The World by the Numbers: Unemployment Rates in the EU Compared to Russia

Where the unemployment rate is higher in the EU?

Where the unemployment rate is higher in the EU?

Unemployment rate in Russia and the EU in % of the economically active population

 

Russia:

2007 — 6.0
2009 — 8.3
2017 — 5.2

EU countries:

2007 — 7.2
2013 — 10.9
2017 — 7.6

EU countries with the highest unemployment rate in % of the economically active population, 2017:

EU average — 7.6
Greece — 21.5
Spain — 17.2
Italy — 11.2

EU countries with the highest number of unemployed, in millions of people, 2017:

Spain — 3.9
Italy — 2.9
France — 2.8
Germany — 1.6

60% of all unemployed persons in the EU.