SE · 2021 · tesem070

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)

Sweden, 2021

Youth employment rate (age group 20-29)
69.2
Sweden, 2021
▲ 1.0% vs 2020 (68.5)
Analysis

In 2021, Sweden's youth employment rate (age group 20-29) increased by 1.0% compared to 2020, reaching 69.2.

Sweden accounts for 110.2% of the EU-27 total of 62.8.

Sweden ranks 9th 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 2.4% (from 70.9 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem070, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#9 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
110.2%
EU-27: 62.8
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