Employment up by 0.1% both in euro area, EU in second quarter of 2025

Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, employment increased by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU in the second quarter of 2025, after +0.8% in the euro area and +0.4% in the EU in the first quarter of 2025.

In the second quarter of 2025, Bulgaria (+1.1%), Spain and Malta (both +0.7%) recorded the highest growth of employment in persons compared with the previous quarter. The highest declines of employment were recorded in Lithuania (-0.9%), Greece and Croatia (both -0.5%).

Based on seasonally adjusted figures, Eurostat estimates that in the second quarter of 2025, 219.9 million people were employed in the EU, of which 171.6 million were in the euro area.

Earlier, Kazinform News Agency reported unemployment among U.S. young tech specialists hits 6%.