SE · 2025 · tesem130
Long-term unemployment rate by sex
Sweden, 2025
Long-term unemployment rate by sex
7.20
Sweden, 2025
▲ 5.9% vs 2024 (6.80)
Analysis
In 2025, Sweden's long-term unemployment rate by sex increased by 5.9% compared to 2024, reaching 7.20.
Sweden accounts for 94.7% of the EU-27 total of 7.60.
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 grown by 80.0% (from 4.00 in 2020).
Source: Eurostat dataset tesem130, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2025
#12 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2025
94.7%
EU-27: 7.60
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · tesem130