Work & Labour in European Union

87 indicators covering work & labour for European Union.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 51.6% 2025 up 2.6%
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 57.3% 2025 up 1.0%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 38.0% 2025 up 6.0%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 43.5% 2025 up 4.9%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 40.8% 2025 up 5.4%
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 70.5% 2025 up 6.8%
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.8% 2025 up 3.0%
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 75.2% 2025 up 4.8%
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 63.3% 2025 down 0.5%
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 81.9% 2025 up 3.1%
Employers, male (% of male employment) 5.8% 2025 down 7.2%
Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 62.0% 2025 up 4.9%
Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 85.5% 2025 up 2.0%
Employment in industry (% of total employment) 23.9% 2025 down 4.6%
Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 33.8% 2025 down 4.2%
Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 12.4% 2025 down 4.2%
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.6% 2025 down 45.3%
Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.4% 2025 down 36.2%
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.7% 2025 down 50.7%
Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 85.8% 2025 up 2.4%
Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 82.7% 2025 up 3.5%
Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 89.5% 2025 up 1.2%
Employment in services (% of total employment) 72.9% 2025 up 3.5%
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 16.3% 2025 down 32.5%
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 16.2% 2025 down 33.5%
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 16.2% 2025 down 33.1%
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 14.2% 2025 down 12.6%
Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 17.3% 2025 down 14.0%
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 10.5% 2025 down 9.0%
Employers, total (% of total employment) 4.3% 2025 down 3.0%
Employers, female (% of female employment) 2.5% 2025 up 12.7%
GDP per person employed 119,168 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 8.6%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.0% 2025 down 40.2%
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.8% 2025 down 40.8%
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.2% 2025 down 39.0%
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 64.0% 2025 up 0.3%
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 52.9% 2025 up 4.3%
Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 58.3% 2025 up 2.2%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 37.9% 2025 up 6.7%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 43.1% 2025 up 4.2%
Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 82.9% 2025 up 3.9%
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 40.6% 2025 up 5.4%
Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 16.6% 2025 down 31.6%
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 16.5% 2025 down 32.4%
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 16.9% 2025 down 30.4%
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 9.8% 2025 down 21.6%
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 10.1% 2025 down 19.9%
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 9.9% 2025 down 20.7%
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 32.4% 2025 up 14.5%
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 36.9% 2025 up 14.2%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 48.4% 2025 up 7.2%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 59.7% 2025 up 4.2%
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 53.9% 2025 up 5.6%
Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 8.0% 2025 down 14.2%
Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 11.5% 2025 down 17.0%
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 9.9% 2025 down 16.1%
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 34.7% 2025 up 14.4%
Unemployment with basic education 12.6% 2024 down 41.0%
Unemployment with basic education, male 11.7% 2024 down 44.5%
Unemployment with intermediate education 7.4% 2024 down 49.6%