Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2015, Netherlands's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 6.0% compared to 2014, reaching 7.9%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.2%.

Netherlands ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 29.5% (from 6.1% in 2010).

Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.