• Unemployment rate in largest European countries 2022

In 2022, the unemployment rate of Europe's five largest economies ranged from 3.2 percent in Germany, to 13.4 percent in Spain. Throughout this provided time period, unemployment has consistently been lowest in Germany, and with the exception of 2006, highest in Spain, when France briefly had a higher unemployment rate.

Unemployment rate of the largest economies in Europe from 1980 to 2022

Characteristic	United Kingdom	France	Germany	Italy	Spain
2022	4.2%	7.8%	3.2%	9.3%	13.4%
2021	4.5%	7.9%	3.5%	9.5%	14.8%
2020	4.8%	10.4%	0.3%	12.7%	20.8%
2019	3.8%	8.5%	1.3%	10%	14.1%
2018	4.1%	9%	2%	10.6%	15.3%
2017	4.4%	9.4%	1.7%	11.3%	17.2%
2016	4.9%	10%	0.4%	11.7%	19.6%
2015	5.4%	10.4%	0.7%	11.9%	22.1%
2014	6.2%	10.3%	0.8%	12.6%	24.4%
2013	7.6%	10.3%	1.6%	12.1%	26.1%
2012	8%	9.8%	2.1%	10.7%	24.8%
2011	8.1%	9.2%	2.5%	8.4%	21.4%
2010	7.9%	9.3%	1.1%	8.4%	19.9%
2009	7.6%	9.1%	0.2%	7.7%	17.9%
2008	5.7%	7.5%	2.7%	6.7%	11.2%
2007	5.4%	8%	2.3%	6.1%	8.2%
2006	5.4%	8.8%	1.8%	6.8%	8.5%
2005	4.8%	8.9%	1.9%	7.7%	9.2%
2004	4.8%	8.8%	1.8%	8%	11%
2003	5%	8.5%	1.1%	8.5%	11.5%
2002	5.2%	8.3%	1.3%	8.6%	11.5%
2001	5.1%	8.5%	1.9%	9.1%	10.5%
2000	5.5%	9.2%	1.4%	10.1%	13.9%
1999	6%	10.4%	0.7%	10.9%	15.6%
1998	6.3%	10.7%	0.6%	11.3%	18.6%
1997	7%	10.9%	1.5%	11.2%	20.6%
1996	8.1%	10.8%	1.3%	11.2%	22.1%
1995	8.6%	10.5%	1.7%	11.2%	22.9%
1994	9.5%	10.7%	2.7%	10.6%	24.1%
1993	10.4%	10.3%	4.5%	9.8%	22.6%
1992	10%	9.4%	5%	8.8%	18.4%
1991	8.9%	8.6%	3.5%	8.5%	16.3%
1990	7.1%	8.4%	2.7%	8.9%	16.2%
1989	7.2%	8.7%	2.8%	9.7%	17.2%
1988	8.6%	8.8%	1.3%	9.7%	19.2%
1987	10.4%	9.2%	0.2%	9.6%	20.2%
1986	11.3%	8.9%	-0.1%	8.9%	20.9%
1985	11.4%	8.7%	2.1%	8.2%	21.3%
1984	11.8%	8.5%	2.4%	7.8%	19.9%
1983	11.5%	7.4%	3.3%	7.4%	17.2%
1982	10.7%	8.1%	5.3%	8.3%	15.8%
1981	9.7%	7.4%	6.3%	7.6%	13.8%
1980	7.1%	6.3%	5.4%	7.4%	11%

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April 2022

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Region

France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

Survey time period

1980 to 2022

Supplementary notes

*Forecast data
Germany only includes West Germany prior to German reunification in 1990.

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