Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2023, Sweden's unemployment by sex and age increased by 1.8% compared to 2022, reaching 22.1%.

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

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 31.5% (from 16.8% in 2018).

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