60/2014 - 15 April 2014

Unemployment in the EU28 regions in 2013

Regional unemployment rates ranged from 2.6% in Oberbayern to 36.3% in Andalucía Regional unemployment rates

1 varied widely across the 272 NUTS 2 regions

2 of the EU28 in 2013, with the lowest

rates recorded in the regions of Oberbayern in Germany (2.6%), Freiburg in Germany and Salzburg in Austria

(both 2.9%), Tübingen in Germany and Tirol in Austria (both 3.0%), while the highest rates were registered in five

Spanish regions: Andalucía (36.3%), Ceuta (35.6%), Melilla (34.4%), Canarias (34.1%) and Extremadura

(33.7%).

Among the regions, 49 had an unemployment rate of 5.4% or less in 2013, half the average for the EU28 (10.8%).

They included twenty-three regions in Germany, eight each in Austria and the United Kingdom, three each in the

Czech Republic and Romania, two in Belgium and one each in Italy and the Netherlands. At the other extreme,

27 regions had a rate higher than 21.6%, double that of the EU28: thirteen regions in Spain, ten in Greece, three

French Overseas Departments3 and one region in Italy.

These data4 on regional unemployment, compiled on the basis of the EU Labour Force Survey, are published by

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

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40Regional unemployment in Member States in 2013, %

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EU28 average

Youth unemployment rates varied from 4.4% in Oberbayern and Tübingen to 70.6% in Dytiki Makedonia and 72.7% in Ceuta

In 2013, the average unemployment rate for young people1 aged between 15 and 24 in the EU28 was 23.4%.

Regional differences in the unemployment rate for young people are however very marked. In the EU28 in 2013,

the lowest rates for young people were recorded in the German regions of Oberbayern and Tübingen (both 4.4%)

and Freiburg (4.7%), and the highest in Ceuta (72.7%) in Spain and Dytiki Makedonia (70.6%) and Ipeiros

(67.0%) in Greece. In more than three quarters of the EU28 regions, the unemployment rate for young people was

at least twice that for total unemployment.

Regions with highest and lowest unemployment rates in 2013, %

Total

Lowest Highest

1 Oberbayern (DE) 2.6 1 Andalucía (ES) 36.3

2= Freiburg (DE) 2.9 2 Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta (ES) 35.6

Salzburg (AT) 2.9 3 Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla (ES) 34.4

4= Tübingen (DE) 3.0 4 Canarias (ES) 34.1

Tirol (AT) 3.0 5 Extremadura (ES) 33.7

6=

Praha (CZ) 3.1 6 Dytiki Makedonia (EL) 31.8

Mittelfranken (DE) 3.1 7 Castilla-la Mancha (ES) 30.1

Trier (DE) 3.1 8 Kentriki Makedonia (EL) 30.0

9 Vorarlberg (AT) 3.2 9 Región de Murcia (ES) 29.4

10=

Niederbayern (DE) 3.3 10 Réunion (FR) 28.9

Unterfranken (DE) 3.3

Schwaben (DE) 3.3

Young people (aged 15-24)

Lowest Highest

1= Tübingen (DE) 4.4 1 Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta (ES) (72.7)

Oberbayern (DE) 4.4 2 Dytiki Makedonia (EL) 70.6

3 Freiburg (DE) 4.7 3 Ipeiros (EL) 67.0

4 Schwaben (DE) 4.8 4 Andalucía (ES) 66.1

5 Mittelfranken (DE) 5.0 5 Canarias (ES) 65.3

6 Karlsruhe (DE) 5.8 6 Martinique (FR) 63.9

7= Stuttgart (DE) 6.1 7 Kentriki Makedonia (EL) 61.8

Tirol (AT) (6.1) 8 Extremadura (ES) 61.7

9 Weser-Ems (DE) 6.7 9 Castilla-la Mancha (ES) 61.6

10= Zeeland (NL) (7.0) 10 Attiki (EL) 60.6

Oberösterreich (AT) 7.0

In more than a quarter of the regions, the majority of the unemployed had been out of work for at least a year

The long-term unemployment share, which is defined as the percentage of unemployed persons who have been

unemployed for 12 months or more, stood at 47.5% on average in the EU28 in 2013, and varied significantly across

the regions. In the EU28 in 2013, the lowest shares of long-term unemployed were recorded in six Swedish

regions: Övre Norrland (12.4%), Mellersta Norrland (13.1%), Norra Mellansverige (16.3%), Västsverige

(17.2%), Småland med öarna (17.3%) and Stockholm (17.5%), and the highest in the French Overseas

Departments of Guadeloupe (79.5%) and Guyane (77.6%) and Východné Slovensko (74.9%) in Slovakia.

Regions with highest and lowest long-term unemployment shares in 2013, %

Lowest Highest

1 Övre Norrland (SE) 12.4 1 Guadeloupe (FR) 79.5

2 Mellersta Norrland (SE) (13.1) 2 Guyane (FR) 77.6

3 Norra Mellansverige (SE) 16.3 3 Východné Slovensko (SK) 74.9

4 Västsverige (SE) 17.2 4 Dytiki Ellada (EL) 72.9

5 Småland med öarna (SE) 17.3 5 Stredné Slovensko (SK) 72.7

6 Stockholm (SE) 17.5 6=

Sterea Ellada (EL) 71.0

7 Nordjylland (DK) (18.3) Martinique (FR) 71.0

8 Östra Mellansverige (SE) 18.7 8 Peloponnisos (EL) 70.8

9 Oberösterreich (AT) (18.8) 9 Attiki (EL) 69.3

10= Helsinki-Uusimaa (FI) 19.0 10 Kentriki Makedonia (EL) 69.0

Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi (FI) 19.0

( ) Data with reduced reliability due to sample size.

1. The unemployment rate is defined as the percentage of unemployed persons aged 15-74 in the economically active population. According to the recommendations of the International Labour Organisation, a person is deemed to be unemployed if all three of the following conditions are met:

he or she is without work during the survey reference week;

he or she is available for work, being able to take up employment within two weeks;

he or she has actively sought work over the past four weeks. In particular, it should be noted that the youth unemployment rate does not reflect the proportion of all young people who are unemployed, as not every young person participates in the labour market. Labour market participation of young persons varies by country and region in the EU28, which influences the proportion of unemployed people in the total youth population. For further details please refer to the Youth unemployment article in Statistics Explained: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Youth_unemployment The EU28 average is calculated as the average of the regional values. The figures may slightly differ from the EU unemployment rate published in the Eurostat database, for which methodological breaks (see footnotes 5 and 6) have been corrected.

2. These data are based on the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) as modified in January 2011. NUTS 2010 provides a uniform, consistent breakdown of territorial units for the production of regional statistics for the EU. Level 2 of the nomenclature has 272 regions: Belgium (11), Bulgaria (6), the Czech Republic (8), Denmark (5), Germany (38), Ireland (2), Greece (13), Spain (19), France (26), Croatia (2), Italy (21), Hungary (7), the Netherlands (12), Austria (9), Poland (16), Portugal (7), Romania (8), Slovenia (2), Slovakia (4), Finland (5), Sweden (8) and the United Kingdom (37). Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Malta are all considered as single regions at NUTS 2 level. For a list of the European statistical regions see: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/nuts_nomenclature/introduction. The statistical regions in the candidate and EFTA countries follow the principles of the NUTS classification; however there is no legal base. There are 44 regions in these countries at Level 2: Norway (7), Switzerland (7), and Turkey (26). Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are all considered as single regions at Level 2.

3. Data for French Overseas Departments (Guadelope, Martinique, Guyane and Réunion) refer to the second quarter of 2013.

4. For further regional data, please see the Eurostat web site: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/region_cities/regional_statistics/data/database

5. For Estonia and Austria there is a break in the series between 2012 and 2013 due to census revisions.

6. INSEE, the French Statistical Office, has carried out an extensive revision of the Labour Force Survey questionnaire. The new questionnaire was used from 1 January 2013 onwards. It impacts significantly the level of the French indicators mentioned in this release. Detailed information on these methodological changes and their impact is available in INSEE's website http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/info-rapide.asp?id=14 Box "Pour en savoir plus". Due to this revision, comparisons with the past should be avoided.

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Unemployment in the regions of the European Union

Unemployment rates, % Long-term unemployment

share,% Total Males Females

15-24 years old

2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 EU28

1 10.5 10.8 10.8 10.9 23.4 47.5

BELGIUM 7.5 8.4 8.6 8.2 23.7 46.0 Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk 17.4 19.2 21.0 17.0 39.9 56.6 Vlaams Gewest 4.5 5.0 5.1 5.0 16.6 32.5 Prov. Antwerpen 5.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 19.1 35.9 Prov. Limburg (BE) 4.7 5.5 5.6 5.3 19.8 28.9 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 14.4 26.5 Prov. Vlaams Brabant 4.4 5.5 5.1 5.9 16.1 37.2 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 3.9 3.9 4.1 3.6 13.7 29.2 Région Wallonne 10.0 11.3 11.3 11.4 32.8 51.5 Prov. Brabant Wallon 7.0 8.2 8.6 7.8 (29.3) 50.3 Prov. Hainaut 12.1 13.2 13.5 12.9 40.5 53.5 Prov. Liège 10.7 11.7 11.3 12.1 26.9 53.6 Prov. Luxembourg (BE) 7.6 7.9 7.5 (8.3) (25.9) (36.9) Prov. Namur 7.3 10.4 10.1 10.8 32.4 47.3

BULGARIA 12.3 12.9 13.9 11.8 28.4 57.3 Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria 14.3 14.8 15.5 13.9 31.4 58.0 Severozapaden 12.3 14.0 16.0 11.6 (32.0) 63.7 Severen tsentralen 14.3 15.3 16.5 13.9 (29.3) 66.0 Severoiztochen 18.2 16.8 17.1 16.5 33.0 58.0 Yugoiztochen 11.9 13.0 13.0 13.1 30.7 46.5 Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria 10.4 11.2 12.3 10.0 25.6 56.4 Yugozapaden 8.2 9.8 10.9 8.6 20.6 53.9 Yuzhen tsentralen 13.8 13.5 14.6 12.2 34.1 59.3

CZECH REPUBLIC 7.0 7.0 5.9 8.3 19.0 43.4 Praha 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 9.7 34.8 Střední Čechy 4.6 5.2 4.6 6.0 14.7 34.4 Jihozápad 5.3 5.2 3.9 6.8 16.6 43.7 Severozápad 10.7 9.6 8.1 11.6 24.8 49.8 Severovýchod 8.0 8.3 6.7 10.2 19.7 39.4 Jihovýchod 7.6 6.8 5.7 8.2 19.4 42.0 Střední Morava 7.5 8.0 7.4 8.8 21.6 46.1 Moravskoslezsko 9.5 9.9 8.0 12.1 22.4 49.1

DENMARK 7.5 7.0 6.7 7.3 13.1 25.5 Hovedstaden 8.2 7.4 7.0 7.9 12.7 26.8 Sjælland 6.4 6.8 6.8 6.8 13.9 29.0 Syddanmark 7.9 7.2 6.8 7.7 12.8 28.5 Midtjylland 6.8 6.5 6.5 6.6 12.7 21.1 Nordjylland 7.9 6.4 6.3 6.6 14.4 (18.3)

( ) Data with reduced reliability due to sample size.

Unemployment in the regions of the European Union

Unemployment rates, % Long-term unemployment

share,% Total Males Females

15-24 years old

2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 EU28

1 10.5 10.8 10.8 10.9 23.4 47.5

GERMANY 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.0 7.9 44.4 Baden-Württemberg 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 5.4 33.6 Stuttgart 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.7 6.1 34.4 Karlsruhe 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.4 5.8 37.4 Freiburg 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 4.7 30.1 Tübingen 2.7 3.0 2.8 3.2 4.4 29.0 Bayern 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2 4.9 34.6 Oberbayern 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 4.4 33.8 Niederbayern 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.6 u 39.1 Oberpfalz 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.8 u 39.2 Oberfranken 3.3 4.0 4.3 3.7 8.0 35.9 Mittelfranken 3.7 3.1 3.1 3.2 5.0 33.6 Unterfranken 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.6 u 31.6 Schwaben 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.6 4.8 32.6 Berlin 10.6 10.6 11.7 9.2 14.3 48.5 Brandenburg 8.3 7.4 8.1 6.5 11.2 53.3 Bremen 6.7 7.2 7.2 7.0 u 36.0 Hamburg 5.4 4.8 5.5 4.0 7.5 48.5 Hessen 4.7 4.4 4.7 3.9 8.2 36.6 Darmstadt 4.7 4.3 4.8 3.7 8.1 35.2 Gießen 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.6 u 42.0 Kassel 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.2 9.0 36.3 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 10.8 10.1 11.1 8.9 10.8 53.4 Niedersachsen 5.0 5.0 5.4 4.5 8.0 42.9 Braunschweig 5.7 6.4 7.3 5.2 9.6 44.5 Hannover 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.3 8.6 44.3 Lüneburg 4.5 4.4 4.8 3.9 7.8 45.2 Weser-Ems 4.4 4.0 4.3 3.8 6.7 38.0 Nordrhein-Westfalen 5.9 6.0 6.7 5.3 9.4 45.1 Düsseldorf 6.6 6.4 7.3 5.4 10.1 48.6 Köln 5.4 5.9 6.5 5.2 8.7 44.0 Münster 5.0 5.1 5.5 4.7 8.5 44.1 Detmold 4.8 5.1 5.3 4.8 8.8 40.2 Arnsberg 6.9 6.8 7.6 5.8 10.2 44.3 Rheinland-Pfalz 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.0 8.0 35.9 Koblenz 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.9 7.3 36.1 Trier 2.7 3.1 3.4 u u u Rheinhessen-Pfalz 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.4 9.7 35.5 Saarland 6.4 6.2 6.6 5.7 12.4 42.6 Sachsen 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.8 10.3 54.2 Dresden 7.6 7.3 7.6 6.9 9.8 51.2 Chemnitz 8.0 7.4 6.8 8.2 9.0 55.0 Leipzig 9.5 9.3 9.9 8.6 12.5 57.0 Sachsen-Anhalt 9.5 9.0 8.9 9.2 11.3 58.1 Schleswig-Holstein 5.1 5.0 5.5 4.4 7.3 45.2 Thüringen 7.2 6.0 5.8 6.3 8.8 51.4

ESTONIA5 : 8.6 9.1 8.2 18.7 44.5

IRELAND 14.7 13.0 15.0 10.7 26.8 59.9 Border, Midland and Western 16.5 14.2 15.8 12.1 30.3 61.9 Southern and Eastern 14.1 12.6 14.6 10.2 25.6 59.1

GREECE 24.2 27.3 24.3 31.3 58.3 67.5 Voreia Ellada 25.0 28.6 24.9 33.5 60.9 68.2 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 22.5 26.4 25.0 28.5 59.8 68.9 Kentriki Makedonia 26.0 30.0 26.2 34.9 61.8 69.0 Dytiki Makedonia 29.9 31.8 27.3 38.2 70.6 65.2 Thessalia 22.6 25.4 20.6 31.8 57.4 66.5 Kentriki Ellada 23.2 25.8 22.0 31.2 58.9 68.7 Ipeiros 22.9 27.8 24.6 31.7 67.0 62.9 Ionia Nisia 14.7 18.3 13.7 24.8 49.8 46.7 Dytiki Ellada 25.5 28.3 24.0 34.7 58.8 72.9 Sterea Ellada 27.8 27.9 24.8 32.9 59.8 71.0 Peloponnisos 19.9 22.5 19.0 27.5 58.7 70.8 Attiki 25.3 28.2 26.5 30.3 60.6 69.3 Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti 19.8 22.9 19.3 28.1 43.0 53.6 Voreio Aigaio 21.2 21.3 18.0 27.2 (47.0) 68.2 Notio Aigaio 15.1 20.7 17.3 26.1 37.0 37.5 Kriti 21.7 24.4 20.7 29.3 45.3 56.5

: Data not shown due to break in series ( ) Data with reduced reliability due to sample size. u Data not published due to small sample size.

Unemployment in the regions of the European Union

Unemployment rates, % Long-term unemployment

share,% Total Males Females

15-24 years old

2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 EU28

1 10.5 10.8 10.8 10.9 23.4 47.5

SPAIN 25.0 26.4 25.8 27.0 55.7 49.8 Noroeste 20.5 22.3 22.3 22.4 51.4 51.2 Galicia 20.7 22.1 22.2 21.9 50.2 50.3 Principado de Asturias 21.8 24.1 23.8 24.4 54.7 53.9 Cantabria 17.7 20.6 20.1 21.2 52.2 49.6 Noreste 16.6 18.1 17.5 18.8 48.5 45.9 País Vasco 14.9 15.8 15.7 16.0 46.3 48.8 Comunidad Foral de Navarra 16.2 18.1 17.3 19.1 48.1 39.4 La Rioja 20.5 19.9 18.9 21.1 (47.9) 42.6 Aragón 18.6 21.3 20.1 22.9 51.1 45.8 Comunidad de Madrid 19.0 20.2 19.7 20.8 48.9 50.4 Centro (ES) 25.5 27.2 25.1 29.8 57.4 50.2 Castilla y León 19.7 21.7 20.0 23.8 49.6 48.3 Castilla-La Mancha 28.5 30.1 27.4 33.7 61.6 54.7 Extremadura 33.0 33.7 31.8 36.1 61.7 45.2 Este 24.5 25.2 25.2 25.3 52.3 50.4 Cataluña 22.6 23.4 23.9 22.8 50.7 52.8 Comunidad Valenciana 27.7 28.6 27.6 29.8 56.7 49.3 Illes Balears 23.2 22.3 22.4 22.1 45.3 41.3 Sur 33.5 35.3 33.9 36.9 64.2 47.9 Andalucía 34.6 36.3 34.9 38.1 66.1 48.1 Región de Murcia 27.9 29.4 28.8 30.1 53.8 45.2 Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta 38.5 35.6 29.4 44.4 (72.7) 65.2 Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla 28.6 34.4 34.4 (34.4) (56.0) 55.3 Canarias 33.0 34.1 34.6 33.4 65.3 55.0

FRANCE6 : 10.3 10.4 10.3 24.9 42.2

Île de France : 8.9 9.6 8.1 18.4 40.1 Bassin parisien : 10.7 10.7 10.7 27.4 41.8 Champagne-Ardenne : 10.4 10.0 10.8 29.7 37.5 Picardie : 11.4 10.9 12.1 29.3 45.4 Haute-Normandie : 11.6 11.7 11.5 30.8 47.4 Centre : 10.6 11.1 10.1 22.0 40.5 Basse-Normandie : 9.1 9.8 8.5 25.8 36.2 Bourgogne : 10.5 10.1 10.9 30.0 40.3 Nord - Pas-de-Calais : 14.7 15.1 14.2 34.7 48.8 Est : 10.7 10.7 10.7 26.9 41.4 Lorraine : 12.2 12.2 12.1 27.5 41.9 Alsace : 9.7 9.1 10.3 28.2 41.6 Franche-Comté : 9.5 10.3 8.7 (22.5) 39.8 Ouest : 8.7 8.3 9.2 21.5 36.0 Pays de la Loire : 8.8 8.5 9.2 20.7 36.1 Bretagne : 8.0 7.5 8.5 19.2 33.4 Poitou-Charentes : 9.9 9.3 10.5 26.4 39.8 Sud-ouest : 8.6 8.8 8.3 20.6 35.9 Aquitaine : 8.9 9.0 8.8 21.8 33.5 Midi-Pyrénées : 8.6 9.0 8.2 20.5 36.4 Limousin : 6.9 7.1 (6.7) u (47.3) Centre-est : 8.5 8.3 8.6 20.2 34.7 Rhône-Alpes : 8.4 8.4 8.4 19.5 34.0 Auvergne : 8.9 8.1 9.8 23.9 37.6 Méditerranée : 11.5 11.3 11.7 28.5 42.1 Languedoc-Roussillon : 12.9 12.7 13.1 36.4 45.6 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur : 10.8 10.8 10.9 24.6 40.4 Corse : (12.4) u (15.5) u u Départements d'Outre-Mer : 26.2 25.1 27.4 57.0 72.1 Guadeloupe : 26.2 24.0 28.3 58.4 79.5 Martinique : 22.8 22.8 22.8 63.9 71.0 Guyane : 21.3 16.7 26.3 (41.1) 77.6 Réunion : 28.9 28.3 29.7 57.3 68.3

CROATIA 15.8 17.1 17.7 16.5 49.8 63.7 Jadranska Hrvatska 14.8 14.8 15.2 14.4 45.4 58.6 Kontinentalna Hrvatska 16.3 18.2 18.8 17.5 51.4 65.6

: Data not shown due to break in series ( ) Data with reduced reliability due to sample size. u Data not published due to small sample size.

Unemployment in the regions of the European Union

Unemployment rates, % Long-term unemployment

share,% Total Males Females

15-24 years old

2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 EU28

1 10.5 10.8 10.8 10.9 23.4 47.5

ITALY 10.7 12.2 11.5 13.1 40.0 56.4 Nord Ovest 8.0 8.9 8.4 9.6 34.3 51.8 Piemonte 9.2 10.6 10.2 11.1 40.2 54.3 Valle d’Aosta / Vallée d’Aoste 7.1 8.4 8.5 (8.3) u (34.2) Liguria 8.1 9.9 9.2 10.9 42.1 50.5 Lombardia 7.5 8.1 7.6 8.8 30.8 50.8 Nord Est 6.7 7.7 6.6 9.3 26.9 45.8 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 4.1 4.4 3.9 5.0 12.2 26.2 Provincia Autonoma di Trento 6.1 6.6 5.4 8.0 23.5 32.9 Veneto 6.6 7.6 6.2 9.5 25.3 49.9 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 6.8 7.7 6.6 9.1 24.2 43.6 Emilia-Romagna 7.1 8.5 7.4 9.7 33.3 44.9 Centro (IT) 9.5 10.9 9.8 12.2 39.8 52.8 Toscana 7.8 8.7 7.6 10.1 33.4 46.4 Umbria 9.8 10.4 9.4 11.7 36.5 47.1 Marche 9.1 11.1 9.8 12.6 36.1 50.9 Lazio 10.8 12.3 11.2 13.7 45.9 57.1 Sud 16.9 19.6 18.4 21.6 50.6 63.3 Abruzzo 10.8 11.4 11.2 11.8 37.7 57.7 Molise 12.0 15.8 15.8 15.8 48.9 60.1 Campania 19.3 21.5 20.1 23.8 51.7 67.2 Puglia 15.7 19.8 17.8 23.3 49.7 57.9 Basilicata 14.5 15.2 15.4 14.8 55.1 64.0 Calabria 19.3 22.2 21.5 23.5 56.1 64.8 Isole 17.7 20.0 19.4 21.2 53.9 62.5 Sicilia 18.6 21.0 19.9 23.0 53.8 64.7 Sardegna 15.5 17.5 17.9 17.0 54.2 55.9

CYPRUS 11.8 15.9 16.5 15.2 38.9 38.3

LATVIA 15.0 11.9 12.6 11.1 23.2 48.4

LITHUANIA 13.4 11.8 13.1 10.5 21.9 42.9

LUXEMBOURG (GRAND-DUCHY) 5.1 5.8 5.4 6.4 15.5 30.4

HUNGARY 10.9 10.2 10.2 10.2 27.2 48.6 Közép Magyarország 9.2 8.7 9.3 8.0 25.9 55.0 Dunántúl 9.6 8.6 8.4 8.8 22.0 43.7 Közép Dunántúl 9.8 8.8 8.4 9.4 23.0 47.3 Nyugat Dunántúl 7.4 7.8 7.4 8.2 21.5 36.8 Dél Dunántúl 12.0 9.1 9.5 8.7 21.3 46.3 Alföld es Észak 13.5 12.9 12.6 13.4 31.9 47.5 Észak Magyaroszág 16.6 12.9 12.8 13.0 30.3 51.8 Észak Alföld 13.9 14.4 13.7 15.3 35.7 43.9 Dél Alföld 10.5 11.3 11.1 11.6 28.5 48.6

MALTA 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.4 13.5 44.5

NETHERLANDS 5.3 6.7 7.1 6.3 11.0 35.4 Noord-Nederland 5.9 7.3 7.8 6.7 11.8 34.5 Groningen 6.2 7.5 8.3 6.5 11.5 34.0 Friesland (NL) 5.7 7.8 8.1 7.3 13.0 33.9 Drenthe 5.7 6.5 6.8 6.2 10.8 36.4 Oost-Nederland 5.1 6.6 7.0 6.1 11.4 35.3 Overijssel 5.1 6.7 7.2 6.1 11.2 35.0 Gelderland 4.8 6.1 6.6 5.4 10.5 35.0 Flevoland 6.6 9.2 8.5 9.9 17.3 36.6 West-Nederland 5.4 6.8 7.1 6.4 10.9 36.8 Utrecht 4.7 5.8 6.3 5.3 9.6 27.8 Noord-Holland 5.0 6.6 7.1 6.1 11.9 34.8 Zuid-Holland 6.3 7.4 7.6 7.2 11.0 40.4 Zeeland 3.1 4.7 5.0 4.3 (7.0) 43.7 Zuid-Nederland 4.8 6.3 6.7 5.9 10.4 32.8 Noord-Brabant 4.7 6.1 6.5 5.8 9.7 32.6 Limburg (NL) 4.9 6.7 7.1 6.2 12.0 33.1

AUSTRIA5 : 4.9 4.9 4.9 9.2 24.3

Ostösterreich : 6.4 6.5 6.2 12.2 27.4 Burgenland (AT) : (4.0) u u u u Niederösterreich : 4.5 4.7 4.4 10.0 23.8 Wien : 8.4 8.6 8.2 14.9 29.5 Südösterreich : 4.4 4.2 4.7 8.8 24.5 Kärnten : 5.3 4.8 5.8 (8.9) (23.6) Steiermark : 4.0 3.9 4.2 8.7 25.0 Westösterreich : 3.5 3.5 3.4 6.4 17.7 Oberösterreich : 4.0 4.2 3.8 7.0 (18.8) Salzburg : 2.9 (3.1) (2.7) u u Tirol : 3.0 (2.7) 3.4 (6.1) u Vorarlberg : 3.2 (3.3) u u u

: Data not shown due to break in series ( ) Data with reduced reliability due to sample size. u Data not published due to small sample size.

Unemployment in the regions of the European Union

Unemployment rates, % Long-term unemployment

share,% Total Males Females

15-24 years old

2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 EU28

1 10.5 10.8 10.8 10.9 23.4 47.5

POLAND 10.1 10.3 9.7 11.1 27.3 42.5 Region Centralny 9.0 9.1 8.8 9.4 21.0 41.6 Łódzkie 11.1 11.1 10.6 11.7 23.8 48.1 Mazowieckie 8.0 8.0 7.8 8.2 19.3 36.7 Region Południowy 9.8 10.2 9.3 11.3 27.9 45.2 Małopolskie 10.4 10.9 10.3 11.6 30.9 47.2 Śląskie 9.4 9.7 8.6 11.1 25.6 43.6 Region Wschodni 11.7 12.0 11.8 12.2 34.3 42.3 Lubelskie 10.5 10.3 10.1 10.6 31.0 41.4 Podkarpackie 13.2 14.4 14.3 14.5 43.5 38.4 Świętokrzyskie 13.1 13.0 12.7 13.5 32.2 47.8 Podlaskie 9.2 9.9 9.8 10.1 (25.8) 45.7 Region Północno-Zachodni 9.2 9.3 8.1 10.8 25.0 41.7 Wielkopolskie 8.5 8.8 6.8 11.4 21.9 45.2 Zachodniopomorskie 10.9 10.1 10.6 9.5 32.2 44.5 Lubuskie 9.0 9.7 8.9 10.7 (27.8) (27.1) Region Południowo-Zachodni 10.7 10.8 10.0 11.8 27.9 40.6 Dolnośląskie 11.1 11.3 10.5 12.2 30.1 42.1 Opolskie 9.5 9.4 8.5 10.5 (21.8) (35.3) Region Północny 10.7 11.2 10.5 12.1 29.2 42.2 Kujawsko-Pomorskie 11.9 12.4 11.0 14.3 32.3 40.2 Warmińsko-Mazurskie 11.0 11.4 10.7 12.3 (28.8) 45.8 Pomorskie 9.5 10.0 10.0 10.2 26.5 41.8

PORTUGAL 15.7 16.3 16.1 16.4 37.7 56.3 Continente 15.6 16.2 15.9 16.5 37.3 56.0 Norte 16.1 17.2 16.4 18.1 35.1 58.7 Algarve 17.9 17.1 18.2 15.9 39.5 50.1 Centro (PT) 12.0 11.7 11.4 12.0 31.0 50.5 Lisboa 17.6 18.5 19.1 17.8 45.5 57.3 Alentejo 15.9 16.8 15.7 18.2 38.9 53.0 Região autónoma dos Açores 15.3 17.0 19.3 13.9 39.6 58.0 Região autónoma da Madeira 17.5 18.3 19.8 16.7 51.5 64.1

ROMANIA 7.0 7.3 7.9 6.6 23.6 46.4 Macroregiunea unu 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.4 23.6 50.3 Nord-Vest 4.5 4.1 3.9 4.3 15.8 48.8 Centru 9.8 9.7 10.0 9.3 33.1 51.1 Macroregiunea doi 6.7 6.7 7.5 5.7 18.7 49.6 Nord-Est 4.3 4.6 5.1 4.0 12.4 42.4 Sud-Est 10.2 10.0 10.9 8.7 29.6 54.8 Macroregiunea trei 8.3 9.0 9.6 8.3 30.6 36.8 Sud-Muntenia 9.9 9.9 10.3 9.5 32.4 44.4 Bucureşti-Ilfov 6.2 7.8 8.7 6.8 26.1 23.6 Macroregiunea patru 6.0 6.8 7.6 5.7 23.5 54.1 Sud-Vest Oltenia 6.7 8.0 9.6 5.8 25.0 60.8 Vest 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.6 21.3 41.8

SLOVENIA 8.8 10.1 9.4 10.9 21.6 51.0 Vzhodna Slovenija 10.0 11.4 10.5 12.6 26.5 53.1 Zahodna Slovenija 7.6 8.7 8.2 9.2 16.4 48.0

SLOVAKIA 14.0 14.2 14.0 14.5 33.7 70.2 Bratislavský kraj 5.7 6.4 6.2 6.5 19.7 42.1 Západné Slovensko 11.3 11.7 10.5 13.2 29.5 67.1 Stredné Slovensko 16.2 16.8 17.4 16.0 35.8 72.7 Východné Slovensko 19.0 18.5 18.3 18.6 39.8 74.9

FINLAND 7.7 8.2 8.8 7.5 19.9 20.6 Manner-Suomi 7.7 8.2 8.9 7.5 19.9 20.6 Länsi-Suomi 8.2 8.5 9.3 7.6 21.9 22.7 Helsinki-Uusimaa 6.3 6.7 7.2 6.2 17.2 19.0 Etelä-Suomi 7.5 8.4 8.9 7.9 20.8 22.3 Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi 9.5 9.9 10.6 9.1 20.8 19.0 Åland u u u u u u

SWEDEN 8.0 8.1 8.2 7.9 23.5 17.7 Östra Sverige 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.6 21.7 18.1 Stockholm 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.9 19.8 17.5 Östra Mellansverige 8.6 8.8 8.9 8.7 24.1 18.7 Södra Sverige 8.2 8.5 8.6 8.3 24.8 18.5 Småland med öarna 7.4 7.1 7.2 7.0 22.2 17.3 Sydsverige 9.4 9.9 10.2 9.5 27.5 20.5 Västsverige 7.7 8.0 8.1 7.9 24.1 17.2 Norra Sverige 8.3 8.0 8.3 7.5 24.4 14.6 Norra Mellansverige 8.6 8.8 8.6 9.0 26.6 16.3 Mellersta Norrland 8.4 7.2 7.9 6.3 23.4 (13.1) Övre Norrland 7.7 7.2 8.2 6.0 21.5 12.4

( ) Data with reduced reliability due to sample size. u Data not published due to small sample size.

Unemployment in the regions of the European Union

Unemployment rates, % Long-term unemployment

share,% Total Males Females

15-24 years old

2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 EU28

1 10.5 10.8 10.8 10.9 23.4 47.5

UNITED KINGDOM 7.9 7.5 7.9 7.0 20.5 36.2 North East (England) 10.2 10.1 10.6 9.4 26.3 38.7 Tees Valley & Durham 11.6 10.9 11.0 10.8 30.0 38.3 Northumberland and Tyne & Wear 9.1 9.4 10.3 8.3 23.6 39.1 North West (England) 8.8 8.1 8.8 7.2 19.2 36.4 Cumbria 6.4 5.1 (5.8) (4.4) (12.4) (37.9) Greater Manchester 10.2 9.5 10.8 8.0 21.8 37.9 Lancashire 7.8 7.2 7.2 7.2 19.9 31.7 Cheshire 5.9 5.2 5.1 5.4 (15.0) (33.2) Merseyside 9.8 8.9 10.1 7.6 18.0 38.0 Yorkshire & the Humber 9.1 8.8 9.5 7.9 22.8 41.2 East Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire 9.8 8.4 8.4 8.4 20.8 40.0 North Yorkshire 5.1 4.4 5.6 (2.9) (13.0) (37.5) South Yorkshire 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.7 25.2 38.2 West Yorkshire 9.5 9.5 10.7 7.9 24.7 44.3 East Midlands (England) 7.8 7.3 7.7 6.9 18.2 34.2 Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire 8.3 7.2 7.9 6.5 19.1 32.4 Leicestershire, Rutland & Northamptonshire 6.9 7.8 7.6 7.9 16.5 33.7 Lincolnshire 8.5 6.4 7.0 (5.6) (19.2) (41.5) West Midlands (England) 8.5 9.1 9.5 8.5 24.7 43.3 Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Warwickshire 4.9 5.1 5.8 4.2 15.5 33.1 Shropshire & Staffordshire 6.6 6.1 6.6 5.5 15.3 31.7 West Midlands 11.7 12.9 13 12.8 33.5 48.7 East of England 6.7 6.0 6.2 5.8 17.5 33.2 East Anglia 6.4 6.2 7.0 5.3 17.9 33.3 Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire 6.3 5.6 5.1 6.1 15.5 31.7 Essex 7.4 6.3 6.3 6.4 18.8 34.4 London 8.8 8.4 8.3 8.6 24.7 34.7 Inner London 9.1 8.6 8.6 8.6 23.9 33.9 Outer London 8.6 8.3 8.1 8.6 25.1 35.3 South East (England) 6.3 5.8 6.1 5.5 17.7 27.9 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire 5.6 5.1 5.6 4.6 17.4 31.3 Surrey, East & West Sussex 5.8 5.4 5.4 5.5 16.4 25.5 Hampshire & Isle of Wight 6.3 5.7 5.9 5.4 16.6 24.5 Kent 8.0 7.6 8.2 6.9 21.4 30.5 South West (England) 5.8 6.2 6.7 5.5 17.5 31.5 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire & Bristol/Bath area 6.1 6.2 6.7 5.7 17.7 29.7 Dorset & Somerset 5.1 5.5 6.1 4.9 14.7 34.7 Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 5.6 5.6 (6.4) (4.8) (14.3) (34.9) Devon 5.9 7.1 7.8 6.3 21.5 31.1 Wales 8.6 7.7 8.1 7.2 21.2 36.9 West Wales & the Valleys 9.2 7.8 8.5 7.1 20.5 39.3 East Wales 7.6 7.4 7.5 7.3 22.4 33.0 Scotland 7.9 7.1 7.7 6.6 19.2 35.7 Eastern Scotland 7.5 7.1 7.6 6.7 23.0 34.7 South Western Scotland 9.8 8.3 8.8 7.6 19.2 39.8 North Eastern Scotland 4.7 4.7 (4.0) (5.6) u u Highlands & Islands 4.6 4.4 (6.4) u u u Northern Ireland 7.4 7.6 9.6 5.1 22.2 53.3

( ) Data with reduced reliability due to sample size. u Data not published due to small sample size.

Unemployment in the regions of the EFTA and Candidate countries

Unemployment rates, % Long-term unemployment

share,% Total Males Females

15-24 years old

2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 EU28

1 10.5 10.8 10.8 10.9 23.4 47.5

ICELAND 6.0 5.4 5.6 5.1 10.6 18.2

NORWAY 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.2 9.1 19.8 Oslo og Akershus 3.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 10.3 21.1 Hedmark og Oppland 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.8 9.2 (23.3) Sør-Østlandet 3.5 3.9 4.3 3.5 10.1 20.3 Agder og Rogaland 2.7 3.2 3.4 2.9 7.5 20.6 Vestlandet 2.9 3.1 3.2 2.9 8.8 14.6 Trøndelag 3.3 2.6 2.7 2.5 7.0 (21.8) Nord-Norge 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.0 10.0 (18.7)

SWITZERLAND 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.5 8.5 30.4 Région lémanique 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.7 16.0 33.2 Espace Mittelland 3.5 3.8 3.7 4.0 7.8 30.2 Nordwestschweiz 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.1 6.2 33.5 Zürich 3.6 4.2 4.4 4.0 6.9 26.8 Ostschweiz 3.3 3.6 3.3 3.9 6.7 24.6 Zentralschweiz 2.7 2.6 2.3 3.1 (4.3) (26.3) Ticino 6.9 6.8 6.4 7.3 (16.2) (38.4)

FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF MACEDONIA 31.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 51.9 82.3

TURKEY 8.1 8.7 7.9 10.6 16.9 21.6 Istanbul 10.7 10.6 9.2 13.9 18.3 20.8 Bati Marmara 5.4 6.0 4.9 8.3 14.4 20.2 Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kirklareli 6.2 6.4 4.9 9.6 13.3 17.7 Balikesir, Çanakkale 4.5 5.6 5.0 6.7 15.8 23.5 Ege 8.5 9.3 7.4 12.8 18.4 25.1 Izmir 13.3 14.3 10.7 20.8 25.2 29.3 Aydin, Denizli, Mugla 6.6 6.0 5.2 7.5 12.8 16.1 Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Usak 4.1 5.2 4.7 6.1 12.9 18.7 Doğu Marmara 7.6 7.5 6.1 10.6 16.6 23.3 Bursa, Eskisehir, Bilecik 6.4 6.0 4.8 8.7 13.2 19.4 Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova 8.9 9.0 7.5 12.4 20.0 25.9 Bati Anadolu 7.3 7.5 5.8 11.6 16.2 24.7 Ankara 8.3 9.0 6.8 14.6 20.7 26.4 Konya, Karaman 5.0 3.8 3.6 4.4 7.7 14.9 Akdeniz 8.5 9.8 9.0 11.5 17.6 17.3 Antalya, Isparta, Burdur 7.3 7.2 6.3 9.0 15.0 15.9 Adana, Mersin 9.1 11.3 9.7 15.0 19.6 17.3 Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Osmaniye 9.0 10.8 11.1 10.0 17.3 18.6 Orta Anadolu 6.9 7.3 7.0 8.1 14.9 22.8 Kirikkale, Aksaray, Nigde, Nevsehir, Kirsehir 6.2 5.5 5.4 5.9 12.8 16.6 Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat 7.3 8.4 8.0 9.5 16.1 25.4 Bati Karadeniz 5.3 5.7 4.9 7.1 14.6 24.6 Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartin 6.5 6.2 5.1 8.0 15.8 18.5 Kastamonu, Çankiri, Sinop 4.5 5.6 4.6 7.5 13.6 36.9 Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya 4.9 5.5 5.0 6.6 14.4 24.2 Doğu Karadeniz 5.2 6.0 6.8 4.6 20.3 34.3 Kuzeydoğu Anadolu 5.9 5.9 6.7 4.1 10.0 16.7 Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt 5.5 6.1 7.0 4.1 11.2 17.7 Ağri, Kars, Igdir, Ardahan 6.3 5.6 6.4 4.0 9.3 15.9 Ortadoğu Anadolu 6.6 7.3 8.5 4.6 14.0 15.4 Malatya, Elazig, Bingöl, Tunceli 5.8 5.7 6.0 5.1 11.6 9.8 Van, Mus, Bitlis, Hakkari 7.5 9.2 10.8 3.6 16.0 19.3 Güneydoğu Anadolu 11.0 13.1 13.8 10.1 18.9 18.7 Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Kilis 10.6 6.2 6.2 6.3 10.2 13.9 Şanliurfa, Diyarbakir 6.0 16.0 17.1 10.9 19.6 13.7 Mardin, Batman, Sirnak, Siirt 18.8 19.4 19.7 17.5 27.6 28.3

( ) Data with reduced reliability due to sample size.