Long-term unemployment ranged dramatically from 0.4 per cent to 16.3 per cent across EU regions in 2024, highlighting significant disparities in labour market resilience, according to Eurostat.
Eurostat’s latest report showed that 4.2 million people across the EU had been unemployed for a year or more in 2024.
The long-term unemployment rate , which is defined as the share of the labour force aged 15 to 74 years that has
