104/2012 - 4 July 2012 Unemployment in the EU27 regions

Regional unemployment rates in 2011 ranged from 2.5% in Salzburg and Tirol to 30.4% in Andalucia Regional unemployment rates1 varied widely across the 271 NUTS 2 regions2 of the EU27 in 2011, with the lowest rates recorded in the regions of Tirol and Salzburg (both 2.5%) in Austria, Zeeland (2.7%) in the Netherlands and Oberbayern (2.8%), Niederbayern (2.9%) and Freiburg (3.0%) in Germany, while the highest rates were registered in the regions of Andalucía (30.4%) and Canarias (29.7%) in Spain and the French Overseas Department of Réunion3 (29.6%).

Among the regions, 44 had an unemployment rate of 4.8% or less in 2011, half the average for the EU27. They included sixteen regions in Germany, ten of the twelve regions in the Netherlands, eight out of nine regions in Austria, four in Belgium, two in Italy and one each in the Czech Republic, France, Romania and the United Kingdom. At the other extreme, seventeen regions had a rate of 19.2% or higher, double that of the EU27: ten regions in Spain, four French Overseas Departments and three regions in Greece.

These data4 on regional unemployment, compiled on the basis of the EU Labour Force Survey, are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Female unemployment rates varied from 2.7% in Tirol to 39.1% in Ceuta

In the EU27 in 2011 the female unemployment rate was slightly higher than the male rate (9.8% compared with 9.5%). This was also evident at regional level, with the female unemployment rate being higher than the male rate in 141 regions, the male rate being higher in 118 regions and the rates being equal in 6 regions.

In 2011, the female unemployment rate varied between 2.7% in Tirol in Austria and 39.1% in Ceuta in Spain, while the male rate ranged from 2.3% in Zeeland in the Netherlands and Salzburg and Tirol in Austria to 29.7% in the Canarias in Spain.

Unemployment rates for young people varied from 4.3% in Tübingen to 65.8% in Ceuta

In 2011, the average unemployment rate for young people aged between 15 and 24 in the EU27 was 21.4%. Regional differences in the unemployment rate for young people are however very marked. In the EU27 in 2011, the lowest rates for young people were recorded in the German regions of Tübingen (4.3%), Oberbayern (4.5%) and Freiburg (4.8%), and the highest in Ceuta (65.8%) in Spain and the French Overseas Departments of Réunion (58.5%), and Martinique (56.8%). In more than three quarters of the EU27 regions the unemployment rate for young people was at least twice that for total unemployment.

Long term-unemployment share varied from 4.0% in Åland to 82.1% in Guadeloupe

The long-term unemployment share, which is defined as the percentage of unemployed persons who have been unemployed for 12 months or more, stood at 43.1% on average in the EU27 in 2011, and varied significantly across the regions. In the EU27 in 2011, the lowest shares of long-term unemployed were recorded in Åland (4.0%) in Finland, Bucureşti-Ilfov (5.3%) in Romania, North Eastern Scotland (10.0%) in the United Kingdom and Tirol (13.1%) and Salzburg (13.5%) in Austria, and the highest in the French Overseas Departments of Guadeloupe (82.1%), Guyane (77.6%) and Martinique (76.8%). In 60 regions more than half of the unemployed had been out of work for at least 12 months.

Regions with highest and lowest unemployment rates and long-term unemployment shares in 2011 (%)

Lowest Highest

Total unemployment rates

1 Salzburg (AT) 2.5 1 Andalucía (ES) 30.4 1 Tirol (AT) 2.5 2 Canarias (ES) 29.7 3 Zeeland (NL) 2.7 3 Réunion (FR) 29.6 4 Oberbayern (DE) 2.8 4 Ceuta (ES) 29.3 5 Niederbayern (DE) 2.9 5 Murcia (ES) 25.4 6 Freiburg (DE) 3.0 6 Extremadura (ES) 25.1 7 West-Vlaanderen (BE) 3.2 7 Valenciana (ES) 24.5 7 Tübingen (DE) 3.2 8 Melilla (ES) 24.4 7 Oberösterreich (AT) 3.2 9 Dytiki Makedonia (EL) 23.2

10 Bolzano/Bozen (IT) 3.3 10 Castilla-La Mancha (ES) 22.9 10 Steiermark (AT) 3.3

Male unemployment rates

1 Zeeland (NL) (2.3) 1 Canarias (ES) 29.7 1 Salzburg (AT) (2.3) 2 Andalucía (ES) 28.9 1 Tirol (AT) (2.3) 3 Réunion (FR) 27.5 4 Niederbayern (DE) 2.7 4 Murcia (ES) 25.3 4 Oberbayern (DE) 2.7 5 Valenciana (ES) 24.2 6 Oberösterreich (AT) 2.8 6 Ceuta (ES) 23.1 7 Schwaben (DE) 2.9 7 Extremadura (ES) 22.6 7 Tübingen (DE) 2.9 8 Illes Balears (ES) 22.3 9 Bolzano/Bozen (IT) 3.0 9 Castilla-La Mancha (ES) 20.6

10 Unterfranken (DE) 3.1 10 Melilla (ES) (20.2) 10 Freiburg (DE) 3.1

Female unemployment rates

1 Tirol (AT) (2.7) 1 Ceuta (ES) 39.1 2 Salzburg (AT) (2.9) 2 Andalucía (ES) 32.3 2 Oberbayern (DE) 2.9 3 Réunion (FR) 31.8 2 Freiburg (DE) 2.9 4 Melilla (ES) (30.3) 5 Oberpfalz (DE) 3.0 5 Canarias (ES) 29.7 6 Niederbayern (DE) 3.1 6 Dytiki Makedonia (EL) 29.2 6 West-Vlaanderen (BE) 3.1 7 Extremadura (ES) 28.5 8 Steiermark (AT) 3.2 8 Sterea Ellada (EL) 26.6 9 Zeeland (NL) (3.3) 9 Castilla-La Mancha (ES) 26.1

10 Tübingen (DE) 3.5 10 Guadeloupe (FR) 25.8

Unemployment rates for young people (aged 15-24)

1 Tübingen (DE) 4.3 1 Ceuta (ES) 65.8 2 Oberbayern (DE) 4.5 2 Réunion (FR) 58.5 3 Freiburg (DE) 4.8 3 Martinique (FR) (56.8) 4 Steiermark (AT) (4.9) 4 Andalucía (ES) 54.4 5 Utrecht (NL) 6.2 5 Guadeloupe (FR) 53.2 6 Stuttgart (DE) 6.3 6 Dytiki Makedonia (EL) 52.8 7 Mittelfranken (DE) 6.4 7 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki (EL) 52.4 8 Weser-Ems (DE) 6.6 8 Valenciana (ES) 51.9 9 Karlsruhe (DE) 6.7 9 Kentriki Makedonia (EL) 51.2 9 Oberösterreich (AT) 6.7 10 Extremadura (ES) 50.9

Long-term unemployment shares

1 Åland (FI) 4.0 1 Guadeloupe (FR) 82.1 2 Bucureşti - Ilfov (RO) 5.3 2 Guyane (FR) 77.6 3 North Eastern Scotland (UK) 10.0 3 Martinique (FR) 76.8 4 Tirol (AT) 13.1 4 Západné Slovensko (SK) 71.1 5 Salzburg (AT) 13.5 5 Východné Slovensko (SK) 71.0 6 Norra Mellansverige (SE) 16.3 6 Severozapaden (BG) 69.1 7 Stockholm (SE) 16.5 7 Réunion (FR) 66.9 8 Småland med öarna (SE) 17.2 8 Stredné Slovensko (SK) 65.7 9 Mellersta Norrland (SE) 17.5 9 Campania (IT) 62.8

10 Pohjois-Suomi (FI) 18.1 10 Severen tsentralen (BG) 61.4

( ) Data with reduced reliability due to sample size.

1. The unemployment rate is defined as the percentage of unemployed persons aged 15-74 in the economically active population. According to the recommendations of the International Labour Organisation, a person is deemed to be unemployed if all three of the following conditions are met: • he or she is without work during the survey reference week; • he or she is available for work, being able to take up employment within two weeks; • he or she has actively sought work over the past four weeks.

2. These data are based on the 2006 version of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS), valid from 1 January 2008. NUTS 2006 provides a uniform, consistent breakdown of territorial units for the production of regional statistics for the EU. Level 2 of the nomenclature has 271 regions: Belgium (11), Bulgaria (6), the Czech Republic (8), Denmark (5), Germany (39), Ireland (2), Greece (13), Spain (19), France (26), Italy (21), Hungary (7), the Netherlands (12), Austria (9), Poland (16), Portugal (7), Romania (8), Slovenia (2), Slovakia (4), Finland (5), Sweden (8) and the United Kingdom (37). Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Malta are all considered as single regions at NUTS 2 level. The statistical regions in the candidate and EFTA countries follow the principles of the NUTS classification; however there is no legal base. There are 47 regions in these countries at Level 2: Norway (7), Switzerland (7), Croatia (3) and Tukey (26). Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are all considered as single regions at Level 2.

3. Data for the French Overseas Departments (Guadelope, Martinique, Guyane and Réunion) refer to the second quarter of 2011.

4. For further regional data, please see the Eurostat web site: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/region_cities/regional_statistics/data/database

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Unemployment rates in the regions of the European Union

Total Males Females 15-24 years

old

Long-term unemployment

share 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011

EU27 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.8 21.4 43.1BELGIUM 8.3 7.1 7.1 7.2 18.7 48.3 Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk 17.3 16.9 18.1 15.4 35.3 58.1 Vlaams Gewest 5.1 4.3 4.2 4.3 12.7 36.5 Prov. Antwerpen 6.0 5.7 5.9 5.5 15.8 38.2 Prov. Limburg (BE) 5.3 4.6 4.0 5.2 12.6 33.9 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 5.2 3.8 3.6 3.9 11.4 35.5 Prov. Vlaams Brabant 4.8 3.5 3.2 3.8 (10.4) 44.7 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 3.8 3.2 3.3 3.1 11.4 27.9 Région Wallonne 11.4 9.5 9.0 10.1 25.2 52.7 Prov. Brabant Wallon 8.3 6.7 6.3 7.2 u 46.6 Prov. Hainaut 13.9 11.7 10.7 12.9 30.8 55.0 Prov. Liège 11.5 9.5 9.4 9.6 22.5 52.9 Prov. Luxembourg (BE) 7.5 6.2 (5.0) (7.6) u 44.3 Prov. Namur 9.6 8.0 8.0 7.9 (22.0) 51.7BULGARIA 10.2 11.2 12.3 10.0 26.6 56.2 Severna i Yugoiztochna Bulgaria 12.0 13.1 14.1 12.0 30.7 57.1 Severozapaden 11.0 12.5 13.7 11.1 33.6 69.1 Severen tsentralen 11.5 12.9 13.9 11.8 30.2 61.4 Severoiztochen 14.5 15.5 16.2 14.7 32.6 52.7 Yugoiztochen 10.6 11.6 12.5 10.6 27.5 49.4 Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria 8.6 9.4 10.6 8.1 22.2 54.9 Yugozapaden 6.8 7.3 8.5 6.0 17.0 48.6 Yuzhen tsentralen 11.4 12.7 13.8 11.5 31.8 60.7CZECH REPUBLIC 7.3 6.7 5.8 7.9 18.0 40.5 Praha 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.8 10.0 22.3 Střední Čechy 5.2 5.1 4.4 6.0 16.0 33.7 Jihozápad 5.6 5.4 4.5 6.4 14.2 38.0 Severozápad 11.1 9.5 8.7 10.6 26.8 53.9 Severovýchod 7.0 6.6 5.7 7.9 17.8 30.8 Jihovýchod 7.5 7.2 6.0 8.8 18.9 42.2 Střední Morava 8.8 7.6 6.5 9.0 20.2 41.0 Moravskoslezsko 10.2 9.3 7.8 11.2 18.3 47.5DENMARK 7.4 7.6 7.7 7.5 14.2 24.4 Hovedstaden 7.8 8.1 8.0 8.3 15.4 21.9 Sjælland 6.7 7.2 7.4 6.9 15.0 27.5 Syddanmark 7.6 7.7 7.9 7.5 14.2 27.0 Midtjylland 7.2 6.7 6.8 6.6 12.5 23.7 Nordjylland 7.4 8.0 8.6 7.3 13.9 24.6GERMANY 7.1 5.9 6.2 5.6 8.6 48.0 Baden-Württemberg 4.8 3.6 3.5 3.7 5.7 40.0 Stuttgart 5.0 3.7 3.5 3.9 6.3 40.0 Karlsruhe 5.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 6.7 43.3 Freiburg 4.0 3.0 3.1 2.9 4.8 37.6 Tübingen 4.6 3.2 2.9 3.5 4.3 36.1 Bayern 4.4 3.3 3.2 3.5 5.4 38.1 Oberbayern 3.6 2.8 2.7 2.9 4.5 33.9 Niederbayern 3.9 2.9 2.7 3.1 u 42.4 Oberpfalz 4.0 3.4 3.7 3.0 u 38.3 Oberfranken 6.0 4.2 4.4 4.1 u 38.3 Mittelfranken 5.6 4.1 4.2 4.0 6.4 42.7 Unterfranken 5.2 3.5 3.1 4.0 u 37.5 Schwaben 4.3 3.4 2.9 4.0 6.8 38.9 Berlin 13.2 11.9 13.0 10.7 13.4 50.1 Brandenburg 10.0 8.8 9.5 8.0 12.5 52.7 Brandenburg-Nordost 11.2 9.8 10.5 9.0 12.8 56.4 Brandenburg-Südwest 8.9 8.0 8.7 7.2 12.3 49.0 Bremen 8.1 7.9 9.1 6.6 15.7 38.0 Hamburg 7.1 5.4 5.7 5.0 6.8 46.4 Hessen 5.9 4.7 4.7 4.7 8.5 40.8 Darmstadt 5.8 4.7 4.8 4.6 8.9 40.0 Gießen 6.1 5.2 4.9 5.5 9.7 38.1 Kassel 6.0 4.4 4.2 4.7 u 46.0 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 12.4 10.2 10.4 9.9 10.5 54.1 Niedersachsen 6.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 9.5 46.7 Braunschweig 7.2 6.4 6.4 6.4 11.1 47.0 Hannover 7.1 6.8 7.2 6.3 11.9 50.7 Lüneburg 5.8 5.4 5.0 5.8 9.3 41.8 Weser-Ems 6.0 4.2 4.2 4.2 6.6 45.5 Nordrhein-Westfalen 7.5 6.4 7.1 5.6 9.8 50.2 Düsseldorf 7.7 6.9 7.9 5.7 11.8 52.4 Köln 7.1 6.0 6.5 5.4 9.6 48.7 Münster 6.7 5.3 5.9 4.7 7.0 50.6 Detmold 7.1 5.6 5.7 5.4 9.2 44.5 Arnsberg 8.4 7.3 8.2 6.2 9.9 51.0 Rheinland-Pfalz 5.5 4.8 4.7 5.0 9.4 39.8 Koblenz 5.2 4.5 4.3 4.7 7.8 41.3 Trier 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.4 u 31.6 Rheinhessen-Pfalz 6.1 5.2 5.2 5.3 10.6 40.6

Unemployment rates in the regions of the European Union

Total Males Females 15-24 years

old

Long-term unemployment

share 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011

EU27 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.8 21.4 43.1GERMANY (cont.) 7.1 5.9 6.2 5.6 8.6 48.0 Saarland 7.0 6.0 6.4 5.6 10.3 52.4 Sachsen 11.3 9.4 9.7 9.1 10.2 56.0 Chemnitz 11.4 8.7 8.8 8.6 8.8 57.6 Dresden 10.4 8.8 9.4 8.0 9.8 53.3 Leipzig 12.4 11.3 11.3 11.2 12.3 57.6 Sachsen-Anhalt 11.4 10.4 10.8 10.1 14.0 60.6 Schleswig-Holstein 6.8 5.9 6.6 5.0 9.2 43.7 Thüringen 8.6 7.6 7.8 7.4 8.2 53.6ESTONIA 16.9 12.5 13.1 11.8 22.3 56.8IRELAND 13.5 14.4 17.4 10.6 29.4 59.4 Border, Midland and Western 14.0 15.5 18.7 11.6 32.8 60.1 Southern and Eastern 13.3 14.0 17.0 10.3 28.2 59.2GREECE 12.5 17.7 14.9 21.4 44.4 49.6 Voreia Ellada 13.5 19.3 15.6 24.4 50.4 52.4 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 14.2 19.9 17.5 23.3 52.4 53.8 Kentriki Makedonia 13.5 19.5 15.8 24.5 51.2 54.4 Dytiki Makedonia 15.5 23.2 18.8 29.2 (52.8) 50.4 Thessalia 12.1 16.8 12.4 22.9 46.7 46.3 Kentriki Ellada 11.9 16.5 13.2 21.5 41.5 53.7 Ipeiros 12.6 16.7 13.5 21.2 48.5 53.3 Ionia Nisia 14.8 14.2 11.0 18.4 u 29.5 Dytiki Ellada 11.7 17.3 14.1 22.4 44.7 53.2 Sterea Ellada 12.5 18.9 13.8 26.6 43.0 59.6 Peloponnisos 9.8 14.2 12.1 17.3 38.0 56.8 Attiki 12.3 17.6 16.1 19.6 43.2 48.5 Nisia Aigaiou, Kriti 11.9 15.1 12.7 18.6 39.2 33.3 Voreio Aigaio 9.0 14.3 12.6 17.5 u 59.3 Notio Aigaio 14.2 15.0 12.6 18.7 (37.2) 21.1 Kriti 11.7 15.4 12.8 18.8 39.7 32.1SPAIN 20.1 21.6 21.2 22.2 46.4 41.6 Noroeste 15.3 17.2 16.9 17.6 40.3 40.7 Galicia 15.4 17.4 16.6 18.3 37.6 40.7 Principado de Asturias 16.0 17.9 18.2 17.4 49.1 40.7 Cantabria 13.9 15.3 16.1 14.3 40.7 40.4 Noreste 12.3 14.0 13.5 14.6 36.2 40.1 País Vasco 10.5 12.0 11.3 12.8 34.0 42.9 Comunidad Foral de Navarra 11.8 12.9 12.4 13.6 29.1 33.8 La Rioja 14.3 17.0 16.3 17.9 46.5 39.7 Aragón 14.8 17.1 16.7 17.6 40.1 39.3 Comunidad de Madrid 16.1 16.7 16.7 16.8 41.1 40.4 Centro (ES) 19.1 20.6 18.7 23.1 45.0 40.0 Castilla y León 15.8 16.7 15.4 18.5 38.5 40.8 Castilla-La Mancha 21.0 22.9 20.6 26.1 47.7 40.5 Extremadura 23.0 25.1 22.6 28.5 50.9 37.7 Este 20.0 21.4 21.7 21.0 46.8 43.8 Cataluña 17.8 19.2 19.8 18.6 44.1 46.7 Comunidad Valenciana 23.3 24.5 24.2 24.8 51.9 42.8 Illes Balears 20.4 21.9 22.3 21.3 43.1 32.5 Sur 27.2 29.6 28.2 31.3 53.5 40.0 Andalucía 28.0 30.4 28.9 32.3 54.4 39.7 Región de Murcia 23.4 25.4 25.3 25.6 47.6 40.9 Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta 24.1 29.3 23.1 39.1 (65.8) 48.4 Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla 23.7 24.4 (20.2) (30.3) u 58.0 Canarias 28.7 29.7 29.7 29.7 50.8 45.2FRANCE 9.7 9.7 9.2 10.2 23.0 43.5 Île de France 8.9 8.6 8.8 8.5 19.2 46.1 Bassin parisien 9.4 9.4 8.9 10.1 23.1 42.6 Champagne-Ardenne 9.6 10.7 10.4 11.0 26.7 41.5 Picardie 12.0 9.4 8.8 10.1 23.6 49.0 Haute-Normandie 10.2 9.4 8.5 10.4 22.5 41.5 Centre 7.3 8.8 8.2 9.3 20.2 41.8 Basse-Normandie 8.6 9.7 9.8 9.7 24.5 33.9 Bourgogne 9.4 9.4 8.5 10.3 23.3 46.2 Nord - Pas-de-Calais 13.1 12.9 12.0 13.8 31.0 51.5 Est 9.0 9.0 8.4 9.7 20.7 38.7 Lorraine 9.8 10.4 10.1 10.8 20.8 41.8 Alsace 8.3 7.7 6.9 8.7 21.6 32.3 Franche-Comté 8.7 8.4 7.5 9.4 18.6 41.1 Ouest 8.1 8.3 8.0 8.6 18.9 34.0 Pays de la Loire 8.9 8.8 8.2 9.6 17.8 35.8 Bretagne 7.2 7.5 7.3 7.7 18.9 26.8 Poitou-Charentes 8.1 8.5 8.7 8.2 21.6 41.7 Sud-ouest 8.3 8.9 8.5 9.3 23.3 37.4 Aquitaine 8.5 9.4 9.3 9.5 25.2 36.7 Midi-Pyrénées 8.3 8.6 7.9 9.3 21.7 38.5 Limousin 7.3 7.9 7.8 8.1 (21.9) 35.6

Unemployment rates in the regions of the European Union

Total Males Females 15-24 years

old

Long-term unemployment

share 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011EU27 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.8 21.4 43.1FRANCE (cont.) 9.7 9.7 9.2 10.2 23.0 43.5 Centre-est 8.3 8.2 7.3 9.2 20.4 36.7 Rhône-Alpes 8.5 8.1 7.2 9.2 19.7 35.7 Auvergne 7.4 8.8 8.1 9.5 23.7 41.1 Méditerranée 11.5 10.9 10.1 11.8 24.9 42.3 Languedoc-Roussillon 14.4 12.7 12.3 13.2 30.1 43.5 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 10.2 10.3 9.4 11.3 23.0 41.4 Corse (6.2) (4.8) u u u 49.9 Départements d'Outre-Mer 25.2 25.3 22.9 27.6 56.2 72.6 Guadeloupe 23.8 22.6 19.1 25.8 (53.2) 82.1 Martinique 21.0 20.8 18.9 22.5 (56.8) 76.8 Guyane 21.0 21.0 (17.1) 25.5 (46.4) 77.6 Réunion 28.9 29.6 27.5 31.8 58.5 66.9ITALY 8.4 8.4 7.6 9.6 29.1 51.9 Nord Ovest 6.2 6.3 5.6 7.2 22.2 46.7 Piemonte 7.6 7.6 6.9 8.6 25.1 51.1 Valle d’Aosta / Vallée d’Aoste 4.4 5.3 (5.1) u u 40.9 Liguria 6.5 6.3 5.8 7.0 23.8 37.6 Lombardia 5.6 5.8 5.1 6.7 20.7 45.7 Nord Est 5.5 5.0 4.2 6.1 19.7 42.1 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 2.7 3.3 3.0 3.8 (9.4) 23.8 Provincia Autonoma di Trento 4.3 4.5 4.0 5.1 (14.5) 26.4 Veneto 5.8 5.0 4.0 6.4 19.9 44.4 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 5.7 5.2 4.1 6.5 20.9 46.4 Emilia-Romagna 5.7 5.3 4.5 6.2 21.9 41.4 Centro (IT) 7.6 7.6 6.7 8.9 28.9 49.2 Toscana 6.1 6.5 5.4 7.9 24.9 45.9 Umbria 6.6 6.5 5.2 8.3 22.8 41.7 Marche 5.7 6.7 5.4 8.5 23.5 42.8 Lazio 9.3 8.9 8.1 9.8 33.7 53.0 Sud 12.8 13.3 11.8 16.0 39.2 58.9 Abruzzo 8.8 8.5 7.1 10.7 25.6 51.1 Molise 8.4 9.9 8.9 11.6 (28.6) 54.2 Campania 14.0 15.5 13.7 19.0 44.4 62.8 Puglia 13.5 13.1 11.1 16.9 37.1 55.3 Basilicata 13.0 12.0 11.2 13.2 39.6 60.7 Calabria 11.9 12.7 12.2 13.6 40.4 58.4 Isole 14.5 14.1 12.8 16.4 42.7 56.9 Sicilia 14.7 14.4 12.8 17.2 42.8 58.6 Sardegna 14.1 13.5 12.8 14.6 42.4 52.8CYPRUS 6.2 7.7 7.8 7.6 22.4 20.9LATVIA 18.7 15.4 17.6 13.1 29.1 54.6LITHUANIA 17.8 15.4 17.8 13.0 32.9 51.9LUXEMBOURG (GRAND-DUCHY) 4.4 4.9 3.8 6.3 16.8 28.8HUNGARY 11.2 10.9 11.0 10.9 26.1 47.9 Közép Magyarország 8.9 8.8 9.1 8.4 20.1 50.1 Dunántúl 10.4 9.6 9.2 10.2 22.8 48.2 Közép Dunántúl 10.3 9.3 8.8 10.0 21.5 50.4 Nyugat Dunántúl 9.2 7.4 7.0 7.8 18.6 47.9 Dél Dunántúl 12.1 12.7 12.1 13.3 29.3 46.4 Alföld es Észak 13.6 13.8 14.0 13.7 32.3 46.5 Észak Magyaroszág 16.0 16.7 16.8 16.5 35.6 51.7 Észak Alföld 14.5 14.5 14.8 14.3 33.6 42.4 Dél Alföld 10.6 10.6 10.8 10.5 27.4 45.6MALTA 6.9 6.5 6.1 7.1 13.7 46.1NETHERLANDS 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 7.6 33.5 Noord-Nederland 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.1 8.8 37.4 Groningen 5.3 5.9 6.2 5.5 9.4 37.9 Friesland 4.8 4.5 4.4 4.6 (7.9) 38.3 Drenthe 4.5 4.6 4.1 5.3 (9.1) 35.3 Oost-Nederland 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.2 7.3 32.3 Overijssel 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.5 8.0 30.0 Gelderland 4.1 4.2 4.5 3.9 6.8 34.3 Flevoland 5.2 4.8 4.9 4.8 (7.4) 29.5 West-Nederland 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.4 7.8 33.1 Utrecht 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.8 6.2 31.0 Noord-Holland 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.4 8.4 30.1 Zuid-Holland 5.0 5.1 5.4 4.6 8.4 35.6 Zeeland 2.7 2.7 (2.3) (3.3) u 37.7 Zuid-Nederland 4.5 4.1 3.8 4.3 7.1 33.4 Noord-Brabant 4.2 4.0 3.7 4.3 6.9 32.8 Limburg (NL) 5.1 4.3 4.0 4.5 7.6 34.7

Unemployment rates in the regions of the European Union

Total Males Females 15-24 years

old

Long-term unemployment

share 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011EU27 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.8 21.4 43.1AUSTRIA 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.3 8.3 25.9 Ostösterreich 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.5 11.9 29.8 Burgenland (3.9) (3.6) u u u 26.8 Niederösterreich 3.6 4.2 4.2 4.3 8.9 25.7 Wien 7.3 7.1 7.4 6.8 15.7 32.3 Südösterreich 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 5.6 25.4 Kärnten 3.9 3.5 (3.3) (3.7) u 22.1 Steiermark 4.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 (4.9) 27.1 Westösterreich 3.4 3.0 2.6 3.4 6.3 18.0 Oberösterreich 3.7 3.2 2.8 3.7 6.7 20.4 Salzburg 2.9 2.5 (2.3) (2.9) u 13.5 Tirol 2.8 2.5 (2.3) (2.7) u 13.1 Vorarlberg 3.9 3.6 u (4.6) u 21.2POLAND 9.6 9.6 9.0 10.4 25.8 37.2 Region Centralny 8.1 8.3 8.3 8.5 23.0 34.8 Łódzkie 9.3 9.3 9.0 9.7 23.6 38.1 Mazowieckie 7.4 7.9 7.9 7.8 22.6 32.8 Region Południowy 9.1 9.3 8.1 10.6 23.6 39.9 Małopolskie 9.1 9.4 8.6 10.3 22.9 41.4 Śląskie 9.1 9.2 7.8 10.9 24.2 38.9 Region Wschodni 10.9 11.4 10.9 11.9 32.7 37.2 Lubelskie 9.9 10.3 10.5 10.2 31.9 34.9 Podkarpackie 11.7 12.6 11.5 13.8 36.7 30.2 Świętokrzyskie 12.0 13.0 12.3 14.0 34.3 46.1 Podlaskie 10.2 9.3 9.0 9.6 (24.8) 43.5 Region Północno-Zachodni 10.0 9.6 8.7 10.7 25.7 37.5 Wielkopolskie 8.8 8.7 7.2 10.5 23.4 38.0 Zachodniopomorskie 12.3 11.8 11.9 11.7 32.9 41.2 Lubuskie 10.5 9.4 9.2 9.8 (25.8) 30.1 Region Południowo-Zachodni 10.9 10.3 10.1 10.5 23.5 38.0 Dolnośląskie 11.3 10.6 10.7 10.4 24.3 41.3 Opolskie 9.6 9.4 8.5 10.5 (21.2) 26.6 Region Północny 9.9 9.7 8.5 11.2 25.8 35.8 Kujawsko-Pomorskie 10.6 11.1 9.4 13.1 28.5 37.2 Warmińsko-Mazurskie 9.6 9.6 8.1 11.6 (27.7) 36.8 Pomorskie 9.3 8.5 7.9 9.1 22.1 33.4PORTUGAL 10.8 12.7 12.4 13.1 30.1 48.2 Continente 11.0 12.7 12.4 13.1 29.8 48.0 Norte 12.6 13.0 11.9 14.3 28.5 50.5 Algarve 13.4 15.6 16.3 14.8 37.0 39.8 Centro (PT) 7.7 10.3 9.5 11.3 26.3 43.3 Lisboa 11.3 14.1 15.3 12.8 33.2 49.7 Alentejo 11.4 12.4 11.7 13.2 32.2 45.9 Região autónoma dos Açores 6.9 11.5 11.8 11.0 u 45.2 Região autónoma da Madeira 7.4 13.8 15.3 12.2 39.1 58.1ROMANIA 7.3 7.4 7.9 6.8 23.7 41.9 Macroregiunea unu 8.5 7.9 8.3 7.4 28.3 44.3 Nord-Vest 6.8 5.2 5.4 5.0 20.9 43.1 Centru 10.5 11.1 11.5 10.5 36.3 44.9 Macroregiunea doi 7.1 7.0 7.4 6.4 18.9 47.1 Nord-Est 5.8 4.8 5.2 4.5 11.9 42.9 Sud-Est 8.8 10.1 10.5 9.5 30.7 50.1 Macroregiunea trei 6.8 8.2 8.5 7.9 29.3 31.7 Sud-Muntenia 8.3 10.4 10.5 10.3 32.9 42.2 Bucureşti-Ilfov 4.6 5.4 5.7 5.1 22.2 5.3 Macroregiunea patru 6.9 6.4 7.4 5.1 19.7 47.1 Sud-Vest Oltenia 7.5 6.9 8.4 5.0 19.2 49.4 Vest 6.0 5.7 6.2 5.1 20.3 43.6SLOVENIA 7.2 8.2 8.2 8.2 15.7 44.2 Vzhodna Slovenija 7.9 9.2 8.8 9.6 17.8 46.1 Zahodna Slovenija 6.5 7.0 7.4 6.6 13.4 41.5SLOVAKIA 14.4 13.5 13.5 13.6 33.2 67.8 Bratislavský kraj 6.2 5.8 6.6 5.0 16.9 40.7 Západné Slovensko 12.7 10.7 9.8 11.9 26.8 71.1 Stredné Slovensko 16.5 15.9 16.3 15.3 35.9 65.7 Východné Slovensko 18.5 18.7 18.8 18.5 42.2 71.0FINLAND 8.4 7.8 8.4 7.1 20.1 22.2 Manner-Suomi 8.4 7.8 8.4 7.1 20.1 22.2 Itä-Suomi 10.1 10.0 10.8 9.1 23.6 22.8 Etelä-Suomi 7.4 6.9 7.5 6.3 17.2 23.1 Länsi-Suomi 9.0 8.3 8.7 7.9 23.1 22.4 Pohjois-Suomi 10.1 8.8 9.7 7.7 22.9 18.1 Åland u u u u u 4.0

Unemployment rates in the regions of the European Union

Total Males Females 15-24 years

old

Long-term unemployment

share 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011EU27 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.8 21.4 43.1SWEDEN 8.4 7.5 7.6 7.5 22.9 18.6 Östra Sverige 8.1 7.1 7.0 7.2 21.6 18.5 Stockholm 7.1 6.5 6.4 6.6 20.1 16.5 Östra Mellansverige 9.5 8.0 7.8 8.3 23.5 20.8 Södra Sverige 8.4 7.7 7.7 7.7 23.0 19.3 Småland med öarna 7.7 6.8 6.5 7.2 21.4 17.2 Sydsverige 8.6 8.8 8.8 8.8 24.9 20.7 Västsverige 8.5 7.2 7.3 7.1 22.4 18.8 Norra Sverige 9.1 8.2 8.7 7.6 25.4 17.1 Norra Mellansverige 8.7 8.5 8.7 8.3 24.9 16.3 Mellersta Norrland 10.2 8.2 8.7 7.7 28.5 17.5 Övre Norrland 9.2 7.6 8.7 6.4 23.9 18.4UNITED KINGDOM 7.8 8.0 8.6 7.3 21.1 33.5 North East 9.3 10.8 11.5 9.9 21.7 34.7 Tees Valley & Durham 9.3 11.8 12.8 10.8 23.2 37.2 Northumberland and Tyne & Wear 9.3 9.9 10.6 9.1 20.5 32.2 North West 7.9 8.5 9.5 7.4 23.9 32.5 Cumbria 6.8 7.1 7.7 6.4 23.2 36.1 Cheshire 7.0 6.3 6.8 5.7 19.4 30.5 Greater Manchester 8.6 9.9 11.1 8.4 25.5 32.6 Lancashire 6.0 6.8 7.7 5.8 22.1 28.4 Merseyside 10.1 10.0 10.7 9.2 26.1 35.4 Yorkshire & the Humber 9.2 9.4 10.8 7.8 23.5 36.4 East Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire 9.8 9.1 10.5 7.5 22.2 40.7 North Yorkshire 7.1 6.5 6.5 6.5 21.3 34.9 South Yorkshire 9.4 10.8 12.3 8.9 26.7 37.5 West Yorkshire 9.6 9.9 11.7 7.6 22.5 34.5 East Midlands 7.6 7.9 7.7 8.2 20.7 33.0 Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire 8.8 8.8 8.5 9.1 23.5 33.2 Leicestershire, Rutland & Northamptonshire 7.2 7.5 7.0 8.0 19.4 32.4 Lincolnshire 5.0 6.5 7.1 5.9 15.5 34.1 West Midlands 9.0 9.0 9.7 8.1 24.2 40.8 Herefordshire, Worcestershire & Warwickshire 6.4 6.0 6.6 5.3 20.4 30.1 Shropshire & Staffordshire 8.0 7.8 8.4 7.1 20.2 31.9 West Midlands 10.9 11.3 12.0 10.4 27.8 47.6 East of England 6.6 6.5 6.8 6.2 17.7 30.7 East Anglia 6.6 6.2 6.8 5.6 16.0 31.2 Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire 6.0 6.7 6.5 6.9 18.0 33.9 Essex 7.1 6.7 7.1 6.3 19.6 26.7 London 9.0 9.6 9.6 9.5 24.2 32.9 Inner London 9.7 10.2 10.0 10.5 29.2 33.9 Outer London 8.6 9.1 9.3 8.9 21.2 32.2 South East 6.1 6.0 6.1 5.9 16.1 28.3 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire 5.8 5.2 4.7 5.7 12.9 25.0 Surrey, East & West Sussex 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.0 15.0 31.4 Hampshire & Isle of Wight 6.4 5.9 6.8 5.0 15.2 25.9 Kent 7.7 8.3 8.1 8.4 22.2 30.0 South West 5.9 6.4 7.1 5.6 16.5 31.9 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire & Bristol/Bath area 5.4 6.5 7.2 5.7 18.8 35.5 Dorset & Somerset 5.4 6.1 6.0 6.2 12.6 28.4 Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 8.2 6.2 6.8 5.5 u 32.5 Devon 6.6 6.6 8.0 5.0 19.0 27.6 Wales 8.6 8.6 10.5 6.5 25.2 28.7 West Wales & the Valleys 9.2 9.9 12.0 7.6 28.4 31.5 East Wales 7.8 6.5 8.1 4.7 20.5 21.9 Scotland 8.2 7.9 8.9 6.8 21.7 34.0 Eastern Scotland 7.7 7.3 9.2 5.2 20.9 30.7 South Western Scotland 10.1 9.6 10.3 8.9 26.1 39.0 North Eastern Scotland 3.5 4.6 u u u 10.0 Highlands & Islands 7.1 6.9 7.1 6.7 u 35.0 Northern Ireland 7.2 7.2 8.9 5.2 19.5 44.3

( ) Data with reduced reliability due to sample size. u Data not published due to small sample size.

Unemployment rates in the regions of the EFTA and Candidate countries

Total Males Females 15-24 years

old

Long-term unemployment

share 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011EU27 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.8 21.4 43.1ICELAND 7.6 7.0 7.8 6.2 14.4 23.9NORWAY 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.0 8.7 23.8 Oslo og Akershus 4.0 3.4 3.9 3.0 9.6 25.1 Hedmark og Oppland 3.2 2.9 u u u 20.5 Sør-Østlandet 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 9.0 31.5 Agder og Rogaland 2.6 2.2 u u u 18.1 Vestlandet 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.1 8.4 20.0 Trøndelag 3.6 3.5 u u u 22.1 Nord-Norge 3.8 3.5 4.2 u u 20.1SWITZERLAND 4.5 4.1 3.7 4.5 7.7 36.0 Région lémanique 6.7 6.2 5.6 6.9 13.2 34.8 Espace Mittelland 4.2 3.5 3.1 4.0 7.1 39.5 Nordwestschweiz 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.0 7.1 42.2 Zürich 4.2 3.7 3.5 3.8 (4.5) 32.7 Ostschweiz 3.5 3.2 2.5 4.1 6.8 33.6 Zentralschweiz 3.0 2.4 2.3 2.6 (4.2) 31.3 Ticino 6.0 6.0 5.6 6.4 (17.3) 33.9CROATIA 11.8 13.4 13.7 13.2 36.1 63.8 Sjeverozapadna Hrvatska 7.9 9.2 10.2 7.9 (25.3) 61.4 Središnja i Istočna (Panonska) Hrvatska 18.0 19.9 18.7 21.6 49.7 69.8 Jadranska Hrvatska 11.3 13.1 13.4 12.8 (32.6) 57.6TURKEY 10.7 8.8 8.3 10.1 16.7 23.7 İstanbul 13.5 11.1 10.0 14.5 18.2 23.6 Bati Marmara 7.3 6.3 5.1 9.0 14.9 22.4 Tekirdağ 8.4 8.1 6.1 12.6 17.6 21.2 Balıkesir 6.0 4.3 3.9 5.1 11.4 24.8 Ege 10.9 9.2 7.8 12.0 19.2 26.1 İzmir 14.1 13.7 10.9 19.7 25.5 27.7 Aydın 10.3 7.5 6.7 8.9 16.3 23.8 Manisa 6.8 4.5 4.5 4.4 11.5 22.9 Doğu Marmara 10.1 8.7 7.5 11.4 16.1 25.1 Bursa 9.2 6.7 5.7 9.3 12.9 22.0 Kocaeli 11.1 10.6 9.3 13.4 19.4 27.1 Bati Anadolu 9.5 7.5 6.8 9.5 16.9 27.1 Ankara 10.7 8.5 7.6 10.8 20.7 28.6 Konya 7.1 5.5 5.1 6.8 11.2 22.1 Akdeniz 12.4 9.4 8.9 10.5 16.8 19.1 Antalya 9.8 8.7 7.5 10.7 16.4 14.5 Adana 14.9 9.3 8.3 11.6 16.3 20.9 Hatay 11.7 10.5 11.3 8.6 17.9 21.2 Orta Anadolu 10.9 8.7 8.4 9.4 17.0 26.0 Kırıkkale 9.0 7.0 7.0 6.9 14.1 20.6 Kayseri 12.3 9.8 9.3 10.8 18.7 28.4 Bati Karadeniz 7.3 5.3 5.1 5.7 12.0 28.4 Zonguldak 10.2 6.9 7.0 6.7 20.7 20.9 Kastamonu 7.5 5.3 4.8 6.0 9.8 34.7 Samsun 6.0 4.7 4.4 5.2 9.6 30.8 Doğu Karadeniz 4.8 5.3 6.2 3.9 18.8 32.2 Kuzeydoğu Anadolu 7.0 7.4 9.4 2.6 13.1 18.4 Erzurum 5.5 5.6 6.9 2.5 11.8 26.0 Ağrı 8.7 9.1 11.8 2.7 14.2 14.1 Ortadoğu Anadolu 12.9 9.4 10.1 7.5 15.7 20.1 Malatya 10.6 7.8 8.0 7.3 17.2 22.8 Van 15.5 11.0 12.1 7.7 14.6 18.1 Güneydoğu Anadolu 11.1 10.1 10.5 7.7 15.4 19.2 Gaziantep 11.4 13.2 13.6 11.4 20.7 17.7 Şanlıurfa 11.1 6.8 7.6 u 9.5 14.2 Mardin 10.4 10.3 10.6 8.6 16.2 27.7

( ) Data with reduced reliability due to sample size. u Data not published due to small sample size.