Accessible table of the time series of the European Labor Market Barometer
European Labour Market Barometer: European labor markets lack stimulus
The leading indicator from the European Network of Public Employment Services and the IAB is not making any progress in August either. The European Labour Market Barometer remains at 99.7 points for the fourth consecutive month. "Without an economic boost, European labor markets will continue to stagnate," explains Enzo Weber, IAB head of forecast. The unemployment component stagnates, as in the previous month, in slightly negative territory at 99.3 points. The employment component rises minimally by 0.1 points to 100.1 points.
The time series of the European Labour Market Barometer, including its components for all 18 participating employment services, is available at www.iab.de/Presse/elmb-components. More information on the European Labour Market Barometer is available in our Magazine IAB-Forum: Launch of the “European Labour Market Barometer".
Run by the European Network of Public Employment Services and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the European Labour Market Barometer is based on a survey of the local or regional employment agencies in 18 PES services. A leading indicator of employment and unemployment in labour markets, the survey has been carried out jointly by the employment services and the IAB since June 2018. Agencies are asked to assess both the unemployment and employment outlook for the next three months, resulting in two components and one barometer for each PES. The European barometer is then derived from these national scores in the form of a weighted average.
Participating countries include: Belgium (German-speaking community, Wallonia), Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and Cyprus. Latvia has been participating since June 2025.
Taken from: Labour market barometer helps predict (un)employment trends | European Social Fund Plus (europa.eu)
Release Dates
- 26 September 2025
- 28 October 2025
- 26 November 2025
- 30 December 2025
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Period surveyed
June 2018 until August 2025
Date of publication
2025/8/27
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The data on the European Labour Market Barometer are published under the following Creative Commons license: Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Publications
- Leading indicators for unemployment and employment in Europe: Launch of the “European Labour Market Barometer“Hutter, Christian; Weber, Enzo (2020): Leading indicators for unemployment and employment in Europe: Launch of the 'European Labour Market Barometer'. (IAB-Kurzbericht, 21/2020), 4 p.
- Launch of the "European Labour Market Barometer"Weber, Enzo; Hutter, Christian (2020): Launch of the "European Labour Market Barometer". In: IAB-Forum, 20.10.2020, without pagination.