European Union - Labour cost index was 4.00 % year-on-year in December of 2023, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Labour cost index - last updated from the EUROSTAT on May of 2024. Historically, European Union - Labour cost index reached a record high of 6.00 % year-on-year in December of 2022 and a record low of 0.10 % year-on-year in June of 2021.


Labour Cost Index
Country Last Previous Unit Reference
Bulgaria 15.10 13.80 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Hungary 15.10 16.90 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Poland 12.20 13.30 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Latvia 12.00 12.20 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Estonia 11.00 13.20 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Lithuania 11.00 12.50 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Slovakia 7.90 9.90 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Belgium 7.90 8.60 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Czech Republic 7.60 7.50 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Greece 6.70 4.60 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Netherlands 6.40 5.90 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Germany 5.60 3.40 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Cyprus 5.60 6.40 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Sweden 5.50 4.70 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Spain 5.50 5.70 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Austria 5.30 6.90 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Slovenia 5.00 14.50 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Portugal 4.90 3.70 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Malta 4.70 2.70 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Finland 4.30 6.10 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Euro Area 3.40 5.20 % year-on-year Dec 2023
Italy 3.30 2.60 % year-on-year Sep 2023
France 3.20 4.20 % year-on-year Sep 2023
Denmark 2.90 2.70 % year-on-year Sep 2023
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