EU unemployment figures 2023

As of March 2023, there were approximately 12.95 million unemployed people in the European Union, of which 10.87 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 March 2023 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	EU	Euro area
Mar 23	12,960	11,010
Feb 23	13,115	11,131
Jan 23	13,122	11,176
Dec 22	13,220	11,246
Nov 22	13,259	11,257
Oct 22	13,183	11,198
Sep 22	13,179	11,246
Aug 22	13,182	11,261
Jul 22	13,141	11,212
Jun 22	13,190	11,243
May 22	13,189	11,237
Apr 22	13,241	11,297
Mar 22	13,313	11,375
Feb 22	13,359	11,391
Jan 22	13,536	11,494
Dec 21	13,665	11,634
Nov 21	13,811	11,790
Oct 21	14,113	12,039
Sep 21	14,285	12,203
Aug 21	14,638	12,499
Jul 21	14,857	12,755
Jun 21	15,211	13,009
May 21	15,542	13,293
Apr 21	15,827	13,522
Mar 21	15,771	13,348
Feb 21	15,796	13,416
Jan 21	15,794	13,445
Dec 20	15,760	13,408
Nov 20	15,698	13,416
Oct 20	16,055	13,750
Sep 20	16,370	14,060
Aug 20	16,423	14,069
Jul 20	16,174	13,774
Jun 20	15,409	13,008
May 20	14,498	12,226
Apr 20	14,070	11,933
Mar 20	13,670	11,759
Feb 20	14,065	12,152
Jan 20	14,289	12,429
Dec 19	14,279	12,417
Nov 19	14,324	12,388
Oct 19	14,192	12,300
Sep 19	14,225	12,317
Aug 19	14,206	12,297
Jul 19	14,344	12,420
Jun 19	14,310	12,453
May 19	14,520	12,619
Apr 19	14,706	12,750
Mar 19	14,808	12,778
Feb 19	14,928	12,914
Jan 19	14,980	12,944
Dec 18	15,029	12,953
Nov 18	15,126	13,076
Oct 18	15,307	13,241
Sep 18	15,209	13,157
Aug 18	15,299	13,208
Jul 18	15,445	13,357
Jun 18	15,668	13,575
May 18	15,696	13,655
Apr 18	15,980	13,891
Mar 18	16,128	14,019
Feb 18	16,217	14,132
Jan 18	16,516	14,290
Dec 17	16,565	14,312
Nov 17	16,680	14,378
Oct 17	16,854	14,475
Sep 17	17,079	14,653
Aug 17	17,215	14,783
Jul 17	17,410	14,931
Jun 17	17,442	14,940
May 17	17,718	15,169
Apr 17	17,767	15,224
Mar 17	18,055	15,512
Feb 17	18,192	15,615
Jan 17	18,353	15,764
Dec 16	18,578	15,911
Nov 16	18,839	16,140
Oct 16	18,864	16,089
Sep 16	19,046	16,206
Aug 16	19,124	16,263
Jul 16	19,301	16,371
Jun 16	19,536	16,612
May 16	19,690	16,707
Apr 16	19,804	16,823
Mar 16	19,915	16,863
Feb 16	20,142	17,056
Jan 16	20,194	17,060
Dec 15	20,424	17,183
Nov 15	20,464	17,216
Oct 15	20,690	17,379
Sep 15	20,718	17,355
Aug 15	20,789	17,407
Jul 15	20,971	17,547
Jun 15	21,391	17,929
May 15	21,523	18,030
Apr 15	21,729	18,129
Mar 15	21,950	18,317
Feb 15	22,088	18,377
Jan 15	22,160	18,455
Dec 14	22,286	18,579
Nov 14	22,671	18,860
Oct 14	22,600	18,823
Sep 14	22,571	18,772
Aug 14	22,526	18,639
Jul 14	22,717	18,858
Jun 14	22,752	18,786
May 14	22,964	19,011
Apr 14	23,141	19,077
Mar 14	23,467	19,298
Feb 14	23,587	19,386
Jan 14	23,717	19,453
Dec 13	23,608	19,339
Nov 13	23,770	19,460
Oct 13	23,761	19,472
Sep 13	23,910	19,573
Aug 13	23,873	19,516
Jul 13	23,931	19,574
Jun 13	24,081	19,630
May 13	24,136	19,713
Apr 13	24,316	19,773
Mar 13	24,266	19,744
Feb 13	24,232	19,745
Jan 13	24,167	19,726
Dec 12	23,835	19,413
Nov 12	23,772	19,350
Oct 12	23,542	19,164
Sep 12	23,288	18,896
Aug 12	23,098	18,703
Jul 12	23,007	18,633
Jun 12	22,843	18,513
May 12	22,756	18,368
Apr 12	22,533	18,226
Mar 12	22,311	18,032
Feb 12	22,048	17,744
Jan 12	21,760	17,474
Dec 11	21,725	17,400
Nov 11	21,494	17,192
Oct 11	21,241	16,958
Sep 11	20,979	16,782
Aug 11	20,722	16,515
Jul 11	20,609	16,398
Jun 11	20,406	16,219
May 11	20,354	16,141
Apr 11	20,244	16,034
Mar 11	20,316	16,152
Feb 11	20,349	16,168
Jan 11	20,444	16,200
Dec 10	20,492	16,270
Nov 10	20,501	16,277
Oct 10	20,620	16,369
Sep 10	20,512	16,319
Aug 10	20,510	16,290
Jul 10	20,567	16,342
Jun 10	20,708	16,459
May 10	20,778	16,517
Apr 10	20,851	16,552
Mar 10	20,802	16,430
Feb 10	20,792	16,437
Jan 10	20,673	16,363
Dec 09	20,305	16,213
Nov 09	20,156	16,170
Oct 09	19,970	16,051
Sep 09	19,848	15,931
Aug 09	19,558	15,696
Jul 09	19,337	15,594
Jun 09	19,153	15,464
May 09	18,985	15,357
Apr 09	18,706	15,179
Mar 09	18,391	14,937
Feb 09	17,872	14,466
Jan 09	17,262	13,989
Dec 08	16,348	13,360
Nov 08	15,889	12,990
Oct 08	15,469	12,647
Sep 08	15,235	12,418
Aug 08	15,097	12,302
Jul 08	14,964	12,137
Jun 08	15,050	12,134
May 08	14,885	12,001
Apr 08	14,770	11,917
Mar 08	14,618	11,724
Feb 08	14,717	11,771
Jan 08	14,859	11,829
Dec 07	15,009	11,840
Nov 07	15,040	11,817
Oct 07	15,164	11,877
Sep 07	15,327	11,954
Aug 07	15,429	12,051
Jul 07	15,524	12,115
Jun 07	15,482	12,022
May 07	15,610	12,137
Apr 07	15,699	12,148
Mar 07	15,953	12,330
Feb 07	16,212	12,483
Jan 07	16,436	12,597
Dec 06	16,695	12,645
Nov 06	16,976	12,827
Oct 06	17,185	12,946
Sep 06	17,459	13,045
Aug 06	17,591	13,153
Jul 06	17,724	13,203
Jun 06	17,807	13,315
May 06	18,024	13,491
Apr 06	18,258	13,632
Mar 06	18,494	13,801
Feb 06	18,675	13,951
Jan 06	18,901	14,003
Dec 05	19,093	14,108
Nov 05	19,262	14,185
Oct 05	19,474	14,263
Sep 05	19,445	14,267
Aug 05	19,442	14,211
Jul 05	19,591	14,311
Jun 05	19,828	14,442
May 05	19,832	14,434
Apr 05	19,860	14,507
Mar 05	19,754	14,360
Feb 05	19,771	14,360
Jan 05	19,704	14,341
Dec 04	19,841	14,399
Nov 04	20,004	14,509
Oct 04	19,998	14,488
Sep 04	20,010	14,479
Aug 04	19,911	14,375
Jul 04	19,860	14,340
Jun 04	19,904	14,324
May 04	19,956	14,365
Apr 04	20,003	14,367
Mar 04	20,085	14,406
Feb 04	20,002	14,310
Jan 04	20,125	14,303
Dec 03	19,885	14,156
Nov 03	19,722	14,021
Oct 03	19,630	13,992
Sep 03	19,616	13,985
Aug 03	19,584	13,925
Jul 03	19,597	13,964
Jun 03	19,624	14,008
May 03	19,523	13,914
Apr 03	19,470	13,889
Mar 03	19,480	13,878
Feb 03	19,360	13,781
Jan 03	19,364	13,726
Dec 02	19,274	13,557
Nov 02	19,250	13,432
Oct 02	19,235	13,343
Sep 02	19,275	13,287
Aug 02	19,223	13,212
Jul 02	19,145	13,136
Jun 02	18,994	13,014
May 02	18,870	12,950
Apr 02	18,837	12,898
Mar 02	18,721	12,798
Feb 02	18,728	12,833
Jan 02	18,635	12,746
Dec 01	18,617	12,736
Nov 01	18,524	12,701
Oct 01	18,415	12,638
Sep 01	18,352	12,597
Aug 01	18,291	12,549
Jul 01	18,248	12,508
Jun 01	18,242	12,507
May 01	18,260	12,533
Apr 01	18,176	12,494
Mar 01	18,141	12,542
Feb 01	18,156	12,601
Jan 01	18,179	12,650
Dec 00	18,222	12,810
Nov 00	18,313	12,920
Oct 00	18,342	13,005
Sep 00	18,451	13,153
Aug 00	18,506	13,223
Jul 00	18,594	13,295
Jun 00	18,661	13,343
May 00	18,728	13,392
Apr 00	18,777	13,456
Mar 00	18,861	13,572
Feb 00	18,930	13,695
Jan 00	18,976	13,805