| 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) |
| | | Q1 24 | Q1 25 | Annual change | | Q1 24 | Q1 25 | Annual change | | | Q1 24 | Q1 25 | Annual change |
| | | | | Q1 25pp 2 | | | | Q1 25pp 2 | | | | | Q1 25pp 2 |
| EU27 | 70.3 | 70.6 | 0.3 | | 6.3 | 6.2 | -0.1 | | | 57.9 | 58.1 | 0.2 |
| Eurozone 3 | 69.9 | 70.4 | 0.5 | | 6.8 | 6.6 | -0.2 | | | 57.7 | 58.0 | 0.3 |
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| Belgium | 66.2 | 67.1 | 0.9 | | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.5 | | | 54.8 | 55.7 | 0.9 |
| Bulgaria 5 | 70.2 | 70.4 | 0.2 | | 5.0 | 3.9 | -1.1 | | | 55.5 | 54.9 | -0.6 |
| Czech Republic | 74.9 | 75.5 | 0.6 | | 2.8 | 2.6 | -0.2 | | | 60.9 | 60.6 | -0.3 |
| Denmark | 77.2 | 76.8 | -0.4 | | 6.0 | 6.6 | 0.6 | | | 65.0 | 65.3 | 0.3 |
| Germany | 77.0 | 77.3 | 0.3 | | 3.4 | 3.7 | 0.3 | | | 61.1 | 61.9 | 0.8 |
| Estonia | 75.3 | 74.1 | -1.2 | | 7.8 | 8.6 | 0.8 | | | 66.7 | 66.3 | -0.4 |
| Ireland | 73.8 | 74.7 | 0.9 | | 4.1 | 4.3 | 0.2 | | | 65.0 | 65.8 | 0.8 |
| Greece | 61.6 | 62.8 | 1.2 | | 12.1 | 10.4 | -1.7 | | | 52.6 | 52.2 | -0.4 |
| Spain 4 | 65.1 | 65.9 | 0.8 | | 12.3 | 11.4 | -0.9 | | | 57.8 | 57.8 | 0.0 |
| France 4 | 68.5 | 69.1 | 0.6 | | 7.6 | 7.5 | -0.1 | | | 56.4 | 56.8 | 0.4 |
| Croatia 4 | | 68.0 | 68.3 | 0.3 | | 5.6 | 5.5 | -0.1 | | | 54.1 | 54.1 | 0.0 |
| Italy | 61.6 | 62.5 | 0.9 | | 7.7 | 6.8 | -0.9 | | | 50.0 | 50.2 | 0.2 |
| Cyprus | 74.2 | 75.6 | 1.4 | | 5.8 | 5.1 | -0.7 | | | 64.6 | 64.4 | -0.2 |
| Latvia | 71.1 | 70.4 | -0.7 | | 7.2 | 7.4 | 0.2 | | | 61.4 | 60.7 | -0.7 |
| Lithuania | 72.2 | 73.4 | 1.2 | | 8.2 | 6.9 | -1.3 | | | 63.1 | 62.6 | -0.5 |
| Luxembourg | 69.8 | 70.2 | 0.4 | | 5.7 | 6.2 | 0.5 | | | 61.7 | 62.5 | 0.8 |
| Hungary | 74.8 | 75.2 | 0.4 | | 4.6 | 4.3 | -0.3 | | | 61.5 | 61.6 | 0.1 |
| Malta | 78.4 | 80.4 | 2.0 | | 3.3 | 2.7 | -0.6 | | | 66.5 | 67.7 | 1.2 |
| Netherlands | 82.1 | 82.0 | -0.1 | | 3.8 | 4.0 | 0.2 | | | 68.6 | 68.5 | -0.1 |
| Austria | 73.3 | 73.4 | 0.1 | | 5.5 | 6.0 | 0.5 | | | 61.2 | 61.3 | 0.1 |
| Poland | 72.3 | 72.0 | -0.3 | | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.2 | | | 58.0 | 57.6 | -0.4 |
| Portugal | | 72.2 | 73.1 | 0.9 | | 6.8 | 6.6 | -0.2 | | | 58.6 | 59.0 | 0.4 |
| Romania | 64.2 | 62.7 | -1.5 | | 5.3 | 6.2 | 0.9 | | | 52.7 | 51.2 | -1.5 |
| Slovenia | 73.8 | 72.7 | -1.1 | | 3.5 | 4.0 | 0.5 | | | 59.0 | 58.6 | -0.4 |
| Slovakia | 72.0 | 72.3 | 0.3 | | 5.6 | 5.3 | -0.3 | | | 61.2 | 61.0 | -0.2 |
| Finland | 72.0 | 70.8 | -1.2 | | 8.3 | 9.7 | 1.4 | | | 60.2 | 59.8 | -0.4 |
| Sweden | 75.8 | 75.3 | -0.5 | | 8.8 | 9.3 | 0.5 | | | 66.8 | 66.9 | 0.1 |
| 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 |
