In 2023, Czechia and Poland had the lowest unemployment rate among Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, at 2.6 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively. On the other hand, the highest unemployment rate was recorded in Lithuania and Latvia. The average unemployment rate in all European Union member states amounted to six percent in this period.
Unemployment rate in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) from 2009 to 2023, by country
Characteristic
EU-27
Bulgaria
Czechia
Estonia
Croatia
Latvia
Lithuania
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Slovenia
Slovakia
2023
6%
4.3%
2.6%
6.4%
6.1%
6.5%
6.9%
4.1%
2.8%
5.6%
3.7%
5.8%
2022
6.2%
4.2%
2.2%
5.6%
7%
6.9%
6%
3.6%
2.9%
5.6%
4%
6.1%
2021
7%
5.3%
2.8%
6.2%
7.6%
7.6%
7.1%
4.1%
3.4%
5.6%
4.8%
6.8%
2020
7.2%
6.1%
2.6%
6.9%
7.5%
8.1%
8.5%
4.1%
3.2%
6.1%
5%
6.7%
2019
6.8%
5.2%
2%
4.5%
6.6%
6.3%
6.3%
3.3%
3.3%
4.9%
4.4%
5.7%
2018
7.4%
6.2%
2.2%
5.4%
8.5%
7.4%
6.2%
3.6%
3.9%
5.3%
5.1%
6.5%
2017
8.3%
7.2%
2.9%
5.8%
11.2%
8.7%
7.1%
4%
5%
6.1%
6.6%
8.1%
2016
9.3%
8.6%
4%
6.8%
13.1%
9.7%
7.9%
5%
6.3%
7.2%
8%
9.6%
2015
10.2%
10.1%
5.1%
6.4%
16.2%
9.9%
9.1%
6.6%
7.7%
8.4%
9%
11.5%
2014
11%
12.4%
6.1%
7.3%
17.3%
10.9%
10.7%
7.5%
9.2%
8.6%
9.7%
13.1%
2013
11.6%
13.9%
7%
8.6%
17.3%
11.9%
11.8%
9.8%
10.6%
9%
10.1%
14.1%
2012
11.1%
13.3%
7%
9.9%
16%
15.1%
13.4%
10.7%
10.4%
8.7%
8.9%
13.9%
2011
10.1%
12.3%
6.7%
12.3%
13.7%
16.3%
15.4%
10.7%
10%
9.1%
8.2%
13.5%
2010
10.1%
11.3%
7.3%
16.6%
11.7%
19.7%
17.8%
10.8%
10%
9%
7.3%
14.3%
2009
9.3%
7.9%
6.7%
13.5%
9.2%
17.7%
13.8%
9.7%
8.5%
8.4%
5.9%
12%
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