teilm020 · 2025–2026
Unemployment rate by sex
Eurostat teilm020 — Unemployment rate by sex. Data range: 2025-04 to 2026-03.
At a glance
In 2026, the EU-27 figure for unemployment rate by sex was 17.9 .
That is a 66.8% fell versus 2025 (53.9).
Across member states, Finland reported the highest value (31.2, 2026) and Czechia the lowest (9.50, 2026) — a ratio of 3.3× between the two ends of the range.
The figures below come from Eurostat dataset teilm020; every value links back to the canonical source.
EU-27 · 2026
17.9
HIGHEST · 2026
Finland
31.2
LOWEST · 2026
Czechia
9.50
Map · 2026
9.5 31.2
Ranking · 2026
Time series · top 12 countries + EU-27
- Finland 31.2
- Spain 30.8
- Sweden 25.7
- Greece 25.6
- France 23.2
- Denmark 21.8
- Luxembourg 20.7
- Estonia 20.1
- Latvia 20
- Lithuania 19.5
- Belgium 19.1
- Romania 18.1
- European Union (27) 17.9
Country × year heatmap · all values
9.5 93.7
Member states · ranked by latest value
- #1 Finland FI · 2026 31.2
- #2 Spain ES · 2026 30.8
- #3 Sweden SE · 2026 25.7
- #4 Greece EL · 2026 25.6
- #5 France FR · 2026 23.2
- #6 Denmark DK · 2026 21.8
- #7 Luxembourg LU · 2026 20.7
- #8 Estonia EE · 2026 20.1
- #9 Latvia LV · 2026 20.0
- #10 Lithuania LT · 2026 19.5
- #11 Belgium BE · 2026 19.1
- #12 Romania RO · 2026 18.1
- #13 Portugal PT · 2026 17.2
- #14 Austria AT · 2026 16.9
- #15 Slovakia SK · 2026 16.8
- #16 Italy IT · 2026 15.8
- #17 Ireland IE · 2026 13.9
- #18 Hungary HU · 2026 13.5
- #19 Cyprus CY · 2026 12.8
- #20 Croatia HR · 2026 12.8
- #21 Netherlands NL · 2026 12.1
- #22 Germany DE · 2026 12.0
- #23 Slovenia SI · 2026 11.6
- #24 Malta MT · 2026 10.5
- #25 Poland PL · 2026 9.70
- #26 Bulgaria BG · 2026 9.60
- #27 Czechia CZ · 2026 9.50
By year
Source:
Eurostat · teilm020