| 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) |
| | | Q2 23 | Q2 24 | Annual change | | Q2 23 | Q2 24 | Annual change | | | Q2 23 | Q2 24 | Annual change |
| | | | | Q2 24pp 2 | | | | Q2 24pp 2 | | | | | Q2 24pp 2 |
| EU27 | 70.5 | 70.9 | 0.4 | | 5.9 | 5.8 | -0.1 | | | 57.9 | 58.1 | 0.2 |
| Eurozone 3 | 70.2 | 70.6 | 0.4 | | 6.4 | 6.3 | -0.1 | | | 57.8 | 57.9 | 0.1 |
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| Belgium | 65.9 | 66.6 | 0.7 | | 5.4 | 5.3 | -0.1 | | | 54.4 | 54.8 | 0.4 |
| Bulgaria 5 | 70.3 | 71.0 | 0.7 | | 4.6 | 4.3 | -0.3 | | | 55.5 | 55.5 | 0.0 |
| Czech Republic | 75.2 | 75.3 | 0.1 | | 2.6 | 2.5 | -0.1 | | | 60.0 | 60.2 | 0.2 |
| Denmark | 76.4 | 77.7 | 1.3 | | 4.6 | 5.8 | 1.2 | | | 63.0 | 65.1 | 2.1 |
| Germany | 77.2 | 77.4 | 0.2 | | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.4 | | | 61.3 | 61.3 | 0.0 |
| Estonia | 76.4 | 76.6 | 0.2 | | 6.7 | 7.6 | 0.9 | | | 66.7 | 67.8 | 1.1 |
| Ireland | 74.2 | 74.4 | 0.2 | | 4.4 | 4.6 | 0.2 | | | 65.7 | 66.0 | 0.3 |
| Greece | 62.4 | 64.0 | 1.6 | | 11.2 | 9.8 | -1.4 | | | 52.8 | 53.2 | 0.4 |
| Spain 4 | 65.7 | 66.3 | 0.6 | | 11.7 | 11.3 | -0.4 | | | 58.0 | 58.2 | 0.2 |
| France 4 | 68.7 | 69.2 | 0.5 | | 6.9 | 7.0 | 0.1 | | | 56.3 | 56.6 | 0.3 |
| Croatia 5 | | 66.0 | 68.7 | 2.7 | | 5.6 | 4.6 | -1.0 | | | 52.6 | 54.1 | 1.5 |
| Italy | 61.6 | 62.3 | 0.7 | | 7.5 | 6.7 | -0.8 | | | 49.9 | 50.0 | 0.1 |
| Cyprus | 75.7 | 75.8 | 0.1 | | 5.7 | 4.7 | -1.0 | | | 65.9 | 65.1 | -0.8 |
| Latvia | 71.8 | 71.5 | -0.3 | | 6.4 | 6.9 | 0.5 | | | 61.3 | 61.4 | 0.1 |
| Lithuania | 73.8 | 74.2 | 0.4 | | 6.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | | | 62.8 | 63.8 | 1.0 |
| Luxembourg | 70.9 | 70.1 | -0.8 | | 4.9 | 6.3 | 1.4 | | | 62.6 | 62.5 | -0.1 |
| Hungary | 74.7 | 75.1 | 0.4 | | 3.9 | 4.3 | 0.4 | | | 60.9 | 61.5 | 0.6 |
| Malta | 76.8 | 78.4 | 1.6 | | 3.8 | 3.2 | -0.6 | | | 65.1 | 66.5 | 1.4 |
| Netherlands | 82.5 | 82.5 | 0.0 | | 3.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 | | | 68.5 | 68.9 | 0.4 |
| Austria | 74.1 | 74.0 | -0.1 | | 4.8 | 4.9 | 0.1 | | | 61.5 | 61.3 | -0.2 |
| Poland | 72.2 | 72.3 | 0.1 | | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0.1 | | | 57.9 | 57.7 | -0.2 |
| Portugal | | 72.5 | 72.7 | 0.2 | | 6.2 | 6.1 | -0.1 | | | 58.6 | 58.5 | -0.1 |
| Romania 6 | 63.0 | 64.4 | 1.4 | | 5.4 | 5.0 | -0.4 | | | 51.4 | 52.7 | 1.3 |
| Slovenia | 73.1 | 73.3 | 0.2 | | 3.6 | 3.4 | -0.2 | | | 59.0 | 58.6 | -0.4 |
| Slovakia | 72.0 | 72.4 | 0.4 | | 5.7 | 5.2 | -0.5 | | | 61.5 | 61.3 | -0.2 |
| Finland | 75.4 | 73.8 | -1.6 | | 8.0 | 9.3 | 1.3 | | | 62.8 | 62.3 | -0.5 |
| Sweden | 78.0 | 77.5 | -0.5 | | 8.3 | 9.1 | 0.8 | | | 68.6 | 68.5 | -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 |
| 6 : Not available |
| 7Data in this table incorporates updated population estimates based on the results of Census 2022. For further information see Background Notes. |
