Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2022, Sweden's unemployment by sex and age decreased by 12.1% compared to 2021, reaching 21.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.6%.

Sweden ranks 5th 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 26.9% (from 17.1% in 2017).

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