How the numbers were computed
For the story The unemployment rate 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. Lithuania and Latvia, at 6.9% each, are both 7th, and Luxembourg is 9th.
- 27 values, one per country
lfst_r_lfu3rt:A.TOTAL.T.Y15-74.PC.<geo>@2025(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
7.7 percentage points
Highest value − lowest value, in percentage points: 10.5 − 2.8 = 7.7. Rounded to each value rounded to 1 decimal as displayed, then subtracted.
- 10.5: Spain, 2025
lfst_r_lfu3rt:A.TOTAL.T.Y15-74.PC.ES@2025· request r1 - 2.8: Czechia, 2025
lfst_r_lfu3rt:A.TOTAL.T.Y15-74.PC.CZ@2025· request r1
27 / 27
EU countries with a value for 2025: all 27 of the 27 EU member states.
- 27 values, one per country
lfst_r_lfu3rt:A.TOTAL.T.Y15-74.PC.<geo>@2025(<geo> is the country code) · request r1
Eurostat values in the text
6.0
Eurostat publishes it as shown.
- 6.0: European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), 2025
lfst_r_lfu3rt:A.TOTAL.T.Y15-74.PC.EU27_2020@2025· request r1
2.8
Eurostat publishes it as shown.
- 2.8: Czechia, 2025
lfst_r_lfu3rt:A.TOTAL.T.Y15-74.PC.CZ@2025· request r1
10.5
Eurostat publishes it as shown.
- 10.5: Spain, 2025
lfst_r_lfu3rt:A.TOTAL.T.Y15-74.PC.ES@2025· request r1
Requests
- r1: Eurostat API query · retrieved 3 November 2026 · data updated 30 October 2026 · fingerprint:
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