“In 2023, the unemployment rate for individuals aged 15 to 74 in the EU fell to 6.1% of the labour force, the lowest since 2024. The long-term unemployment rate, as a percentage of the labour force, was 2.1% in 2023, which corresponds to a historic minimum since the beginning of the statistical series, in 2009″, highlights the statistics office.

But there are significant differences between the Member States that make up the community bloc. With a long-term unemployment rate of 6.2%, Greece stood out as the country where the scenario is most serious, followed by Spain (4.3%) and Italy (4.2%).

On the other hand, in Denmark and the Netherlands, the long-term unemployment rate was 0.5%. Also at the base of the table are the Czech Republic and Poland, where the rate in question was 0.8% of the workforce last year.

In Portugal, the long-term unemployment rate was 2.5% in 2023, therefore above the community average. In fact, Portugal achieved the fifth worst record in the European Union, even though it was a relevant distance (in percentage points) from the top of the table.