Among the EU regions at level 2 of the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS 2), the Polish capital region of Warszawski stołeczny had the highest employment rate last year at 86.5%. The second highest rate was found in Bratislavský kraj in Slovakia (85.8%), while the third highest rate was observed in the German region of Trier (85.4%).

By contrast, in 3 regions in southern Italy, less than half of the core working-age population was employed: Calabria (48.4%), Campania (48.4%) and Sicilia (48.7%).

Highest regional disparities in Italy

In 2023, Italy had the highest regional disparities with a coefficient of variation of 16.3%, ahead of Belgium (8.5%) and Romania (7.7%). The lowest regional disparities for employment rates, with a coefficient of variation of 2.0% or less, were recorded in Portugal, Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands.

All of the eastern and Baltic countries with multiple regions, as well as Denmark, Ireland, Spain and Sweden, reported that their highest employment rate was in their capital region. By contrast, Belgium, Germany and Austria had some of their lowest employment rates in the capital regions.

Source: Eurostat
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