| 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 25 | Q1 26 | Annual change | | Q1 25 | Q1 26 | Annual change | | | Q1 25 | Q1 26 | Annual change |
| | | | | Q1 26pp 2 | | | | Q1 26pp 2 | | | | | Q1 26pp 2 |
| EU27 | 70.6 | 70.8 | 0.2 | | 6.3 | 6.2 | -0.1 | | | 58.0 | 58.1 | 0.1 |
| Eurozone 3 | 70.3 | 70.5 | 0.2 | | 6.6 | 6.5 | -0.1 | | | 57.8 | 57.9 | 0.1 |
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| Belgium | 67.1 | 67.0 | -0.1 | | 6.2 | 6.3 | 0.1 | | | 55.7 | 55.7 | 0.0 |
| Bulgaria 5 | 70.4 | 70.5 | 0.1 | | 3.9 | 3.2 | -0.7 | | | 54.9 | 54.7 | -0.2 |
| Czech Republic | 75.5 | 75.5 | 0.0 | | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.5 | | | 60.6 | 61.3 | 0.7 |
| Denmark | 76.8 | 76.3 | -0.5 | | 6.6 | 7.4 | 0.8 | | | 65.3 | 65.2 | -0.1 |
| Germany | 77.0 | 77.1 | 0.1 | | 3.8 | 4.0 | 0.2 | | | 61.2 | 61.7 | 0.5 |
| Estonia | 74.1 | 74.6 | 0.5 | | 8.6 | 7.1 | -1.5 | | | 66.3 | 65.5 | -0.8 |
| Ireland | 74.7 | 73.3 | -1.4 | | 4.3 | 4.9 | 0.6 | | | 65.8 | 65.0 | -0.8 |
| Greece | 62.8 | 63.8 | 1.0 | | 10.4 | 10.7 | 0.3 | | | 52.2 | 53.2 | 1.0 |
| Spain 4 | 65.9 | 66.6 | 0.7 | | 11.4 | 10.8 | -0.6 | | | 57.8 | 58.1 | 0.3 |
| France 4 | 69.1 | 69.1 | 0.0 | | 7.5 | 8.2 | 0.7 | | | 56.8 | 56.9 | 0.1 |
| Croatia 4 | | 68.3 | 68.7 | 0.4 | | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.0 | | | 54.1 | 54.3 | 0.2 |
| Italy | 62.5 | 62.5 | 0.0 | | 6.8 | 5.4 | -1.4 | | | 50.2 | 49.4 | -0.8 |
| Cyprus | 75.6 | 76.9 | 1.3 | | 5.1 | 4.0 | -1.1 | | | 64.4 | 64.7 | 0.3 |
| Latvia | 70.4 | 71.1 | 0.7 | | 7.4 | 7.1 | -0.3 | | | 60.7 | 61.0 | 0.3 |
| Lithuania | 73.4 | 73.7 | 0.3 | | 6.9 | 7.4 | 0.5 | | | 62.6 | 63.4 | 0.8 |
| Luxembourg | 70.2 | 68.7 | -1.5 | | 6.2 | 7.1 | 0.9 | | | 62.5 | 61.8 | -0.7 |
| Hungary | 75.2 | 74.8 | -0.4 | | 4.3 | 4.7 | 0.4 | | | 61.6 | 61.3 | -0.3 |
| Malta | 79.4 | 79.6 | 0.2 | | 3.1 | 3.5 | 0.4 | | | 67.1 | 67.7 | 0.6 |
| Netherlands | 82.0 | 82.0 | 0.0 | | 4.0 | 4.2 | 0.2 | | | 68.5 | 68.5 | 0.0 |
| Austria | 73.4 | 73.9 | 0.5 | | 6.0 | 6.3 | 0.3 | | | 61.3 | 61.6 | 0.3 |
| Poland | 72.0 | 73.0 | 1.0 | | 3.4 | 3.3 | -0.1 | | | 57.6 | 58.1 | 0.5 |
| Portugal | | 73.1 | 73.9 | 0.8 | | 6.6 | 6.2 | -0.4 | | | 59.0 | 59.5 | 0.5 |
| Romania | 62.7 | 62.6 | -0.1 | | 6.2 | 6.5 | 0.3 | | | 51.2 | 51.3 | 0.1 |
| Slovenia | 72.7 | 72.4 | -0.3 | | 4.0 | 4.2 | 0.2 | | | 58.6 | 58.0 | -0.6 |
| Slovakia | 72.3 | 71.9 | -0.4 | | 5.3 | 5.9 | 0.6 | | | 61.0 | 60.9 | -0.1 |
| Finland | 70.8 | 70.3 | -0.5 | | 9.7 | 10.8 | 1.1 | | | 59.8 | 60.2 | 0.4 |
| Sweden | 75.3 | 75.6 | 0.3 | | 9.3 | 9.1 | -0.2 | | | 66.9 | 67.0 | 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 |
