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Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Estonia - Eurostat - Monthly

This series is part of the dataset: Unemployment rates (Eurostat)

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Latest updates. In Estonia, the unemployment rate was 8.0 per cent in September 2026, compared to 7.8 in August.

Sample. This monthly time series has 320 records in total. The period covered by the series goes from February 2000 to September 2026.

History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics computed on the entire sample: the unemployment rate hit a maximum of 19.3 per cent in March 2010; it recorded a bottom of 3.9 per cent in May 2008; it averaged 8.4 per cent.

Latest values

Date Value - Per cent
2026-07-31 7.70000
2026-08-31 7.80000
2026-09-30 8.00000

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Harmonised unemployment rate
Country Estonia
Economic concept Stock
Data type Ratio
Seasonally adjusted Yes
Deflation method Not applicable
Rescaling None
Measure type Level
Frequency Monthly
Unit Per cent
Source Eurostat
Source type International organization
Data licence Free reuse with attribution
Other information Percentage of the labour force
FSR temporal aggregation code LM1

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Countries

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Austria - Eurostat - Monthly 381 1995-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Belgium - Eurostat - Monthly 486 1986-04-30 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Eurostat - Monthly 68 2021-01-31 2026-08-31
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Bulgaria - Eurostat - Monthly 321 2000-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Croatia - Eurostat - Monthly 321 2000-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Cyprus - Eurostat - Monthly 321 2000-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Czech Republic - Eurostat - Monthly 405 1993-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Denmark - Eurostat - Monthly 525 1983-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Estonia - Eurostat - Monthly 320 2000-02-29 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Finland - Eurostat - Monthly 465 1988-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - France - Eurostat - Monthly 525 1983-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Germany - Eurostat - Monthly 429 1991-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Greece - Eurostat - Monthly 342 1998-04-30 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Hungary - Eurostat - Monthly 369 1996-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Iceland - Eurostat - Monthly 285 2003-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Ireland - Eurostat - Monthly 526 1983-01-31 2026-10-31
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Italy - Eurostat - Monthly 525 1983-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Latvia - Eurostat - Monthly 342 1998-04-30 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Lithuania - Eurostat - Monthly 345 1998-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Luxembourg - Eurostat - Monthly 525 1983-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Malta - Eurostat - Monthly 321 2000-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Netherlands - Eurostat - Monthly 525 1983-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - North Macedonia - Eurostat - Monthly 249 2006-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Norway - Eurostat - Monthly 453 1989-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Poland - Eurostat - Monthly 357 1997-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Portugal - Eurostat - Monthly 525 1983-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Romania - Eurostat - Monthly 357 1997-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Slovak Republic - Eurostat - Monthly 345 1998-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Slovenia - Eurostat - Monthly 369 1996-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Spain - Eurostat - Monthly 486 1986-04-30 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Sweden - Eurostat - Monthly 525 1983-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Switzerland - Eurostat - Monthly 198 2010-01-31 2026-06-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Turkey - Eurostat - Monthly 261 2005-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - United Kingdom - Eurostat - Monthly 453 1983-01-31 2020-09-30

Geographic aggregates

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - European Union - Eurostat - Monthly 321 2000-01-31 2026-09-30
Harmonised unemployment rate (per cent) - Euro Area - Eurostat - Monthly 321 2000-01-31 2026-09-30