# European Union (EU27) - Manufacturing employment

European Union (EU27) - Manufacturing employment was down 1.0% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with −0.4% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 29,613 Thousand persons.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −3.4% (Q3 2020) to 2.0% (Q3 2017), averaging 0.2%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EU.EMP.Q.SA.NACE-C`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: Thousand persons
- Coverage: 1995-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (126 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/european-union/eu27-manufacturing-employment

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 29,613 Thousand persons | −1.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 29,668 Thousand persons | −0.4 |
| Q4 2025 | 29,866 Thousand persons | −0.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 29,903 Thousand persons | −0.4 |
| Q2 2025 | 29,917 Thousand persons | −0.9 |
| Q1 2025 | 29,786 Thousand persons | −1.1 |
| Q4 2024 | 29,943 Thousand persons | −0.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 30,038 Thousand persons | 0.09 |
| Q2 2024 | 30,203 Thousand persons | 0.4 |
| Q1 2024 | 30,132 Thousand persons | −0.04 |
| Q4 2023 | 30,040 Thousand persons | −0.3 |
| Q3 2023 | 30,012 Thousand persons | −0.3 |
| Q2 2023 | 30,086 Thousand persons | −0.10 |
| Q1 2023 | 30,145 Thousand persons | 0.5 |
| Q4 2022 | 30,127 Thousand persons | 1.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 30,087 Thousand persons | 1.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 30,115 Thousand persons | 1.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 30,003 Thousand persons | 1.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 29,835 Thousand persons | 0.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 29,761 Thousand persons | 1.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 29,666 Thousand persons | −0.03 |
| Q1 2021 | 29,550 Thousand persons | −2.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 29,556 Thousand persons | −2.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 29,475 Thousand persons | −3.4 |

## API

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

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