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Eurozone employment shows solid growth in Q1 2025

The latest Eurostat data shows that in the first quarter of 2025, the highest employment growth in the EU compared to the previous quarter was recorded in Ireland (+0.9 percentage points) and Italy (+0.7 percentage points).

According to Eurostat’s preliminary estimate, employment in the eurozone rose by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, reaching 171.79 million people. This acceleration compared to the 0.1% growth in the fourth quarter of 2024 and the exceeding of market expectations (0.1%) confirm the continued strengthening of the region’s labour market. Thus, the current quarter marks the sixteenth consecutive period of employment growth.

On an annual basis, employment increased by 0.8%, reflecting the sustained recovery of the economy and growth in business activity. Employment also increased across the European Union as a whole, but at a more moderate pace of 0.2% quarter-on-quarter.

Growth in the number of employed persons was recorded in a number of countries: Spain +0.8%, Czech Republic +0.5%, Finland +0.4%, Sweden +0.3%, Luxembourg +0.1%.

In the first quarter, the unemployment rate, i.e. the share of all persons with an unsatisfied demand for employment, including the unemployed, stood at 10.9% of the EU’s extended labour force aged 20 to 64.

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