Long-term unemployment rate by sex

In 2024, Sweden's long-term unemployment rate by sex increased by 6.2% compared to 2023, reaching 6.80.

Sweden accounts for 89.5% of the EU-27 total of 7.60.

Sweden ranks 14th 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 112.5% (from 3.20 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem130, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.