Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2024, Sweden's unemployment by sex and age increased by 10.0% compared to 2023, reaching 24.3%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.9%.

Sweden ranks 2nd 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 25.9% (from 19.3% in 2019).

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