CEE: unemployment rate by country 2023 | Statista

In 2023, Czechia and Poland had the lowest unemployment rate among Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, at 2.6 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively. On the other hand, the highest unemployment rate was recorded in Lithuania and Latvia. The average unemployment rate in all European Union member states amounted to six percent in this period.

Unemployment rate in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) from 2009 to 2023, by country

Characteristic	EU-27	Bulgaria	Czechia	Estonia	Croatia	Latvia	Lithuania	Hungary	Poland	Romania	Slovenia	Slovakia
2023	6%	4.3%	2.6%	6.4%	6.1%	6.5%	6.9%	4.1%	2.8%	5.6%	3.7%	5.8%
2022	6.2%	4.2%	2.2%	5.6%	7%	6.9%	6%	3.6%	2.9%	5.6%	4%	6.1%
2021	7%	5.3%	2.8%	6.2%	7.6%	7.6%	7.1%	4.1%	3.4%	5.6%	4.8%	6.8%
2020	7.2%	6.1%	2.6%	6.9%	7.5%	8.1%	8.5%	4.1%	3.2%	6.1%	5%	6.7%
2019	6.8%	5.2%	2%	4.5%	6.6%	6.3%	6.3%	3.3%	3.3%	4.9%	4.4%	5.7%
2018	7.4%	6.2%	2.2%	5.4%	8.5%	7.4%	6.2%	3.6%	3.9%	5.3%	5.1%	6.5%
2017	8.3%	7.2%	2.9%	5.8%	11.2%	8.7%	7.1%	4%	5%	6.1%	6.6%	8.1%
2016	9.3%	8.6%	4%	6.8%	13.1%	9.7%	7.9%	5%	6.3%	7.2%	8%	9.6%
2015	10.2%	10.1%	5.1%	6.4%	16.2%	9.9%	9.1%	6.6%	7.7%	8.4%	9%	11.5%
2014	11%	12.4%	6.1%	7.3%	17.3%	10.9%	10.7%	7.5%	9.2%	8.6%	9.7%	13.1%
2013	11.6%	13.9%	7%	8.6%	17.3%	11.9%	11.8%	9.8%	10.6%	9%	10.1%	14.1%
2012	11.1%	13.3%	7%	9.9%	16%	15.1%	13.4%	10.7%	10.4%	8.7%	8.9%	13.9%
2011	10.1%	12.3%	6.7%	12.3%	13.7%	16.3%	15.4%	10.7%	10%	9.1%	8.2%	13.5%
2010	10.1%	11.3%	7.3%	16.6%	11.7%	19.7%	17.8%	10.8%	10%	9%	7.3%	14.3%
2009	9.3%	7.9%	6.7%	13.5%	9.2%	17.7%	13.8%	9.7%	8.5%	8.4%	5.9%	12%

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March 2024

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CEE

Survey time period

2009 to 2023

Age group

15-74 years

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Share of population in the labor force

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