Regional unemployment in the European Union, Bulgaria and Romania in 2005

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Labour market - free movement of workers
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GENERAL AND REGIONAL STATISTICS

POPULATION AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS

1/2006

Regions Author Michal MLADÝ C o n t e n t s New Member States: decreasing un- employment in Estonia, Latvia, Lithua- nia, Poland and Slovakia, increasing unemployment in Hungary .................... 2

EU-15: positive unemployment trend in Denmark, Greece, Luxembourg, Spain, negative trend in Germany, Portugal and Sweden ............................................ 5

Regional unemployment rate: between 2.6% (Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire – UK) and 23.1% (Vý- chodné Slovensko – SK) ....................... 6

Female unemployment rate: lowest in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and War- wickshire (UK) (2.3%), highest in Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta (ES) (29.4%).......... 7

Youth unemployment rate: lowest in Zeeland (NL) (6.2%), highest in Calabria (IT) (46.1%) .............................................. 8

Bulgaria and Romania: decreasing un- employment in all regions ..................... 9 Manuscri pt completed on: 1  5.11.2006 Data extracted on: 12.07.2006 ISSN 15614875 Catalogue number: KSDN06001ENC © European Communities, 2006

Re g i o n a l u n e m p l o y m e n t i n t h e Eu r o p e a n U n i o n , B u l g a r i a a n d Ro m a n i a i n 2 0 0 5

Map 1: Unemployment rate in the regions of the EU-25, Bulgaria and Romania in 2005

Source: Eurostat, LFS

In 2005, unemployment in the EU-25 decreased from 9.2% in 2004 to 9.0% (-83 600 unemployed). This was due to improvements in the labour markets of the new Member States (-279 300 unemployed), closely linked to working migration to EU-15. After the year-to-year rise in the number of unemployed persons (+222 000) in the EU-25 in 2004, the trend thus changed to positive last year.

Regional* unemployment in the EU-25 varied between 2.6% (region of Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire in the West Midlands of the UK) and 23.1% (Východné Slovensko in eastern Slovakia)(Map 1).

In Bulgaria and Romania, a downward trend in unemployment was observed in all regions.

*Regions mentioned elsewhere in this publication refer to NUTS level 2 for the EU-25 and the corresponding level 2 in Bulgaria and Romania. This text does not cover the four French overseas regions (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane and Réunion)