Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2020, Sweden's unemployment by sex and age increased by 23.2% compared to 2019, reaching 8.5%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 7.2%.

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 13.3% (from 7.5% in 2015).

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