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Unemployment rate in Europe by country in June 2018

Unemployment rate in member states of the European Union in June 2018 (seasonally adjusted)

The data shows the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in member states of the European Union in June 2018. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Spain in June 2018 was 15.2%.

The unemployment rate represents the share of the unemployed in all potential employees available to the job market. Unemployment rates in the EU The unemployment rate is an important measure of a country or region’s economic health, and despite unemployment levels in the European Union falling slightly from a peak in early 2013 , they remain high, especially in comparison to what the rates were before the worldwide recession started in 2008.

Greece 20.2
Spain 15.2
Italy 10.9
France 9.2
Croatia 9.2
Euro area 8.3
Cyprus 8.2
Finland 7.6
Latvia 7.4
Slovakia 6.9
EU 6.9
Lithuania 6.8
Portugal 6.7
Sweden 6.2
Belgium 6
Slovenia 5.6
Luxembourg 5.2
Ireland 5.1
Denmark 5
Estonia 4.9
Bulgaria 4.8
Austria 4.7
Romania 4.5
Great Britain 4.1
Malta 3.9
Netherlands 3.9
Poland 3.7
Hungary 3.6
Germany 3.4
Czech Republic 2.4