Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2025, Slovakia's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 20.3% compared to 2024, reaching 15.3%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.2%.

Slovakia ranks 13th 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 25.0% (from 20.4% in 2020).

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