Unemployment rate, persons 15 to 74, monthly, Eurostat SA selection
Reviewed series · Labor · Monthly · % · EUROSTAT.UNEMP.RT.TOTAL.SA.M
ILO/EU-LFS unemployment rate, persons 15 to 74, both sexes, percent of the labour force. Eurostat s_adj=SA selection: France is seasonally adjusted by Eurostat; Germany is X13 trend data that Eurostat labels SA; EU27_2020 is the fixed 27-country composition summed from national levels. France monthly values are LFS-benchmarked using registered unemployment only as an auxiliary indicator, and recent months are nowcasts. No p flag was supplied in the reviewed baseline; retain explicit future flags and infer none. Routine revisions settle after about 6 months. Acquisition and dataset update clocks are not exact publisher availability or historical vintages.
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Sorted by value, highest first. Each row keeps its own period, and national definitions can differ, so the order is not a like for like ranking.
| # | Country or area | Value (%) | Period | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FranceFRA | 8.5 | 2026-09 | History |
| European Union (EU27) | 6.2 | 2026-09 | History | |
| 2 | GermanyDEU | 4.1 | 2026-09 | History |
Source: Eurostat. 3 geographies, periods 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.