The ‘Recent employment trends’ indicator displays the evolution of employment for employed persons aged 15 years and over, based on the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU LFS) data. The indicator presents information on the total number of employed individuals and their percentage change, disaggregated by country, gender, age, occupation, and sector.

Unlike other EU LFS based indicators in skills intelligence, which are calculated based on the EU LFS microdata, this indicator utilises the publicly available Eurostat data for key variables. This allows for much more timely updates, but on a smaller subset of the data. Typically, the new employment figures will appear in the “Recent employment trends” indicator at least six months faster than they become available in the EU LFS microdata.

Note: All estimations are Skills intelligence Team own calculations based on Eurostat data.