Europe & Central Asia
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Within the “Europe & Central Asia” group, Montenegro leads Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025 at 13.57%, while Moldova sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 1.51%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.03.46.810.213.6MontenegroMontenegro: 13.57%13.6ArmeniaArmenia: 12.87%12.9North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia: 12.26%12.3GeorgiaGeorgia: 12.10%12.1Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina: 11.04%11.0AlbaniaAlbania: 10.93%10.9SpainSpain: 10.38%10.4FinlandFinland: 9.46%9.5SwedenSweden: 8.69%8.7GreeceGreece: 8.54%8.5TurkiyeTurkiye: 8.52%8.5EstoniaEstonia: 8.31%8.3

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Montenegro 13.57%
2 Armenia 12.87%
3 North Macedonia 12.26%
4 Georgia 12.10%
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.04%
6 Albania 10.93%
7 Spain 10.38%
8 Finland 9.46%
9 Sweden 8.69%
10 Greece 8.54%
11 Turkiye 8.52%
12 Estonia 8.31%
13 France 7.54%
14 Serbia 7.12%
15 Tajikistan 6.93%
16 Lithuania 6.73%
17 Latvia 6.57%
18 Italy 6.39%
19 Luxembourg 6.34%
20 Channel Islands 6.17%
21 Portugal 6.16%
22 Romania 5.99%
23 Belgium 5.91%
24 Austria 5.58%
25 Denmark 5.53%
26 Azerbaijan 5.46%
27 Slovak Republic 5.36%
28 Croatia 5.00%
29 Cyprus 4.92%
30 Switzerland 4.87%
31 Kazakhstan 4.77%
32 United Kingdom 4.75%
33 Norway 4.64%
34 Ireland 4.63%
35 Uzbekistan 4.62%
36 Hungary 4.52%
37 Turkmenistan 4.27%
38 Netherlands 3.87%
39 Germany 3.71%
40 Iceland 3.63%
41 Bulgaria 3.54%
42 Kyrgyz Republic 3.53%
43 Belarus 3.38%
44 Slovenia 3.18%
45 Poland 2.98%
46 Czechia 2.83%
47 Russian Federation 2.13%
48 Moldova 1.51%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Europe & Central Asia group for Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, Montenegro leads with a gap of 0.70% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 48 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Moldova at 1.51%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.