LV · 2017 · tesem130
Long-term unemployment rate by sex
Latvia, 2017
Long-term unemployment rate by sex
14.4
Latvia, 2017
▼ 18.2% vs 2016 (17.6)
Analysis
In 2017, Latvia's long-term unemployment rate by sex decreased by 18.2% compared to 2016, reaching 14.4.
Latvia accounts for 97.3% of the EU-27 total of 14.8.
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 58.1% (from 34.4 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem130, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
97.3%
EU-27: 14.8
Latvia timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem130