Euro Area Unemployment Rate (Eurostat)
Euro area unemployment rate, total population, seasonally adjusted, from Eurostat's une_rt_m dataset — the primary publisher, replacing the OECD-mirrored FRED series (LRHUTTTTEZM156S) that stopped in 2023. Eurostat renumbers the euro-area aggregate code as membership changes (EA20 to EA21 when Bulgaria joined in 2026), which the connector resolves at fetch time rather than storing as a constant.
6.40
Percent
Euro Area Unemployment Rate (Eurostat) — latest reading: 6.40 percent. As of August 2026, it is up 1.6% over the past 12 months. Source: EUROSTAT_UNE_RT_M_EA, Eurostat, published monthly. Reported as published, without transformation; the publisher may revise it. Lower than all but 29 of 320 readings since 2000-01-01. Last at or below this level on 2026-07-01.
Min
6.20
Max
12.30
Average
8.86
10Y Percentile
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3M Change
+0.0%
Euro Area Unemployment Rate (Eurostat) (EUROSTAT_UNE_RT_M_EA) — 320 observations from 2000-01-01 to 2026-08-01. Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Red shading indicates NBER recession periods.
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How these numbers changed
Every figure above is the current one. These are the same periods as first published — what Euro Area Unemployment Rate (Eurostat) said on the day, before it was restated. Measured in Percent.
| Period | First print | Now | Change | Republished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 0 | 13× |
| Jul 2026 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 0 | 32× |
| Jun 2026 | 6.3 | 6.4 | +0.1 | 33× |
| May 2026 | 6.3 | 6.4 | +0.1 | 33× |
| Apr 2026 | 6.3 | 6.4 | +0.1 | 33× |
| Mar 2026 | 6.3 | 6.4 | +0.1 | 33× |
| Feb 2026 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 0 | 33× |
| Jan 2026 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0 | 33× |
| Dec 2025 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0 | 33× |
| Nov 2025 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0 | 33× |
| Oct 2025 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0 | 33× |
| Sep 2025 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 0 | 33× |
Euro Area Unemployment Rate (Eurostat) for August 2026 first printed at 6.4 on October 1, 2026, was revised 13 times, and now reads back to 6.4. Recompute any row from FRED's own vintage archive.
Macro Regime Context
The growth regime is currently late cycle (71% confidence).
See what this means across all four regime dimensions →3-Month
+0.0%
6-Month
+0.0%
12-Month
+1.6%
What this means
Euro Area Unemployment Rate (Eurostat) is currently at 6.40 percent. The trend is stable (+0.0% over the past 3 months).
Over the past 6 months the change is +0.0%, and over 12 months it is +1.6%. The short-term pace is consistent with the longer trend.
Cite this page
MacroRadar, "Euro Area Unemployment Rate (Eurostat)," https://www.macroradar.io/euro-area-unemployment-rate-eurostat (as of August 2026).