Regarding the overall unemployment rate across NUTS level 2 regions, in 2021, the highest unemployment rates were recorded in southern and outermost regions of the EU: regional unemployment rates of at least 14.5 % were recorded in 9 of the 13 regions from Greece (the exceptions being the capital region of Attiki, Peloponnisos, Ionia Nisia and Voreio Aigaio), 8 regions from Spain, 4 of the outermost regions of France, and 4 regions from the southern half of Italy.
The lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Střední Morava and Praha in Czechia; Közép-Dunántúl and Nyugat-Dunántúl in Hungary; Warszawski stołeczny, Wielkopolskie and Pomorskie in Poland, all with an unemployment rate within the range of 2.1–2.3%.
