Work & Labour in Vest 54 indicators covering work & labour for Vest. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 54.2% 2025 up 0.2% 410th Employment rates by NUTS 2 region 51.4% 2025 up 0.4% 397th Employed persons by NUTS 2 region 653.7 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.4% 279th Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 1,272 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.7% 244th Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 1,272 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.7% 244th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 64.5% 2025 up 5.7% 387th Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 64.5% 2025 up 5.7% 387th Labour force by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 689.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.6% 280th Labour force by NUTS 2 region 689.2 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.6% 280th Employed persons by professional status and NUTS 2 region 653.7 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.4% 279th Employment rates by educational attainment level, citizenship and 61.2% 2025 up 6.1% 370th Employed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 653.7 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.4% 279th Average actual weekly hours worked in the main job of persons who 38 Hour 2025 down 4.8% 107th Employed persons by job tenure and NUTS 2 region 653.7 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.4% 279th Employment rates by educational attainment level, country of birth 61.2% 2025 up 6.1% 370th Average usual weekly hours worked in the main job by NUTS 2 region 40.1 Hour 2025 up 0.2% 67th Unemployed persons by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 35.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 14.5% 271st Unemployed persons by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 35.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 14.5% 271st Unemployment rates by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 5.1% 2025 down 5.6% 216th Unemployment rates by country of birth and NUTS 2 region 5.1% 2025 down 5.6% 216th Unemployed persons by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region 35.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 14.5% 271st Unemployment rates by citizenship and NUTS 2 region 5.1% 2025 down 5.6% 216th Real Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 121.2 Index, 2020=100 2024 up 74.6% 7th Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 2 region 45,700 Euro 2024 up 151.1% 256th Employment rates of young persons not in education and training by 68.7% 2025 down 3.9% 361st Employment (thousand persons) by NUTS 3 region 690.8 Thousand 2024 down 9.9% 223rd Nominal Labour productivity by NUTS 3 region 45,700 Euro 2024 up 151.1% 1170th Compensation per employee and hours worked per employed person by 19,000 Euro 2023 up 146.8% 267th Employment (thousand hours worked) by NUTS 2 region 1.23 million Thousand 2023 down 13.5% 167th Compensation of employees by NUTS 2 region 11,679 2023 up 151.5% 242nd Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 9.1% 2025 down 28.3% 219th Persons in long-term unemployment (12 months or more) by educational 14.8 Thousand persons 2025 down 18.7% 187th Youth employment rate by NUTS 2 region 7.5% 2007 down 63.8% 281st Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 9.1% 2025 down 28.3% 218th Young persons neither in employment nor in education and training by 9.1% 2025 down 28.3% 218th Youth unemployment rate by NUTS 2 region 34.4% 2004 up 121.9% 96th Youth unemployment ratio by NUTS 2 region 5.4% 2004 up 42.1% 127th Youth long-term unemployment rate (12 months or more) by NUTS 2 region 6.3% 2016 down 6.0% 47th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 653.7 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.4% 276th Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev. 2) 653.7 Thousand persons 2025 down 10.4% 276th Labour market slack by NUTS 2 region 38.5 Thousand persons 2025 down 40.2% 359th Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job 1.4% 2026 down 86.3% 275th Percentage change in the number of online job advertisements for ICT -22.1% 2026 up 17.2% 94th Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 10.2 Thousand persons 2024 down 3.8% 321st Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 42,258 2020 up 12.5% 146th Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 40,128 2019 up 6.8% 144th Agricultural labour force by size of the farm and NUTS 2 region 97,120 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 17.3% 8th Agricultural labour force by legal entity, work status and sex of 97,120 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 17.3% 8th Main agricultural labour force by age and sex of the farm manager 97,120 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 down 17.3% 8th Agricultural family labour force by age, sex of farm manager and NUTS 1.66 billion Euro 2023 up 33.0% 32nd Employed persons by economic activity and NUTS 2 region (NACE Rev.) 827.4 Thousand persons 2008 down 12.8% 172nd Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 827.4 Thousand persons 2008 down 12.8% 172nd Job vacancy statistics by NACE Rev. 2 activity, occupation and NUTS 2 79 2025 up 29.5% 15th Job vacancy statistics by occupation, NUTS 2 region and NACE Rev. 2 51 2015 down 89.2% 27th