Employment Growth, Domestic Concept (Quarterly, % YoY, SCA): Euro area (EA21)
The latest reading SOTW holds for Euro area (EA21) is 0.5% y/y for 2026-Q2, from Eurostat.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % y/y · EUROSTAT.EMP.YOY.Q · EA21
National accounts employment, employees plus self-employed, all industries. Domestic concept differs from residence-based labour-force survey employment. Seasonally and calendar adjusted. Values retain published units; no scaling, rebasing, interpolation or imputation by SOTW. Dataset updated timestamp is not an original observation release date or publisher vintage. Commercial geography policy reviewed 2026-10-10: EU/EFTA/official candidates only; UK, Kosovo and other noneligible countries excluded; CH/LI declaring-country commodity trade excluded.
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- Latest
- 0.5
- % y/y · 2026-Q2
- Previous
- 0.5
- % y/y · 2026-Q1
- Earliest held
- 2.0
- % y/y · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 106
- Every reading SOTW holds
Euro area (EA21) · history
% y/y · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% y/y) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | 0.5 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0.5 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0.7 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0.6 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0.8 |
| 2025-Q1 | 0.8 |
| 2024-Q4 | 0.8 |
| 2024-Q3 | 1.1 |
| 2024-Q2 | 1.0 |
| 2024-Q1 | 1.2 |
| 2023-Q4 | 1.4 |
| 2023-Q3 | 1.4 |
| 2023-Q2 | 1.5 |
| 2023-Q1 | 1.7 |
| 2022-Q4 | 1.7 |
| 2022-Q3 | 1.9 |
| 2022-Q2 | 2.8 |
| 2022-Q1 | 3.1 |
| 2021-Q4 | 2.5 |
| 2021-Q3 | 2.5 |
| 2021-Q2 | 2.4 |
| 2021-Q1 | -1.3 |
| 2020-Q4 | -1.5 |
| 2020-Q3 | -1.9 |
| 2020-Q2 | -2.8 |
| 2020-Q1 | 0.4 |
| 2019-Q4 | 1.1 |
| 2019-Q3 | 1.2 |
| 2019-Q2 | 1.3 |
| 2019-Q1 | 1.5 |
| 2018-Q4 | 1.5 |
| 2018-Q3 | 1.5 |
| 2018-Q2 | 1.7 |
| 2018-Q1 | 1.7 |
| 2017-Q4 | 1.6 |
| 2017-Q3 | 1.6 |
| 2017-Q2 | 1.5 |
| 2017-Q1 | 1.5 |
| 2016-Q4 | 1.4 |
| 2016-Q3 | 1.4 |
| 2016-Q2 | 1.5 |
| 2016-Q1 | 1.3 |
| 2015-Q4 | 1.1 |
| 2015-Q3 | 0.9 |
| 2015-Q2 | 0.8 |
| 2015-Q1 | 0.8 |
| 2014-Q4 | 0.9 |
| 2014-Q3 | 0.9 |
| 2014-Q2 | 0.7 |
| 2014-Q1 | 0.4 |
| 2013-Q4 | 0.0 |
| 2013-Q3 | -0.5 |
| 2013-Q2 | -0.7 |
| 2013-Q1 | -0.8 |
| 2012-Q4 | -0.6 |
| 2012-Q3 | -0.5 |
| 2012-Q2 | -0.4 |
| 2012-Q1 | -0.3 |
| 2011-Q4 | -0.2 |
| 2011-Q3 | 0.1 |
| 2011-Q2 | 0.3 |
| 2011-Q1 | 0.1 |
| 2010-Q4 | 0.0 |
| 2010-Q3 | -0.3 |
| 2010-Q2 | -0.8 |
| 2010-Q1 | -1.4 |
| 2009-Q4 | -2.1 |
| 2009-Q3 | -2.2 |
| 2009-Q2 | -1.9 |
| 2009-Q1 | -1.3 |
| 2008-Q4 | -0.1 |
| 2008-Q3 | 0.6 |
| 2008-Q2 | 1.2 |
| 2008-Q1 | 1.8 |
| 2007-Q4 | 1.8 |
| 2007-Q3 | 1.9 |
| 2007-Q2 | 2.0 |
| 2007-Q1 | 2.0 |
| 2006-Q4 | 2.0 |
| 2006-Q3 | 1.9 |
| 2006-Q2 | 1.8 |
| 2006-Q1 | 1.5 |
| 2005-Q4 | 1.2 |
| 2005-Q3 | 1.0 |
| 2005-Q2 | 1.0 |
| 2005-Q1 | 0.9 |
| 2004-Q4 | 0.9 |
| 2004-Q3 | 0.9 |
| 2004-Q2 | 0.8 |
| 2004-Q1 | 0.7 |
| 2003-Q4 | 0.7 |
| 2003-Q3 | 0.5 |
| 2003-Q2 | 0.5 |
| 2003-Q1 | 0.4 |
| 2002-Q4 | 0.7 |
| 2002-Q3 | 0.8 |
| 2002-Q2 | 0.9 |
| 2002-Q1 | 0.8 |
| 2001-Q4 | 0.8 |
| 2001-Q3 | 0.9 |
| 2001-Q2 | 1.2 |
| 2001-Q1 | 1.7 |
| 2000-Q4 | 2.1 |
| 2000-Q3 | 2.2 |
| 2000-Q2 | 2.3 |
| 2000-Q1 | 2.0 |
Source: Eurostat. All 106 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.