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Eurozone Unemployment Rate 2025-01-30 11:00 Europe/Berlin: data, chart, and analysis

Eurozone Unemployment Rate came in at 6.3 on Jan 30, 2025, compared with 6.2 previously. See the full release history, chart, European Central Bank context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
6.3
Previous
6.2
Forecast
--
Reference period
2024-12-01

Last updated:

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Eurozone Unemployment Rate release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Eurozone Unemployment Rate chart through 2024-12-01
EUR Unemployment Rate readings through 2024-12-01. Latest: 6.3.

Unemployment Rate release read

Eurozone Unemployment Rate came in at 6.3 on Jan 30, 2025, compared with 6.2 previously. See the full release history, chart, European Central Bank context, and API access for this series.

The parent Unemployment Rate page shows the full time series for Eurozone. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For EUR event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID eur_unemployment_2025-01-30
API announcement ID eur_unemployment_2024-12-01
Release time
2025-01-30 10:00 UTC
Reference period date 2024-12-01
Actual value 6.3
Previous value 6.2
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1738231200

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Eurozone Unemployment Rate history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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2025-03-04 11:00 Europe/Berlin · 6.3

Older release

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Employment Level

Total number of employed persons.

Full-Time Employment

Number of persons employed full-time.

Labor Force Participation Rate

Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.

Part-Time Employment

Number of persons employed part-time.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Eurozone Unemployment Rate.

What did Eurozone Unemployment Rate come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Eurozone Unemployment Rate was 6.3% in December 2024. The previous reading was 6.2%.

When was this Eurozone Unemployment Rate release published?

This release was published on Jan 30, 2025 at 11:00 Europe/Berlin.

When is the next Eurozone Unemployment Rate release?

The next Eurozone Unemployment Rate release is scheduled for Oct 1, 2026 at 11:00 Europe/Berlin.

What is the official source for Eurozone Unemployment Rate?

Eurostat publishes the official Unemployment Rate series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1738231200,
  "announcement_id": "eur_unemployment_2024-12-01",
  "announcement_schedule_source": "Eurostat release calendar",
  "announcement_schedule_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/news/release-calendar",
  "date": "2024-12-01",
  "predictions": [
    {
      "generated_at": 1688212800,
      "predicted_value": 6.3,
      "prediction_source": "ecb_staff_projections",
      "prediction_type": "central_bank_projection"
    },
    {
      "generated_at": 1696161600,
      "predicted_value": 6.7,
      "prediction_source": "ecb_staff_projections",
      "prediction_type": "central_bank_projection"
    },
    {
      "generated_at": 1704110400,
      "predicted_value": 6.6,
      "prediction_source": "ecb_staff_projections",
      "prediction_type": "central_bank_projection"
    },
    {
      "generated_at": 1711972800,
      "predicted_value": 6.7,
      "prediction_source": "ecb_staff_projections",
      "prediction_type": "central_bank_projection"
    },
    {
      "generated_at": 1719835200,
      "predicted_value": 6.5,
      "prediction_source": "ecb_staff_projections",
      "prediction_type": "central_bank_projection"
    },
    {
      "generated_at": 1727784000,
      "predicted_value": 6.5,
      "prediction_source": "ecb_staff_projections",
      "prediction_type": "central_bank_projection"
    },
    {
      "generated_at": 1735732800,
      "predicted_value": 6.4,
      "prediction_source": "ecb_staff_projections",
      "prediction_type": "central_bank_projection"
    }
  ],
  "previous_value": 6.2,
  "reference_period": "2024-12",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1738231200,
      "val": 6.3
    }
  ],
  "source_release": "Unemployment",
  "val": 6.3
}