European Union - Overall employment growth was 0.50% 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 - Overall employment growth - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2026. Historically, European Union - Overall employment growth reached a record high of 2.20% in December of 2022 and a record low of -1.80% in December of 2009.



Overall Employment Growth
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Malta 4.10 5.00 % Dec 2025
Spain 2.70 2.30 % Dec 2025
Portugal 2.30 0.70 % Dec 2025
Bulgaria 2.20 1.10 % Dec 2025
Ireland 2.00 2.70 % Dec 2025
Cyprus 1.70 2.30 % Dec 2025
Croatia 1.50 5.60 % Dec 2025
Luxembourg 1.20 1.00 % Dec 2025
Denmark 1.20 0.70 % Dec 2025
Czech Republic 1.10 0.60 % Dec 2025
Italy 1.10 1.80 % Dec 2025
Greece 0.80 0.90 % Dec 2025
Netherlands 0.50 1.00 % Dec 2025
Hungary 0.40 0.20 % Dec 2025
Belgium 0.40 0.30 % Dec 2025
France 0.20 0.70 % Dec 2025
Poland 0.10 -0.60 % Dec 2025
Germany 0.00 0.10 % Dec 2025
Austria 0.00 0.10 % Dec 2025
Slovakia -0.10 -0.20 % Dec 2025
Sweden -0.10 -0.50 % Dec 2025
Slovenia -0.40 0.50 % Dec 2025
Finland -0.50 -1.10 % Dec 2025
Estonia -0.50 0.20 % Dec 2025
Latvia -0.50 -1.50 % Dec 2025
Lithuania -0.70 1.50 % Dec 2025
Romania -3.50 1.60 % Dec 2025

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