# European Union Labor Force Participation Rate

European Union Labor Force Participation Rate was 75.9% in Q2 2026, up 0.2 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 71.2% (Q2 2020) to 75.9% (Q2 2026), averaging 73.8%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EU.LFPR.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/labor-force-participation-rate

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 75.9% |
| Q1 2026 | 75.7% |
| Q4 2025 | 75.6% |
| Q3 2025 | 75.7% |
| Q2 2025 | 75.7% |
| Q1 2025 | 75.5% |
| Q4 2024 | 75.2% |
| Q3 2024 | 75.3% |
| Q2 2024 | 75.3% |
| Q1 2024 | 75.3% |
| Q4 2023 | 75.2% |
| Q3 2023 | 75.0% |
| Q2 2023 | 75.0% |
| Q1 2023 | 74.9% |
| Q4 2022 | 74.7% |
| Q3 2022 | 74.5% |
| Q2 2022 | 74.5% |
| Q1 2022 | 74.3% |
| Q4 2021 | 74.1% |
| Q3 2021 | 74.0% |
| Q2 2021 | 73.5% |
| Q1 2021 | 72.8% |
| Q4 2020 | 72.8% |
| Q3 2020 | 72.7% |

## API

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

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