Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2023, Sweden's unemployment by sex and age increased by 2.7% compared to 2022, reaching 7.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 6.1%.

Sweden ranks 3rd 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 18.5% (from 6.5% in 2018).

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