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| Countries | Unemployed, thousands, 2019 | Unemployment rate, per cent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||
| Austria | 204 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.4 |
| Belgium | 273 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| Bulgaria | 140 | 16.4 | 20.0 | 18.3 | 13.9 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 6.9 |
| Cyprus | 32 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.5 |
| Czechia | 108 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 6.8 |
| Denmark | 150 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 6.5 |
| Estonia | 30 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 10.2 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 13.9 |
| Finland | 182 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 8.4 |
| France | 2 495 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 8.8 |
| Greece | 810 | 11.5 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 9.8 |
| Netherlands | 303 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| Croatia | 119 | .. | .. | 15.4 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
| Ireland | 120 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 6.9 | 12.8 |
| Poland | 556 | 16.6 | 18.7 | 20.2 | 19.7 | 19.4 | 18.0 | 14.0 | 9.7 | 7.2 | 8.3 |
| Latvia | 61 | 14.5 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 10.2 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 18.0 |
| Lithuania | 92 | 16.3 | 17.1 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 14.0 |
| Luxembourg | 17 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| Hungary | 159 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 10.1 |
| Malta | 10 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.9 |
| Germany | 1 362 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 7.9 |
| Italy | 2 567 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.9 |
| Portugal | 334 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 10.0 |
| Romania | 353 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 7.2 |
| Spain | 3 236 | 13.9 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 11.3 | 18.0 |
| Sweden | 372 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 8.5 |
| Slovakia | 158 | 19.1 | 19.4 | 18.7 | 17.2 | 18.6 | 16.3 | 13.4 | 11.2 | 9.5 | 12.1 |
| Slovenia | 46 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
| EU27_2020 | 14 286 | .. | .. | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 9.3 |
| United Kingdom | 1 249 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 7.7 |
| EU28 | 15 535 | .. | .. | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 9.0 |
| Euro area–19 | 12 330 | 9.5 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 9.7 |
| North Macedonia | 166 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 36.3 | 35.2 | 34.0 | 32.3 |
| Norway | 103 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| Russia | 3 346a | 10.7 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 8.4 |
| Switzerland | 215 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| Turkey | 4 418 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 12.8 |
| Israel | 152 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 7.8 | 9.7 |
| Japan | 1 480 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| Republic of Korea | 967 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| United Statesb | 5 684 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 9.4 |
| Canada | 1 106 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 8.4 |
| Mexico | 1 956 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.5 |
| Australia | 689 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
| New Zealand | 109 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 6.3 |