Euro Area Employment Change

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

0.3

Units In

0.1

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

N/A

Time to Release

N/A

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
1 Sep 2020	-3 Jun 2020	0.21 %	1995-2025	Eurostat

In Euro Area, employment change refers to the quarterly change in the number of persons who work for pay or profit, or perform unpaid family work. Estimates include both full-time and part-time employment.

Latest Updates

The number of employed persons in the Euro area rose by 0.2% from the previous quarter to 171.627 million in the first three months of 2025, less than preliminary estimates of a 0.3% rise. It was the 16th consecutive period of employment expansion. In the broad EU, employment was unchanged. Croatia (+1.0%) and Spain (+0.8%) recorded the highest growth of employment. The highest declines of employment were recorded in Romania (-2.1%), Estonia (-0.8%), Lithuania and Poland (both -0.6%). Also, employment rose in Italy (+0.7%), but it was flat in Germany and declined by 0.3% in France. On an annual basis, Eurozone employment growth rose by 0.7%.