# European Union (EU27) - Employment rate / employment-population ratio

European Union (EU27) - Employment rate / employment-population ratio was 71.2% in Q2 2026, up 0.1 percentage points from Q1 2026 and up 0.2 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since the series began in Q1 2009.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 65.1% (Q2 2016) to 71.2% (Q2 2026), averaging 68.7%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EU.EMPRATE.Q.SA`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Percentage of total population
- Coverage: 2009-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (70 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/european-union/eu27-employment-rate-employment-population-ratio

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 71.2% |
| Q1 2026 | 71.1% |
| Q4 2025 | 71.0% |
| Q3 2025 | 71.0% |
| Q2 2025 | 71.0% |
| Q1 2025 | 70.9% |
| Q4 2024 | 70.8% |
| Q3 2024 | 70.8% |
| Q2 2024 | 70.8% |
| Q1 2024 | 70.7% |
| Q4 2023 | 70.5% |
| Q3 2023 | 70.4% |
| Q2 2023 | 70.4% |
| Q1 2023 | 70.3% |
| Q4 2022 | 70.0% |
| Q3 2022 | 69.8% |
| Q2 2022 | 69.8% |
| Q1 2022 | 69.6% |
| Q4 2021 | 69.2% |
| Q3 2021 | 68.9% |
| Q2 2021 | 68.0% |
| Q1 2021 | 67.3% |
| Q4 2020 | 67.2% |
| Q3 2020 | 66.9% |

## API

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

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