EU unemployment figures 2023

As of June 2023, there were approximately 12.8 million unemployed people in the European Union, of which 10.81 million were in countries in the Euro Area. During the provided time period, unemployment in the EU peaked in April 2013, when it reached 24.3 million people, with the most recent month having the fewest number of unemployed people.

Number of unemployed people in the European Union and Euro Area from January 2000 to June 2023 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	EU	Euro area
Jun 23	12.8	10.81
May 23	12.8	10.88
Apr 23	12.89	10.94
Mar 23	12.98	11.05
Feb 23	13.11	11.16
Jan 23	13.21	11.29
Dec 22	13.23	11.26
Nov 22	13.25	11.25
Oct 22	13.19	11.21
Sep 22	13.18	11.26
Aug 22	13.18	11.26
Jul 22	13.17	11.24
Jun 22	13.19	11.26
May 22	13.21	11.25
Apr 22	13.25	11.3
Mar 22	13.31	11.36
Feb 22	13.37	11.39
Jan 22	13.52	11.48
Dec 21	13.67	11.64
Nov 21	13.82	11.8
Oct 21	14.1	12.03
Sep 21	14.28	12.2
Aug 21	14.65	12.51
Jul 21	14.84	12.74
Jun 21	15.21	13.01
May 21	15.56	13.31
Apr 21	15.84	13.53
Mar 21	15.76	13.33
Feb 21	15.81	13.43
Jan 21	15.79	13.44
Dec 20	15.76	13.41
Nov 20	15.72	13.43
Oct 20	16.06	13.76
Sep 20	16.37	14.06
Aug 20	16.42	14.07
Jul 20	16.18	13.78
Jun 20	15.39	12.99
May 20	14.49	12.22
Apr 20	14.07	11.93
Mar 20	13.66	11.75
Feb 20	14.04	12.12
Jan 20	14.29	12.43
Dec 19	14.27	12.41
Nov 19	14.32	12.38
Oct 19	14.2	12.31
Sep 19	14.22	12.31
Aug 19	14.2	12.29
Jul 19	14.35	12.43
Jun 19	14.3	12.45
May 19	14.51	12.61
Apr 19	14.72	12.77
Mar 19	14.79	12.76
Feb 19	14.93	12.91
Jan 19	15	12.96
Dec 18	15.03	12.96
Nov 18	15.13	13.08
Oct 18	15.32	13.25
Sep 18	15.21	13.16
Aug 18	15.3	13.21
Jul 18	15.44	13.35
Jun 18	15.66	13.57
May 18	15.69	13.65
Apr 18	15.98	13.89
Mar 18	16.14	14.03
Feb 18	16.21	14.12
Jan 18	16.52	14.29
Dec 17	16.58	14.32
Nov 17	16.69	14.39
Oct 17	16.86	14.48
Sep 17	17.08	14.65
Aug 17	17.21	14.78
Jul 17	17.39	14.91
Jun 17	17.45	14.95
May 17	17.72	15.17
Apr 17	17.74	15.2
Mar 17	18.06	15.52
Feb 17	18.2	15.62
Jan 17	18.34	15.75
Dec 16	18.59	15.93
Nov 16	18.85	16.15
Oct 16	18.85	16.08
Sep 16	19.06	16.22
Aug 16	19.12	16.26
Jul 16	19.29	16.36
Jun 16	19.55	16.63
May 16	19.68	16.7
Apr 16	19.8	16.82
Mar 16	19.92	16.87
Feb 16	20.13	17.05
Jan 16	20.2	17.06
Dec 15	20.42	17.18
Nov 15	20.47	17.22
Oct 15	20.69	17.38
Sep 15	20.72	17.35
Aug 15	20.8	17.42
Jul 15	20.97	17.55
Jun 15	21.39	17.93
May 15	21.53	18.04
Apr 15	21.71	18.11
Mar 15	21.97	18.33
Feb 15	22.08	18.37
Jan 15	22.15	18.44
Dec 14	22.29	18.58
Nov 14	22.67	18.86
Oct 14	22.6	18.83
Sep 14	22.57	18.77
Aug 14	22.54	18.65
Jul 14	22.73	18.87
Jun 14	22.74	18.78
May 14	22.97	19.02
Apr 14	23.15	19.08
Mar 14	23.46	19.29
Feb 14	23.59	19.39
Jan 14	23.71	19.45
Dec 13	23.6	19.33
Nov 13	23.77	19.46
Oct 13	23.77	19.48
Sep 13	23.92	19.58
Aug 13	23.87	19.51
Jul 13	23.95	19.59
Jun 13	24.09	19.64
May 13	24.14	19.72
Apr 13	24.31	19.77
Mar 13	24.26	19.73
Feb 13	24.23	19.74
Jan 13	24.16	19.72
Dec 12	23.82	19.4
Nov 12	23.78	19.36
Oct 12	23.54	19.17
Sep 12	23.3	18.91
Aug 12	23.1	18.71
Jul 12	23.01	18.63
Jun 12	22.86	18.53
May 12	22.75	18.36
Apr 12	22.54	18.23
Mar 12	22.3	18.02
Feb 12	22.06	17.75
Jan 12	21.76	17.47
Dec 11	21.71	17.39
Nov 11	21.51	17.21
Oct 11	21.24	16.96
Sep 11	20.96	16.77
Aug 11	20.74	16.54
Jul 11	20.6	16.39
Jun 11	20.39	16.2
May 11	20.38	16.17
Apr 11	20.23	16.02
Mar 11	20.32	16.15
Feb 11	20.36	16.18
Jan 11	20.44	16.19
Dec 10	20.49	16.27
Nov 10	20.51	16.28
Oct 10	20.62	16.37
Sep 10	20.51	16.32
Aug 10	20.51	16.29
Jul 10	20.57	16.34
Jun 10	20.7	16.45
May 10	20.79	16.53
Apr 10	20.86	16.56
Mar 10	20.79	16.42
Feb 10	20.81	16.45
Jan 10	20.69	16.38
Dec 09	20.28	16.19
Nov 09	20.17	16.19
Oct 09	19.98	16.06
Sep 09	19.83	15.91
Aug 09	19.56	15.7
Jul 09	19.34	15.6
Jun 09	19.14	15.45
May 09	18.98	15.35
Apr 09	18.72	15.19
Mar 09	18.39	14.94
Feb 09	17.87	14.47
Jan 09	17.27	14
Dec 08	16.36	13.37
Nov 08	15.88	12.98
Oct 08	15.47	12.65
Sep 08	15.25	12.43
Aug 08	15.08	12.29
Jul 08	14.96	12.13
Jun 08	15.06	12.14
May 08	14.87	11.99
Apr 08	14.77	11.91
Mar 08	14.64	11.74
Feb 08	14.71	11.77
Jan 08	14.86	11.83
Dec 07	15.03	11.86
Nov 07	15.03	11.81
Oct 07	15.17	11.88
Sep 07	15.34	11.97
Aug 07	15.41	12.03
Jul 07	15.52	12.12
Jun 07	15.49	12.03
May 07	15.6	12.13
Apr 07	15.7	12.15
Mar 07	15.97	12.35
Feb 07	16.21	12.48
Jan 07	16.43	12.59
Dec 06	16.71	12.66
Nov 06	16.97	12.83
Oct 06	17.18	12.94
Sep 06	17.47	13.06
Aug 06	17.59	13.15
Jul 06	17.71	13.19
Jun 06	17.81	13.32
May 06	18.02	13.49
Apr 06	18.25	13.63
Mar 06	18.49	13.8
Feb 06	18.68	13.96
Jan 06	18.91	14.01
Dec 05	19.1	14.11
Nov 05	19.26	14.18
Oct 05	19.48	14.27
Sep 05	19.45	14.28
Aug 05	19.43	14.2
Jul 05	19.59	14.31
Jun 05	19.83	14.44
May 05	19.83	14.43
Apr 05	19.86	14.51
Mar 05	19.76	14.36
Feb 05	19.77	14.36
Jan 05	19.7	14.34
Dec 04	19.85	14.41
Nov 04	20.01	14.51
Oct 04	20	14.49
Sep 04	20.01	14.48
Aug 04	19.91	14.37
Jul 04	19.86	14.34
Jun 04	19.9	14.32
May 04	19.95	14.36
Apr 04	20.01	14.37
Mar 04	20.09	14.41
Feb 04	19.99	14.3
Jan 04	20.14	14.32
Dec 03	19.89	14.16
Nov 03	19.72	14.02
Oct 03	19.63	13.99
Sep 03	19.61	13.98
Aug 03	19.58	13.92
Jul 03	19.6	13.96
Jun 03	19.62	14.01
May 03	19.52	13.91
Apr 03	19.47	13.89
Mar 03	19.48	13.88
Feb 03	19.36	13.78
Jan 03	19.36	13.73
Dec 02	19.27	13.56
Nov 02	19.25	13.43
Oct 02	19.23	13.34
Sep 02	19.27	13.29
Aug 02	19.22	13.21
Jul 02	19.14	13.13
Jun 02	18.99	13.01
May 02	18.87	12.95
Apr 02	18.84	12.9
Mar 02	18.72	12.8
Feb 02	18.73	12.84
Jan 02	18.64	12.75
Dec 01	18.62	12.74
Nov 01	18.52	12.7
Oct 01	18.41	12.64
Sep 01	18.35	12.6
Aug 01	18.29	12.55
Jul 01	18.25	12.51
Jun 01	18.24	12.51
May 01	18.26	12.53
Apr 01	18.18	12.5
Mar 01	18.14	12.54
Feb 01	18.16	12.6
Jan 01	18.18	12.65
Dec 00	18.22	12.81
Nov 00	18.31	12.92
Oct 00	18.34	13.01
Sep 00	18.45	13.15
Aug 00	18.5	13.22
Jul 00	18.59	13.29
Jun 00	18.66	13.34
May 00	18.73	13.39
Apr 00	18.78	13.46
Mar 00	18.86	13.57
Feb 00	18.93	13.7
Jan 00	18.98	13.81