The EU unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent in April 2025, stable compared with March 2025 and down from six per cent in April 2024, Eurostat said.

The lowest unemployment was recorded in Czechia and Malta, both at 2.7 percent. While Czechia saw a slight month-on-month increase, Malta registered a small decline.

Eurostat estimated that a total of 12.902 million people in the EU, of whom 10.680 million were in the euro area, were unemployed in April 2025.

Compared with March 2025, unemployment declined by 188,000 in the EU and by 207,000 in the euro area. On an annual basis, the figures show a drop of 217,000 in the EU and 343,000 in the euro area.

The report also provided figures on youth unemployment. In April 2025, an estimated 2.859 million people under the age of 25 were unemployed across the EU, including 2.272 million in the euro area.

The youth unemployment rate fell to 14.8 per cent in the EU and to 14.4 per cent in the euro area, down from 15.0 and 14.8 per cent respectively in March.

Month-on-month, youth unemployment declined by 57,000 in the EU and by 74,000 in the euro area.

However, compared with April 2024, the number of unemployed young people increased by 19,000 in the EU, while in the euro area it dropped by 16,000.

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