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Labour market slack, persons, total slack, European Union

Released 11 June 2026

23,863,000 in 2025. The same slack components as the rate, counted in thousands of people aged 20 to 64.

23,863,000Labour market slack, persons, total slack, European Union, 2025
201927,623,000
202029,976,000
202128,377,000
202224,909,000
202324,189,000
202423,722,000
202523,863,000
Eurostat, lfsi_sla_a, 2019 to 2025. CC BY 4.0.
23,863,000Labour market slack, persons, total slack, European Union, 2025, beside 8 others
European Union23,863,000
France4,379,000d
Germany3,103,000
Netherlands851,000
Sweden764,000
Belgium614,000
Finland461,000
Denmark327,000
Norway246,000
Eurostat, lfsi_sla_a, 2025: the newest period every country has filed. CC BY 4.0.

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Labour market slack, persons, total slack, European Union
PeriodValueStatusReleased
202523,863,00011 June 2026
202423,722,00011 June 2026
202324,189,00011 June 2026
202224,909,00011 June 2026
202128,377,00011 June 2026
202029,976,00011 June 2026
201927,623,00011 June 2026

Source: Eurostat, lfsi_sla_a, persons. Eurostat, CC BY 4.0. Free to reuse with attribution to Eurostat; the table on this page may be copied as it stands.

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