SE · 2017 · tepsr_wc170
Unemployment rate by age
Sweden, 2017
Unemployment rate by age
17.9
Sweden, 2017
▼ 5.3% vs 2016 (18.9)
Analysis
In 2017, Sweden's unemployment rate by age decreased by 5.3% compared to 2016, reaching 17.9.
Sweden accounts for 99.4% of the EU-27 total of 18.0.
Sweden ranks 12th 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 24.2% (from 23.6 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tepsr_wc170, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
99.4%
EU-27: 18.0
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tepsr_wc170