European Union Unemployment
May 2025
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Last update:The number of unemployed persons in the European Union varied by +48,000 in May 2025 in a monthly basis, reaching a total of 13,052,000.
The unemployment rate in European Union was 5.90% in May 2025, a 0.0 percentage points variation compared with the previous month, and -0.1 percentage points compared the previous year.
| March 2025 | April 2025 | May 2025 | |
| total unemployed in Euro Area | 11,007,000 | 10,776,000 | 10,830,000 |
| total unemployed in European Union | 13,210,000 | 13,004,000 | 13,052,000 |
unemployment rate in European Unionunemployment rate in Euro Area
Percentage Annual VariationShaded area = recession