# European Union Labour Force

European Union Labour Force was up 0.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 0.5% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 222,174 Thousand persons.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.9% (Q2 2020) to 3.0% (Q2 2021), averaging 0.6%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 222,174 Thousand persons | 0.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 221,771 Thousand persons | 0.5 |
| Q4 2025 | 221,622 Thousand persons | 0.9 |
| Q3 2025 | 221,371 Thousand persons | 0.8 |
| Q2 2025 | 221,112 Thousand persons | 0.7 |
| Q1 2025 | 220,567 Thousand persons | 0.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 219,666 Thousand persons | 0.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 219,654 Thousand persons | 0.8 |
| Q2 2024 | 219,547 Thousand persons | 0.9 |
| Q1 2024 | 219,392 Thousand persons | 1.0 |
| Q4 2023 | 218,951 Thousand persons | 1.1 |
| Q3 2023 | 218,017 Thousand persons | 1.0 |
| Q2 2023 | 217,667 Thousand persons | 1.0 |
| Q1 2023 | 217,300 Thousand persons | 1.3 |
| Q4 2022 | 216,641 Thousand persons | 1.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 215,781 Thousand persons | 1.0 |
| Q2 2022 | 215,552 Thousand persons | 1.6 |
| Q1 2022 | 214,455 Thousand persons | 1.9 |
| Q4 2021 | 214,018 Thousand persons | 1.7 |
| Q3 2021 | 213,614 Thousand persons | 1.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 212,206 Thousand persons | 3.0 |
| Q1 2021 | 210,409 Thousand persons | −0.4 |
| Q4 2020 | 210,460 Thousand persons | −1.1 |
| Q3 2020 | 210,321 Thousand persons | −0.8 |

## API

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

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