Quarterly changes
Of all unemployed persons in the European Union (EU) in the third quarter of 2023, 51.1 % (6.7 million) were still unemployed in the fourth quarter of 2023, while 24.5 % (3.2 million) moved into employment and 24.4 % (3.2 million) left the labour force. Of all those initially in employment, 96.4 % (197 million) remained in employment, while 1.2 % (2.5 million) were recorded as unemployed in the fourth quarter of 2023, and 2.4 % (4.9 million) transitioned out of the labour force. Of all those who were outside the labour force in the third quarter of 2023, 92 % (107.2 million persons) remained there in the fourth…
