Euro area unemployment at 6.2%
In July 2025, the euro area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2%, down from 6.3% in June 2025 and from 6.4% in July 2024. The EU unemployment rate was 5.9% in July 2025, also down from 6.0% in June 2025 and in July 2024. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Eurostat estimates that 13.025 million persons in the EU, of whom 10.805 million in the euro area, were unemployed in July 2025.
Compared with June 2025, unemployment decreased by 165 thousand in the EU and by 170 thousand in the euro area.
Compared with July 2024, unemployment decreased by 105 thousand in the EU and by 161 thousand in the euro area.
Youth unemployment
In July 2025, 2.801 million young persons (under 25) were unemployed in the EU, of whom 2.227 million were in the euro area. In July 2025, the youth unemployment rate was 14.4% in the EU, down from 14.8% in June 2025 and 13.9% in the euro area, also down from 14.3% in the previous month.
Compared with June 2025, youth unemployment decreased by 81 thousand in the EU and by 64 thousand in the euro area.
Compared with July 2024, youth unemployment decreased by 189 thousand in the EU and by 155 thousand in the euro area.
Unemployment by sex
In July 2025, the unemployment rate for women was 6.0% in the EU, down from 6.1% in the previous month, and the unemployment rate for men was 5.8%, stable compared to June 2025. In the euro area, the unemployment rate for women was 6.4%, down from 6.5% in the previous month, and the unemployment rate for men was 6.1%, down from 6.2% in June 2025.
Additional labour market indicators
The estimates in this News Release are based on the globally used International Labour Organisation (ILO) standard definition of unemployment, which counts as unemployed people without a job who have been actively seeking work in the last four weeks and are available to start work within the next two weeks.
To capture in full the labour market situation, the data on unemployment have been complemented by additional indicators, e.g. underemployed part-time workers, persons seeking work but not immediately available and persons available to work but not seeking, released together with EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) data for the first quarter of 2025.
EU-LFS data for the second quarter of 2025 will be released on 12 September 2025.