EU 6.25
· European ranking
10 / 34
Down 1 positions compared with previous year
Estonia: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
7.50% of labour force
EU 6.25 · +1.2 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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At a glance
Estonia performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent stabilization. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Estonia
In Estonia, Unemployment rate is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 7.5% versus 6.3% in 2025, with a gap of 1.3 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Estonia, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 6.90% in 2020 to 7.50% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 7.60% in 2024, so the recent reading remains stable.
Reading within the topic
In Estonia, Employment & Economic Security shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.