NL · 2025 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Netherlands, 2025
Unemployment rate by sex
7.80
Netherlands, 2025
▲ 5.4% vs 2024 (7.40)
Analysis
In 2025, Netherlands's unemployment rate by sex increased by 5.4% compared to 2024, reaching 7.80.
Netherlands accounts for 65.0% of the EU-27 total of 12.0.
Netherlands ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 20.4% (from 9.80 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#21 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
65.0%
EU-27: 12.0
Netherlands timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120