How the numbers were computed

For the story Hourly labour costs in the EU countries.

Every number in the story is a Eurostat value or is computed from Eurostat values. Each value is named by dataset, Eurostat key and period. Each request is kept as received.

The ranking

Ranks

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. There are no ties in this ranking.

27 values, one per country lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-S_X_O.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1

5.2

Highest value ÷ lowest value: 54.9 ÷ 10.6 = 5.1792. Rounding: 1 decimal.

54.9: Luxembourg, 2024 lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-S_X_O.LU@2024 · request r1
10.6: Bulgaria, 2024 lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-S_X_O.BG@2024 · request r1

27 / 27

EU countries with a value for 2024: all 27 of the 27 EU member states.

27 values, one per country lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-S_X_O.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code) · request r1

Over time

The EU figure, 2016–2024

The figure of the European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) as Eurostat publishes it, for the years it has one (2016, 2020–2024).

25.6: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2016 lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2016 · request r1
28.4: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2020 lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2020 · request r1
28.8: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2021 lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2021 · request r1
30.2: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2022 lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2022 · request r1
31.9: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2023 lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2023 · request r1
33.5: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2024 lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-S_X_O.EU27_2020@2024 · request r1

Changes in %, 2016 to 2024

Per country and for the EU, (the 2024 value ÷ the 2016 value − 1) × 100. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then divided. The change is rounded half up to a whole number.

28 values, one per country and the EU's lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-S_X_O.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r1
28 values, one per country and the EU's lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-S_X_O.<geo>@2016 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r1

Countries where the cost rose

The countries whose difference 2024 − 2016 is above zero, 27 in all.

uses Changes in %, 2016 to 2024

Wages and other costs

Ranks, the share of labour costs other than wages and salaries

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Greece and Ireland, at 20.4% each, are both 13th, and Cyprus and Portugal are both 15th.

27 values, one per country lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D2-D4_MD5_RAT.B-S_X_O.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code) · request r2

27.2 percentage points

Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 32.0 − 4.8 = 27.2. Rounding: each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.

32: France, 2024 lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D2-D4_MD5_RAT.B-S_X_O.FR@2024 · request r2
4.8: Romania, 2024 lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D2-D4_MD5_RAT.B-S_X_O.RO@2024 · request r2

By sector

Values, by sector

The values as Eurostat publishes them, one per country and group and for the EU, shown rounded to 1 decimal.

28 values, one per country and the EU's lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.B-E.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r3
28 values, one per country and the EU's lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.F.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r3
28 values, one per country and the EU's lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.G-N.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r3
28 values, one per country and the EU's lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.P-S.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code or the EU's) · request r3

Ranks, services of the business economy

Rank by value, highest first. Equal values share a rank, and the next rank is skipped. Austria and Germany, at 42.1 euro per hour each, are both 7th, and Ireland is 9th.

27 values, one per country lc_lci_lev:A.EUR.D1_D4_MD5.G-N.<geo>@2024 (<geo> is the country code) · request r3