European Union - Labour cost index: Manufacturing was 5.00 % year-on-year in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Labour cost index: Manufacturing - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, European Union - Labour cost index: Manufacturing reached a record high of 6.10 % year-on-year in June of 2022 and a record low of -1.20 % year-on-year in June of 2021.



Labour Cost Index: Manufacturing
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Bulgaria 14.90 12.30 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Croatia 14.20 14.10 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Greece 12.00 9.10 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Slovenia 10.50 8.40 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Estonia 10.50 9.90 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Latvia 9.60 10.40 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Poland 9.20 10.90 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Hungary 8.40 10.40 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Lithuania 7.30 9.30 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Czech Republic 7.20 6.70 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Malta 6.50 14.20 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Netherlands 6.00 5.90 % year-on-year Dec 2024
Slovakia 5.50 5.40 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Austria 5.40 6.30 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Spain 4.90 4.30 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Italy 4.80 5.50 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Ireland 4.70 6.60 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Euro Area 4.50 4.80 % year-on-year Dec 2024
Denmark 4.00 3.70 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Luxembourg 3.50 -1.20 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Cyprus 3.40 6.10 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Belgium 3.30 3.40 % year-on-year Mar 2025
France 3.10 3.00 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Portugal 3.00 9.90 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Sweden 2.70 3.80 % year-on-year Mar 2025
Germany -0.40 3.70 % year-on-year Mar 2025

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