European Union - Nominal unit labour cost growth was 3.30% in December of 2025, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Nominal unit labour cost growth - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2026. Historically, European Union - Nominal unit labour cost growth reached a record high of 6.90% in December of 2023 and a record low of -0.20% in December of 2021.



Nominal Unit Labour Cost Growth
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Bulgaria 9.40 11.50 % Dec 2025
Croatia 8.90 10.80 % Dec 2025
Hungary 8.90 12.00 % Dec 2025
Lithuania 6.10 5.60 % Dec 2025
Slovenia 5.60 4.50 % Dec 2025
Latvia 5.50 8.90 % Dec 2025
Portugal 5.30 5.90 % Dec 2025
Slovakia 5.30 5.50 % Dec 2025
Luxembourg 4.90 4.10 % Dec 2025
Germany 4.40 5.30 % Dec 2025
Poland 4.30 8.70 % Dec 2025
Czech Republic 4.20 4.90 % Dec 2025
Spain 4.20 3.40 % Dec 2025
Netherlands 4.10 6.50 % Dec 2025
Romania 3.80 18.00 % Dec 2025
Malta 3.50 7.60 % Dec 2025
Italy 3.50 4.40 % Dec 2025
Euro Area 3.30 0.00 % Dec 2022
Estonia 3.30 6.70 % Dec 2025
Austria 2.90 8.00 % Dec 2025
Belgium 2.60 2.50 % Dec 2025
Greece 2.30 4.60 % Dec 2025
Finland 2.10 0.00 % Dec 2025
Cyprus 2.10 1.60 % Dec 2025
France 1.60 2.30 % Dec 2025
Denmark 0.80 1.20 % Dec 2025
Sweden -0.30 2.50 % Dec 2025
Ireland -3.00 5.70 % Dec 2025

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