SE · 2025 · tesem120
Unemployment rate by sex
Sweden, 2025
Unemployment rate by sex
17.6
Sweden, 2025
▲ 4.8% vs 2024 (16.8)
Analysis
In 2025, Sweden's unemployment rate by sex increased by 4.8% compared to 2024, reaching 17.6.
Sweden accounts for 146.7% of the EU-27 total of 12.0.
Sweden ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.5% (from 17.0 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem120, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#4 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
146.7%
EU-27: 12.0
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem120