| Table 6.1 Labour Force Survey results classified by ILO Economic Status for persons in EU member states 1 |
| % |
| | | Employment rate % (15-64 years) | | Unemployment rate % (15-74 years) | | Participation rate % (15 years and over) |
| | | Q4 23 | Q4 24 | Annual change | | Q4 23 | Q4 24 | Annual change | | | Q4 23 | Q4 24 | Annual change |
| | | | | Q4 24pp 2 | | | | Q4 24pp 2 | | | | | Q4 24pp 2 |
| EU27 | 70.6 | 70.9 | 0.3 | | 6.1 | 5.7 | -0.4 | | | 58.1 | 58.0 | -0.1 |
| Eurozone 3 | 70.3 | 70.6 | 0.3 | | 6.5 | 6.1 | -0.4 | | | 58.0 | 57.9 | -0.1 |
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| Belgium | 66.9 | 67.3 | 0.4 | | 5.5 | 5.9 | 0.4 | | | 55.2 | 55.6 | 0.4 |
| Bulgaria 5 | 70.5 | 70.7 | 0.2 | | 4.2 | 3.8 | -0.4 | | | 55.4 | 55.3 | -0.1 |
| Czech Republic | 75.4 | 75.8 | 0.4 | | 2.6 | 2.5 | -0.1 | | | 60.2 | 60.6 | 0.4 |
| Denmark | 76.7 | 76.7 | 0.0 | | 5.9 | 6.5 | 0.6 | | | 64.6 | 65.3 | 0.7 |
| Germany | 77.5 | 77.8 | 0.3 | | 3.1 | 3.3 | 0.2 | | | 61.9 | 62.3 | 0.4 |
| Estonia | 75.9 | 75.2 | -0.7 | | 6.3 | 7.4 | 1.1 | | | 66.2 | 66.5 | 0.3 |
| Ireland | 74.0 | 74.3 | 0.3 | | 4.2 | 4.0 | -0.2 | | | 65.4 | 65.5 | 0.1 |
| Greece | 61.7 | 63.4 | 1.7 | | 10.5 | 9.5 | -1.0 | | | 51.7 | 52.5 | 0.8 |
| Spain 4 | 65.7 | 66.4 | 0.7 | | 11.8 | 10.6 | -1.2 | | | 58.1 | 57.8 | -0.3 |
| France 4 | 68.3 | 68.7 | 0.4 | | 7.7 | 7.4 | -0.3 | | | 56.4 | 56.3 | -0.1 |
| Croatia 4 | | 66.5 | 67.8 | 1.3 | | 6.0 | 5.0 | -1.0 | | | 53.3 | 53.3 | 0.0 |
| Italy | 62.1 | 62.3 | 0.2 | | 7.5 | 6.1 | -1.4 | | | 50.3 | 49.6 | -0.7 |
| Cyprus | 74.7 | 75.6 | 0.9 | | 5.5 | 4.6 | -0.9 | | | 64.8 | 65.1 | 0.3 |
| Latvia | 71.2 | 70.5 | -0.7 | | 6.8 | 6.9 | 0.1 | | | 61.1 | 60.5 | -0.6 |
| Lithuania | 72.9 | 73.9 | 1.0 | | 7.5 | 6.5 | -1.0 | | | 63.6 | 63.2 | -0.4 |
| Luxembourg | 69.1 | 69.7 | 0.6 | | 5.5 | 6.8 | 1.3 | | | 61.7 | 63.0 | 1.3 |
| Hungary | 75.2 | 75.1 | -0.1 | | 4.4 | 4.4 | 0.0 | | | 61.7 | 61.4 | -0.3 |
| Malta | 78.7 | 80.8 | 2.1 | | 3.1 | 2.9 | -0.2 | | | 66.6 | 67.8 | 1.2 |
| Netherlands | 82.5 | 82.3 | -0.2 | | 3.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 | | | 68.6 | 68.4 | -0.2 |
| Austria | 74.2 | 74.2 | 0.0 | | 5.0 | 5.2 | 0.2 | | | 61.6 | 61.4 | -0.2 |
| Poland | 72.7 | 72.8 | 0.1 | | 3.1 | 2.8 | -0.3 | | | 58.3 | 57.9 | -0.4 |
| Portugal | | 72.7 | 73.1 | 0.4 | | 6.6 | 6.7 | 0.1 | | | 58.8 | 59.0 | 0.2 |
| Romania | 63.0 | 63.0 | 0.0 | | 5.8 | 5.9 | 0.1 | | | 51.5 | 51.3 | -0.2 |
| Slovenia | 72.8 | 72.9 | 0.1 | | 3.4 | 3.5 | 0.1 | | | 58.6 | 58.6 | 0.0 |
| Slovakia | 72.7 | 73.1 | 0.4 | | 5.6 | 5.2 | -0.4 | | | 62.2 | 62.0 | -0.2 |
| Finland | 73.0 | 71.4 | -1.6 | | 6.9 | 8.1 | 1.2 | | | 60.2 | 59.5 | -0.7 |
| Sweden | 76.8 | 75.7 | -1.1 | | 7.4 | 7.8 | 0.4 | | | 66.6 | 66.0 | -0.6 |
| Source: Eurostat |
| 1 Trends in some member states may be affected by changes in methodology |
| 2 pp refers to percentage point change |
| 3 Eurozone consists of EU14 states (with the exceptions of Denmark and Sweden), Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia. |
| 4 Definition differs beginning from Q1 2021 |
| 5 Break in time series from Q1 2023 |
