Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2015, Sweden's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 11.3% compared to 2014, reaching 19.7%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 22.4%.

Sweden ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 18.3% (from 24.1% in 2010).

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