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International organisations in Europe; List of European regions by unemployment rate; List of European countries by budget revenues; List of European countries by GDP (nominal) per capita
By November 2008, unemployment had risen to over 1.8 million (compared to less than 1.7 million at the start of the year and less than 1.5 million as recently as 2005) and by early 2009 had exceeded 2 million, the highest since 1996. It was feared that unemployment could reach 3 million during 2010 – a level not seen since the 1980s.
This is a list of European Union member states by unemployment and employment rate. Map. Map of unemployment and employment rates: 7.3 / 73.0. 6.3 / 63.7. 5.6 / 52.5.
Unemployment rate (2021) [1] This is a list of countries by unemployment rate.Methods of calculation and presentation of unemployment rate vary from country to country. Some countries count insured unemployed only, some count those in receipt of welfare benefit only, some count the disabled and other permanently unemployable people, some countries count those who choose (and are financially ...
[96] [97] The number of unemployed people in Spain stood at 4,910,200 at the end of March 2011, up about 214,000 from the previous quarter, [98] while the youth unemployment rate stands at 43.5%, the highest in the European Union. [99] In September 2010 the government approved a sweeping overhaul of the labour market designed to reduce ...
The average numbers for European Union nations are similar to the US ones. Some European countries have been hit by recession very hard, for instance Spain's unemployment rate reached 18.7% (37% for youths) in May 2009 — the highest in the eurozone. [24] [25] In the UK, youths bore the brunt of unemployment during the recession. [26]
This is a list of European regions (NUTS2 regions) sorted by their unemployment rate (European definition). Eurostat calculates the unemployment rate based on the information provided by national statistics institutes affiliated to eurostat. The list presents statistics for the years 2006 to 2018 from EUROSTAT, as of March 2019.
Europe's young workers have been especially hard hit. [154] In November 2009, the unemployment rate in the EU27 for those aged 15–24 was 18.3%. For those under 25, the unemployment rate in Spain was 43.8%. [155] Unemployment has risen in two thirds of European countries since 2010. [156]