NL · 2026 · teilm020
Unemployment rate by sex
Netherlands, 2026
Unemployment rate by sex
12.1
Netherlands, 2026
▼ 65.5% vs 2025 (35.1)
Analysis
In 2026, Netherlands's unemployment rate by sex decreased by 65.5% compared to 2025, reaching 12.1.
Netherlands accounts for 67.6% of the EU-27 total of 17.9.
Netherlands ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset teilm020, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2026
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2026
67.6%
EU-27: 17.9
Netherlands timeline (last 15 years)
2025 2026
Source:
Eurostat · teilm020