LV · 2017 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Latvia, 2017
Unemployment rate by sex
17.4
Latvia, 2017
▼ 10.3% vs 2016 (19.4)
Analysis
In 2017, Latvia's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 10.3% compared to 2016, reaching 17.4.
Latvia accounts for 104.8% of the EU-27 total of 16.6.
Latvia ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 42.4% (from 30.2 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
104.8%
EU-27: 16.6
Latvia timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120