corse	6.1	-3 pts
101	Pays de la Loire	6.1	+0.1 pts
101	Região Autónoma dos Açores	6.1	-0.9 pts
104	Algarve	6	-2.6 pts
104	Norte	6	-0.7 pts
104	Toscana	6	-1.5 pts
107	Bretagne	5.9	+0.1 pts
107	Franche-Comté	5.9	-1.1 pts
109	Severen tsentralen	5.8	-0.9 pts
110	Bremen	5.6	-0.9 pts
110	Eesti	5.6	-0.6 pts
112	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	5.5	-0.5 pts
112	Prov. Brabant wallon	5.5	-1.3 pts
114	Centru	5.4	+0.3 pts
114	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	5.4	-1.9 pts
116	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	5.3	-0.4 pts
116	Grad Zagreb	5.3	0 pts
116	Severoiztochen	5.3	-0.6 pts
119	Övre Norrland	5.2	-1 pts
120	Emilia-Romagna	5	-0.5 pts
121	Alentejo	4.9	-1.9 pts
121	Lombardia	4.9	-1 pts
123	Berlin	4.8	-0.9 pts
123	Lubelskie	4.8	-0.4 pts
123	Nordjylland	4.8	-0.4 pts
123	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	4.8	-0.8 pts
127	Centro (PT)	4.7	-0.7 pts
127	Eastern and Midland	4.7	-1.8 pts
127	Groningen	4.7	-0.7 pts
127	Hovedstaden	4.7	-1 pts
127	Podkarpackie	4.7	-0.1 pts
132	Dél-Dunántúl	4.6	-0.1 pts
132	Luxembourg	4.6	-0.7 pts
132	Sostinės regionas	4.6	-0.2 pts
135	Kärnten	4.5	-1.1 pts
135	Syddanmark	4.5	0 pts
137	Yugoiztochen	4.4	-1.1 pts
138	Burgenland	4.3	-0.8 pts
138	Southern	4.3	-2.2 pts
140	Veneto	4.2	-1.1 pts
140	Vzhodna Slovenija	4.2	-0.8 pts
142	Midtjylland	4.1	-0.7 pts
142	Západné Slovensko	4.1	-0.6 pts
144	Dél-Alföld	4	-0.4 pts
144	Hamburg	4	-0.5 pts
144	Moravskoslezsko	4	-0.6 pts
144	Niederösterreich	4	-1.1 pts
144	Northern and Western	4	-1 pts
144	Prov. Antwerpen	4	-1.2 pts
144	Sjeverna Hrvatska	4	-0.6 pts
144	Zuid-Holland	4	-1.1 pts
152	Arnsberg	3.9	-0.3 pts
152	Darmstadt	3.9	-0.2 pts
152	Düsseldorf	3.9	-0.5 pts
152	Kujawsko-pomorskie	3.9	-0.6 pts
152	Sachsen-Anhalt	3.9	-0.3 pts
152	Sjælland	3.9	-1.1 pts
158	Friesland (NL)	3.8	-0.7 pts
158	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3.8	0 pts
158	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	3.8	-1 pts
158	Świętokrzyskie	3.8	-0.7 pts
158	Zahodna Slovenija	3.8	-0.7 pts
163	Mazowiecki regionalny	3.7	-0.1 pts
163	Saarland	3.7	+0.5 pts
163	Steiermark	3.7	-0.6 pts
163	Vest	3.7	+0.2 pts
167	Limburg (NL)	3.6	-0.2 pts
167	Noord-Holland	3.6	-0.9 pts
167	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	3.6	-0.4 pts
167	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	3.6	-0.6 pts
171	Dolnośląskie	3.5	-0.6 pts
171	Gelderland	3.5	-0.4 pts
171	Leipzig	3.5	-1 pts
171	Łódzkie	3.5	-1 pts
171	Malta	3.5	-0.3 pts
171	Prov. Limburg (BE)	3.5	+0.1 pts
177	Dresden	3.4	0 pts
177	Münster	3.4	-0.3 pts
177	Warmińsko-mazurskie	3.4	-0.1 pts
180	Brandenburg	3.3	+0.3 pts
180	Flevoland	3.3	-1.3 pts
180	Overijssel	3.3	-0.5 pts
180	Severozápad	3.3	-1 pts
180	Utrecht	3.3	-0.7 pts
185	Karlsruhe	3.2	-0.2 pts
185	Köln	3.2	-0.9 pts
185	Tirol	3.2	-1.6 pts
185	Vorarlberg	3.2	-0.9 pts
189	Braunschweig	3.1	-0.8 pts
189	Hannover	3.1	+0.3 pts
189	Nord-Vest	3.1	0 pts
189	Yugozapaden	3.1	-0.3 pts
193	Noord-Brabant	3	-0.2 pts
193	Oberfranken	3	-0.3 pts
193	Salzburg	3	-1.6 pts
193	Thüringen	3	-0.5 pts
197	Drenthe	2.9	-0.6 pts
197	Mittelfranken	2.9	-0.5 pts
197	Oberösterreich	2.9	-0.9 pts
197	Schleswig-Holstein	2.9	-0.3 pts
197	Yuzhen tsentralen	2.9	-1 pts
202	Koblenz	2.8	0 pts
202	Střední Morava	2.8	+0.6 pts
202	Stuttgart	2.8	-0.3 pts
205	Bucureşti-Ilfov	2.7	-0.8 pts
205	Detmold	2.7	-1.2 pts
205	Opolskie	2.7	-0.1 pts
205	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	2.7	-0.9 pts
205	Weser-Ems	2.7	-0.9 pts
210	Gießen	2.6	-0.9 pts
210	Lüneburg	2.6	-0.5 pts
210	Zeeland	2.6	-1 pts
213	Podlaskie	2.5	-0.7 pts
214	Kassel	2.4	-0.6 pts
214	Małopolskie	2.4	-0.8 pts
214	Nyugat-Dunántúl	2.4	+0.1 pts
217	Bratislavský kraj	2.3	-0.3 pts
217	Budapest	2.3	-0.6 pts
217	Chemnitz	2.3	0 pts
217	Freiburg	2.3	-0.9 pts
217	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	2.3	-1.5 pts
217	Schwaben	2.3	-0.5 pts
217	Zachodniopomorskie	2.3	-1.2 pts
224	Oberbayern	2.2	-0.5 pts
224	Pest	2.2	-0.7 pts
224	Severovýchod	2.2	-0.2 pts
224	Śląskie	2.2	-0.7 pts
224	Unterfranken	2.2	-0.4 pts
229	Tübingen	2.1	-0.9 pts
230	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	2	-0.8 pts
230	Warszawski stołeczny	2	-0.1 pts
230	Wielkopolskie	2	-0.3 pts
233	Pomorskie	1.9	-0.5 pts
234	Jihovýchod	1.7	-0.7 pts
234	Jihozápad	1.7	-0.7 pts
234	Közép-Dunántúl	1.7	-0.4 pts
237	Praha	1.6	-0.7 pts
238	Střední Čechy	1.2	-1.3 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. 5 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2022 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% in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest unemployment rate?

Střední Čechy, with 1.2% in 2022.

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. 5 regions have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.