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Data as of Aug 2026

Unemployment rate during each government's tenure

27 governments, ranked by how the unemployment rate changed from their first day in office, next to the European Union over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#GovernmentCountryIn officeTotalvs EUPer yearChart
1AKEL Dimitris ChristofiasCyprus28 Feb 2008 – 28 Feb 2013 +11.0 pp Jan 2008 → Jan 2013+6.5 pp EU +4.5 pp+2.2 pp/yr
2KIDISO Giorgos PapandreouGreece6 Oct 2009 – 11 Nov 2011 +10.7 pp Sep 2009 → Oct 2011+10.1 pp EU +0.6 pp+5.1 pp/yr
3FF Brian CowenIreland7 May 2008 – 9 Mar 2011 +9.5 pp Apr 2008 → Feb 2011+6.7 pp EU +2.8 pp+3.4 pp/yr
4LC Ivars GodmanisLatvia20 Dec 2007 – 12 Mar 2009 +8.6 pp Nov 2007 → Feb 2009+7.2 pp EU +1.4 pp+6.9 pp/yr
5RE Andrus AnsipEstonia5 Apr 2007 – 5 Apr 2011 +8.5 pp Mar 2007 → Mar 2011+6.4 pp EU +2.1 pp+2.1 pp/yr
6GERB Boyko BorissovBulgaria27 Jul 2009 – 13 Mar 2013 +6.4 pp Jun 2009 → Feb 2013+4.0 pp EU +2.4 pp+1.7 pp/yr
7TS-LKD Andrius KubiliusLithuania26 Nov 2008 – 22 Nov 2012 +5.4 pp Oct 2008 → Oct 2012+1.5 pp EU +3.9 pp+1.3 pp/yr
8HDZ Jadranka KosorCroatia6 Jul 2009 – 23 Dec 2011 +4.7 pp Jun 2009 → Nov 2011+3.6 pp EU +1.1 pp+1.9 pp/yr
9SD Borut PahorSlovenia21 Nov 2008 – 10 Feb 2012 +4.1 pp Oct 2008 → Jan 2012+0.9 pp EU +3.2 pp+1.3 pp/yr
10PDL Emil BocRomania22 Dec 2008 – 9 Feb 2012 +3.4 pp Nov 2008 → Jan 2012+0.5 pp EU +2.9 pp+1.1 pp/yr

Showing 10 of 128 tenures.

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); the European Union is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of labour force · Eurostat (une_rt_m), seasonally adjusted · country data · as of Aug 2026.

Sources: Eurostat (national accounts, labour force, HICP, house prices, government debt, Urban Audit), GISCO, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons. Every chart is indexed to the office-holder's first day. Correlation is not credit. Photo creditsPrivacy