LV · 2017 · une_rt_a
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
Latvia, 2017
Unemployment by sex and age - annual data
8.7%
Latvia, 2017
▼ 10.3% vs 2016 (9.7%)
Analysis
In 2017, Latvia's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 10.3% compared to 2016, reaching 8.7%.
The figure is above the EU-27 average of 8.3%.
Latvia ranks 8th 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 15.1% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#8 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
104.8%
EU-27: 8.3%
Latvia timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · une_rt_a