Countries
The 27 EU member states, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Norway and Iceland — plus the EU and the world as a whole. Exposure, unemployment, vacancies, AI adoption and outlook.
European Union (EU27)
EU27
33% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 6.1%
- Job vacancy rate
- 2.0%
- Firms using AI
- 20%
World
ILO
24% work in exposed occupations
Employed: 3.60 bn
Netherlands
EU
39% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
- Job vacancy rate
- 4.1%
- Firms using AI
- 33%
Ireland
EU
35% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 5.0%
- Job vacancy rate
- 1.3%
- Firms using AI
- 20%
Germany
EU
35% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 4.0%
- Job vacancy rate
- 2.4%
- Firms using AI
- 26%
Sweden
EU
35% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 8.9%
- Job vacancy rate
- 2.2%
- Firms using AI
- 35%
Cyprus
EU
35% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 4.1%
- Job vacancy rate
- 2.6%
- Firms using AI
- 9%
Belgium
EU
35% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 5.9%
- Job vacancy rate
- 3.3%
- Firms using AI
- 35%
United Kingdom
non-EU
34% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- –
- Job vacancy rate
- –
- Firms using AI
- –
Switzerland
non-EU
34% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
- Job vacancy rate
- 1.5%
- Firms using AI
- –
Denmark
EU
34% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 5.9%
- Job vacancy rate
- 2.3%
- Firms using AI
- 42%
France
EU
33% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 8.2%
- Job vacancy rate
- 2.4%
- Firms using AI
- 18%
Greece
EU
33% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 7.4%
- Job vacancy rate
- 1.8%
- Firms using AI
- 9%
Austria
EU
32% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 6.7%
- Job vacancy rate
- 2.9%
- Firms using AI
- 30%
Malta
EU
32% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
- Job vacancy rate
- 3.1%
- Firms using AI
- 22%
Poland
EU
32% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
- Job vacancy rate
- 0.8%
- Firms using AI
- 8%
Italy
EU
32% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 6.2%
- Job vacancy rate
- 1.5%
- Firms using AI
- 16%
Portugal
EU
32% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 5.7%
- Job vacancy rate
- 1.6%
- Firms using AI
- 12%
Estonia
EU
32% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 8.0%
- Job vacancy rate
- 1.4%
- Firms using AI
- 23%
Lithuania
EU
32% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 6.1%
- Job vacancy rate
- 2.3%
- Firms using AI
- 21%
Bulgaria
EU
31% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 3.5%
- Job vacancy rate
- 0.8%
- Firms using AI
- 9%
Norway
EEA
31% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
- Job vacancy rate
- 3.0%
- Firms using AI
- 29%
Spain
EU
31% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 10.0%
- Job vacancy rate
- 0.9%
- Firms using AI
- 20%
Slovakia
EU
31% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 5.7%
- Job vacancy rate
- 0.9%
- Firms using AI
- 18%
Croatia
EU
30% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
- Job vacancy rate
- 1.3%
- Firms using AI
- 15%
Hungary
EU
30% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 4.7%
- Job vacancy rate
- 2.1%
- Firms using AI
- 10%
Finland
EU
30% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 9.9%
- Job vacancy rate
- 1.1%
- Firms using AI
- 38%
Slovenia
EU
30% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
- Job vacancy rate
- 2.5%
- Firms using AI
- 22%
Czechia
EU
29% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
- Job vacancy rate
- 1.9%
- Firms using AI
- 18%
Latvia
EU
28% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 7.3%
- Job vacancy rate
- 2.2%
- Firms using AI
- 12%
Iceland
EEA
27% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 5.8%
- Job vacancy rate
- 2.8%
- Firms using AI
- –
Romania
EU
24% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 6.4%
- Job vacancy rate
- 0.5%
- Firms using AI
- 5%
Luxembourg
EU
53*% work in exposed occupations
- Unemployment
- 7.3%
- Job vacancy rate
- 1.4%
- Firms using AI
- 34%
* Incomplete data: part of the employment by occupational group is not published, so the estimate may be biased — it is not ranked.
Since 2019 UK data come from ILOSTAT and the ONS rather than Eurostat. Eurostat publishes no AI-adoption data for Switzerland and the United Kingdom.