# Euro Area Labour Force

Euro Area Labour Force was up 0.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 176,766 Thousand persons.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.4% (Q2 2020) to 3.2% (Q2 2021), averaging 0.6%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EA.LF.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Thousand persons
- Coverage: 2009-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (70 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/euro-area/labour-force

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 176,766 Thousand persons | 0.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 176,366 Thousand persons | 0.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 176,256 Thousand persons | 1.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 175,996 Thousand persons | 0.9 |
| Q2 2025 | 175,935 Thousand persons | 1.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 175,484 Thousand persons | 0.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 174,590 Thousand persons | 0.4 |
| Q3 2024 | 174,507 Thousand persons | 0.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 174,268 Thousand persons | 0.8 |
| Q1 2024 | 174,013 Thousand persons | 0.9 |
| Q4 2023 | 173,898 Thousand persons | 1.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 173,204 Thousand persons | 1.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 172,901 Thousand persons | 1.3 |
| Q1 2023 | 172,464 Thousand persons | 1.6 |
| Q4 2022 | 171,693 Thousand persons | 1.5 |
| Q3 2022 | 171,016 Thousand persons | 1.3 |
| Q2 2022 | 170,662 Thousand persons | 1.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 169,687 Thousand persons | 2.2 |
| Q4 2021 | 169,209 Thousand persons | 1.8 |
| Q3 2021 | 168,838 Thousand persons | 1.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 167,527 Thousand persons | 3.2 |
| Q1 2021 | 165,998 Thousand persons | −0.7 |
| Q4 2020 | 166,228 Thousand persons | −1.5 |
| Q3 2020 | 166,157 Thousand persons | −1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.LF.Q.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EA.LF.Q.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```