| Table 6.1 Labour Force Survey results classified by ILO Economic Status for persons in EU member states 1,2 |
| % |
| | | Employment rate % (15-64 years) | | Unemployment rate % (15-74 years) | | Participation rate % (15 years and over) |
| | | Q3 23 | Q3 24 | Annual change | | Q3 23 | Q3 24 | Annual change | | | Q3 23 | Q3 24 | Annual change |
| | | | | Q3 24pp 3 | | | | Q3 24pp 3 | | | | | Q3 24pp 3 |
| EU27 | 70.7 | 71.1 | 0.4 | | 6.0 | 5.8 | 0.2 | | | 58.1 | 58.2 | 0.1 |
| Eurozone 4 | 70.3 | 70.8 | 0.5 | | 6.5 | 6.2 | 0.1 | | | 58.0 | 58.1 | 0.1 |
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| Belgium | 66.8 | 66.9 | 0.1 | | 5.6 | 5.9 | 0.3 | | | 55.1 | 55.3 | 0.2 |
| Bulgaria 6 | 71.5 | 71.7 | 0.2 | | 4.1 | 3.6 | -0.5 | | | 56.1 | 55.8 | -0.3 |
| Czech Republic | 75.3 | 75.7 | 0.4 | | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.0 | | | 60.2 | 60.6 | 0.4 |
| Denmark | 76.6 | 77.3 | 0.7 | | 5.0 | 6.5 | 1.5 | | | 63.3 | 65.5 | 2.2 |
| Germany | 77.2 | 77.4 | 0.2 | | 3.1 | 3.5 | 0.4 | | | 61.6 | 61.8 | 0.2 |
| Estonia | 76.2 | 75.8 | -0.4 | | 7.3 | 7.4 | 0.1 | | | 67.0 | 66.9 | -0.1 |
| Ireland | 74.2 | 75.3 | 1.1 | | 4.6 | 4.5 | -0.1 | | | 65.9 | 66.6 | 0.7 |
| Greece | 62.8 | 64.1 | 1.3 | | 10.8 | 9.0 | -1.8 | | | 52.8 | 52.7 | -0.1 |
| Spain 5 | 66.0 | 66.6 | 0.6 | | 11.9 | 11.2 | -0.7 | | | 58.5 | 58.3 | -0.2 |
| France 5 | 68.6 | 69.4 | 0.8 | | 7.5 | 7.6 | 0.1 | | | 56.5 | 57.0 | 0.5 |
| Croatia 6 | | 65.8 | 68.5 | 2.7 | | 5.5 | 5.0 | -0.5 | | | 52.5 | 54.1 | 1.6 |
| Italy | 61.6 | 62.6 | 1.0 | | 7.3 | 5.6 | -1.7 | | | 49.8 | 49.7 | -0.1 |
| Cyprus | 75.7 | 76.6 | 0.9 | | 5.5 | 4.5 | -1.0 | | | 65.7 | 65.7 | 0.0 |
| Latvia | 72.0 | 71.6 | -0.4 | | 6.5 | 6.7 | 0.2 | | | 61.6 | 61.2 | -0.4 |
| Lithuania | 74.3 | 74.2 | -0.1 | | 6.2 | 6.8 | 0.6 | | | 63.8 | 64.0 | 0.2 |
| Luxembourg | 70.5 | 69.1 | -1.4 | | 5.5 | 6.9 | 1.4 | | | 62.6 | 62.2 | -0.4 |
| Hungary | 75.2 | 75.3 | 0.1 | | 4.0 | 4.6 | 0.6 | | | 61.4 | 61.7 | 0.3 |
| Malta | 78.7 | 80.3 | 1.6 | | 3.7 | 3.1 | -0.6 | | | 66.7 | 67.6 | 0.9 |
| Netherlands | 82.6 | 82.4 | -0.2 | | 3.6 | 3.7 | 0.1 | | | 68.7 | 68.7 | 0.0 |
| Austria | 74.9 | 74.8 | -0.1 | | 5.2 | 5.1 | -0.1 | | | 62.4 | 62.0 | -0.4 |
| Poland | 72.4 | 72.7 | 0.3 | | 2.7 | 2.9 | 0.2 | | | 58.0 | 58.1 | 0.1 |
| Portugal | | 72.8 | 73.2 | 0.4 | | 6.1 | 6.1 | 0.0 | | | 58.7 | 58.7 | 0.0 |
| Romania | 63.3 | 63.3 | 0.0 | | 5.4 | 5.6 | 0.2 | | | 51.5 | 51.5 | 0.0 |
| Slovenia | 72.6 | 72.6 | 0.0 | | 3.9 | 4.4 | 0.5 | | | 58.7 | 58.7 | 0.0 |
| Slovakia | 71.9 | 72.2 | 0.3 | | 5.9 | 5.4 | -0.5 | | | 61.7 | 61.4 | -0.3 |
| Finland | 74.6 | 73.1 | -1.5 | | 6.9 | 7.8 | 0.9 | | | 61.2 | 60.7 | -0.5 |
| Sweden | 78.5 | 77.7 | -0.8 | | 7.2 | 8.0 | 0.8 | | | 68.1 | 67.8 | -0.3 |
| Source: Eurostat |
| 1 Data in this table incorporates updated population estimates based on the results of Census 2022. For further information see Background Notes. |
| 2 Trends in some member states may be affected by changes in methodology |
| 3 pp refers to percentage point change |
| 4 Eurozone consists of EU14 states (with the exceptions of Denmark and Sweden), Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia. |
| 5 Definition differs beginning from Q1 2021 |
| 6 Break in time series from Q1 2023 |
