Olan McEvoy
Research expert covering the European Union for society, economy, and politics.
Get in touch with us nowUnemployment rate in the EU October 2023, by country
Among European Union countries in October 2023, Spain had the highest unemployment rate at 12 percent, followed by Greece at 9.6 percent. By contrast, Malta has the lowest unemployment rate in Europe, at 2.5 percent. The overall rate of unemployment in the European Union was six percent in the same month - a historical low-point for unemployment in the EU, which had been at over 10 percent for much of the 2010s.
