Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2013, Sweden's unemployment by sex and age increased by 0.0% compared to 2012, reaching 8.1%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 11.6%.

Sweden ranks 21st 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 28.6% (from 6.3% in 2008).

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