How the numbers were computed
For the story Unemployment in the EU.
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
Requests
- r1: Eurostat API query · retrieved 28 October 2026 · data updated 10 September 2026 · fingerprint:
147cec65d3dccc4a…