Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2021, Sweden's unemployment by sex and age increased by 4.7% compared to 2020, reaching 24.7%.

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

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 35.7% (from 18.2% in 2016).

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