List of European regions by unemployment rate

This is a list of European regions (NUTS2 regions) sorted by their unemployment rate (European definition). Eurostat calculates the unemployment rate based on the information provided by national statistics institutes affiliated to eurostat. The list presents statistics for the years 2006 to 2018 from EUROSTAT, as of March 2019.^[1]

2006 to 2018 list

List of European regions and territories by unemployment rate in percent 2006 to 2018

Region (NUTS2)	Country	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Brussels	Belgium	17.6	17.1	15.9	15.7	17.3	16.9	17.4	19.3	18.3	17.3	16.7	14.8	13.2
Severoiztochen	Bulgaria	11.0	10.8	8.6	10.4	14.6	15.4	18.2	16.8	12.6	10.3	9.7	9.4	7.4
Prague	Czech Republic	2.8	2.4	1.9	3.1	3.7	3.6	3.1	3.1	2.5	2.8	2.2	1.7	1.3
Capital Region of Denmark	Denmark	4.8	4.3	3.7	6.2	7.9	8.1	8.2	7.4	7.1	6.7	6.6	6.1	5.3
Berlin	Germany	18.7	16.4	15.2	13.7	12.8	11.6	10.4	10.4	9.8	9.4	7.8	7.0	6.1
Estonia	Estonia	5.9	4.6	5.5	13.5	16.7	12.3	10.0	8.6	7.4	6.2	6.8	5.8	5.4
Central Greece	Greece	9.2	9.4	8.5	10.5	12.5	19.0	27.9	28.2	26.8	25.8	25.0	20.8	18.9
Community of Madrid	Spain	6.3	6.2	8.6	13.9	15.8	16.3	18.5	19.8	18.7	17.1	15.7	13.3	12.2
Centre-Val de Loire	France	6.9	5.8	5.5	6.7	7.0	8.3	10.8	10.6	9.5	10.7	9.9	8.6	8.3
Continental Croatia	Croatia	10.6	10.3	8.5	9.0	11.9	13.9	16.5	18.3	17.3	15.9	12.6	11.4	8.0
Lazio	Italy	7.5	6.4	7.5	8.4	9.2	8.7	10.6	12.0	12.5	11.8	11.1	10.7	11.1
Cyprus	Cyprus	4.5	3.9	3.7	5.4	6.3	7.9	11.8	15.9	16.1	14.9	12.9	11.1	8.4
Latvia	Latvia	7.0	6.1	7.7	17.5	19.5	16.2	15.0	11.9	10.8	9.9	9.6	8.7	7.4
Vilnius County	Lithuania	4.9	3.6	5.1	12.6	15.5	13.1	11.9	9.7	8.5	7.6	5.6	4.8	4.6
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	4.7	4.1	5.1	5.1	4.4	4.9	5.1	5.8	5.9	6.7	6.3	5.5	5.6
Budapest	Hungary	4.8	4.6	4.1	6.3	8.4	8.5	9.0	8.5	6.0	5.1	4.3	2.9	3.1
Malta	Malta	6.8	6.5	6.0	6.9	6.8	6.4	6.2	6.1	5.7	5.4	4.7	4.0	3.7
South Holland	Netherlands	4.4	3.5	3.0	3.6	5.0	5.6	6.9	7.9	8.4	7.8	7.1	5.5	4.3
Vienna	Austria	9.7	9.2	7.3	8.7	8.3	8.0	8.9	9.2	10.2	10.6	11.3	10.4	10.0
Warsaw	Poland								5.9	5.8	4.9	3.6	3.5	2.4
Lisbon Metropolitan Area	Portugal	8.5	8.9	8.2	9.8	11.3	14.1	17.6	18.5	14.9	13.1	11.9	9.5	7.4
Bucharest - Ilfov	Romania	4.8	4.1	3.4	4.0	4.7	5.6	6.5	8.0	7.2	5.3	4.7	4.3	3.6
Central Slovakia	Slovakia	16.4	15.3	13.1	14.6	16.5	15.9	16.2	16.8	15.9	12.8	10.8	9.4	7.5
Helsinki-Uusimaa	Finland	5.4	5.0	4.8	6.2	6.4	5.8	6.3	6.7	7.3	8.0	7.4	7.7	6.9
Stockholm	Sweden	6.1	5.6	5.2	6.8	7.2	6.6	6.8	6.9	7.1	7.0	6.5	6.3	5.6
Inner London - East	United Kingdom					10.9	12.0	10.7	9.8	7.8	7.2	7.2	5.3	4.3
Iceland	Iceland	2.8	2.3	2.9	7.2	7.6	7.0	6.0	5.4	4.9	4.0	3.0	2.7	2.7
Oslo and Akershus	Norway	3.5	2.5	3.6	4.0	3.4	3.2	3.9	3.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.2
Lake Geneva	Switzerland	5.2	4.8	4.6	5.9	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.8	7.5
Montenegro	Montenegro						19.7	20.0	19.5	18.0	17.5	17.7	16.1	15.2
North Macedonia	North Macedonia	36.0	34.9	33.8	32.2	32.0	31.4	31.0	29.0	28.0	26.1	23.7	22.4	20.7
Vojvodina	Serbia								23.9	19.9	16.6	15.1	12.2	10.5
Istanbul	Turkey	10.5	9.4	10.0	15.9	13.5	11.1	10.7	10.6	11.9	12.8	13.5	13.8	12.4