At the end of August 2025, the Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) recorded 187.4 thousand current unemployment (WW) benefits, up by 0.2 thousand on the previous month. In August, 21.8 thousand new ...

Unemployment in the State currently stands at 5 per cent as 147,400 people found themselves out of work, according to new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), with youth unemployment proving ...

Long-term unemployment across the EU is now 1.9%, according to the latest Eurostat data, the lowest level since data collection began. The Netherlands (0.5%), Malta (0.7%), the Czech Republic, Denmark ...

The definition of unemployment is restrictive, excluding many people who are not in work. Labour market slack, by capturing additional groups of people without jobs, provides a more comprehensive ...