EU labour market – quarterly statistics
By European Union
In Q1 2025, 197.9 million persons in the EU were employed. The EU seasonally adjusted employment rate for people aged 20-64 years stood at 76.1%, up from 76.0% in Q4 2024 as shown in Figure 1.
For the same period, the seasonally adjusted total labour market slack in the EU, which is the unmet need for work, amounted to 23.6 million persons, which represented 10.9% of the extended labour force in Q1 2025, up from 10.8% in Q4 2024. Regarding its main component, unemployment, 12.0 million persons were unemployed in Q1 2025. The EU seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.7%, up from 5.6% in Q4 2024. Underemployed part-time workers accounted for 2.3% of the extended labour force, those available for work but not seeking work accounted for another 2.3%, and those actively seeking work but not available to take up work accounted for 0.8%. These 3 indicators remained stable compared with Q4 2024.
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