Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2018, Sweden's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 1.8% compared to 2017, reaching 16.8%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.7%.

Sweden ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 26.3% (from 22.8% in 2013).

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