EU Regional Employment Rates for Ages 20-64 in 2013

Eurostat data from the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy shows the employment rate across European Union regions in 2013. The dataset highlights a disparity, with rates 11 percentage points higher in more developed regions (72%) than in less developed ones (61%). It provides context for the Europe 2020 strategy's 75% overall employment target.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional economic disparities based on the 11-percentage-point gap in employment rates mentioned in the description.
• Benchmark national progress toward the Europe 2020 employment targets based on the referenced national goals (e.g., 62.9% in Malta, 80% in Denmark and Sweden).
• Study the labor market impact of the 2008 financial crisis based on the description of widened employment rate disparities.
• Model regional development indicators using the employment rate as a key socioeconomic variable.

Strengths

• Provides a specific EU-wide benchmark figure (68.3% employment rate for the EU-28 population aged 20-64).
• Cites concrete numerical disparities, such as the 11-percentage-point gap between more and less developed regions.
• Includes context on national targets aligned with the Europe 2020 strategy, offering policy relevance.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified and data is from a single year (2013).
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the eu_open_data source for that specific year.

Provenance

Source

Eurostat, via the European Commission's Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy.

Time Range

2013

Geography

European Union regions