In the fourth quarter of 2020, the labour market in the EU continued to show indications of a potential recovery.
Between the third and the fourth quarter of 2020, 3.0 million unemployed people in the EU (21.3% of all unemployed in the third quarter of 2020) found a job. During this period, 7.8 million (54.3%) remained unemployed and 3.5 million unemployed people (24.4%) became economically inactive.
Of all those in employment in the third quarter of 2020, 2.3 million (1.5%) became unemployed in the fourth quarter of 2020, and 3.5 million (2.3%) transitioned into economic inactivity.
Source:
Eurostat, 15 April 2021