European Union - Overall employment growth was 0.80% 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 - Overall employment growth - last updated from the EUROSTAT on September of 2025. Historically, European Union - Overall employment growth reached a record high of 2.10% in December of 2022 and a record low of -1.80% in December of 2009.



Overall Employment Growth
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Malta 5.00 6.80 % Dec 2024
Ireland 2.70 3.50 % Dec 2024
Spain 2.20 3.00 % Dec 2024
Cyprus 2.00 1.40 % Dec 2024
Romania 1.80 -1.50 % Dec 2024
Lithuania 1.70 1.40 % Dec 2024
Portugal 1.60 1.00 % Dec 2024
Italy 1.60 1.90 % Dec 2024
Greece 1.20 1.20 % Dec 2024
Bulgaria 1.10 1.10 % Dec 2024
Netherlands 1.00 1.70 % Dec 2024
France 0.80 1.10 % Dec 2024
Denmark 0.70 1.10 % Dec 2024
Czech Republic 0.60 1.60 % Dec 2024
Slovenia 0.50 1.50 % Dec 2024
Belgium 0.30 0.80 % Dec 2024
Estonia 0.20 3.20 % Dec 2024
Hungary 0.10 0.30 % Dec 2024
Germany 0.10 0.70 % Dec 2024
Austria 0.00 0.80 % Dec 2024
Slovakia -0.20 0.30 % Dec 2024
Sweden -0.30 1.20 % Dec 2024
Poland -0.70 0.10 % Dec 2024
Latvia -0.90 0.10 % Dec 2024
Finland -1.10 0.90 % Dec 2024

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