• CEE: unemployment rate 2021

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In 2021, Czechia and Poland had the lowest unemployment rate among Central and Eastern European countries, amounting to 2.8 percent and 3.4 percent, respectively. On the other hand, the highest unemployment rate was recorded in Croatia and Latvia at 7.6 percent. The average unemployment rate in all European Union states amounted to seven percent in this period.

Unemployment rate in Central and Eastern European countries from 2009 to 2021

Characteristic	EU27	Bulgaria	Czechia	Estonia	Croatia	Latvia	Lithuania	Hungary	Poland	Romania	Slovenia	Slovakia
2009	9.3%	7.9%	6.7%	13.5%	9.2%	17.7%	13.8%	9.7%	8.5%	8.4%	5.9%	12%
2010	10.1%	11.3%	7.3%	16.6%	11.7%	19.7%	17.8%	10.8%	10%	9%	7.3%	14.3%
2011	10.1%	12.3%	6.7%	12.3%	13.7%	16.3%	15.4%	10.7%	10%	9.1%	8.2%	13.5%
2012	11.1%	13.3%	7%	9.9%	16%	15.1%	13.4%	10.7%	10.4%	8.7%	8.9%	13.9%
2013	11.6%	13.9%	7%	8.6%	17.3%	11.9%	11.8%	9.8%	10.6%	9%	10.1%	14.1%
2014	11%	12.4%	6.1%	7.3%	17.3%	10.9%	10.7%	7.5%	9.2%	8.6%	9.7%	13.1%
2015	10.2%	10.1%	5.1%	6.4%	16.2%	9.9%	9.1%	6.6%	7.7%	8.4%	9%	11.5%
2016	9.3%	8.6%	4%	6.8%	13.1%	9.7%	7.9%	5%	6.3%	7.2%	8%	9.6%
2017	8.3%	7.2%	2.9%	5.8%	11.2%	8.7%	7.1%	4%	5%	6.1%	6.6%	8.1%
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%
2019	6.8%	5.2%	2%	4.5%	6.6%	6.3%	6.3%	3.3%	3.3%	4.9%	4.4%	5.7%
2020	7.2%	6.1%	2.6%	6.9%	7.5%	8.1%	8.5%	4.1%	3.2%	6.1%	5%	6.7%
2021	7%	5.3%	2.8%	6.2%	7.6%	7.6%	7.1%	4.1%	3.4%	5.6%	4.8%	6.8%

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

CEE

Survey time period

2009 to 2021

Age group

15-74 years

Special properties

Share of population in the labor force

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