EIGE

Unemployment by sex and age – annual data eustrat_epsr_fwc_lfs__une_rt_a1

Time format:
Years
Unit:
Percentage of active population (comparable)
Description:

Unemployment rate represents unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force. The labour force is the total number of people employed and unemployed. Unemployed persons comprise persons aged 15 to 74 who were: a. without work during the reference week, b. currently available for work, i.e. were available for paid employment or self-employment before the end of the two weeks following the reference week, c. actively seeking work, i.e. had taken specific steps in the four weeks period ending with the reference week to seek paid employment or self-employment or who found a job to start later, i.e. within a period of, at most, three months.

Keywords:
employed, employment, unemployed, unemployment, work, working conditions
BA
NO
DE
IS
CH
MT
AT
LU
EE
DK
CZ
HU
FI
SE
RO
BE
NL
LT
PL
LV
FR
SI
IE
EU27_2020
BG
TR
SK
IT
PT
CY
ME
HR
RS
ES
MK
EL
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
BA
16.7
19.8
22
NO
3.5
3.1
4.2
4.5
3.6
3.8
4
4.2
4.3
3.6
3.7
3.1
3.4
3.3
3
DE
2.8
2.9
3.2
3.3(b)
2.6
2.8
3.1
3.5
4
4.4
4.6
4.9
5.3(b)
6.1(b)
6.9
IS
3.1
3.4
6.4
5.3(b)
3.1
2.5
2.7
3
4.1
4.8
5.1
5.7
6.2
6.7
5.7
CH
4.3
4.4
5.3
5
4.7
5.1
5.1
5
4.9
5
4.9
4.7
4.8
5.2(b)
MT
3.2
3.1
3.6
5.1
4.7
3.7
4.3
5.2
5.4
5.1
6.1
7.2
7.1
7.1
7.6
AT
4.9
4.5
6.1
5.9
4.6
4.9
5.3
5.8
5.6
5.6
5.5
5
4.8
4.9
5.3
LU
5.4
4.7
5.6
7
5.5
5.9
5.5
6.6
7.4(b)
5.8
6.4
5.9
6.3
5.1
6.1
EE
6.7
5.1
5.6
6.6
4.8
5.2
5.1
6.1
6.2
6.7
8
8.9
11.5
13.9
10.2
DK
5.3(b)
4.5
5.2
6
5.3
5.3
6.1(b)
6.4(b)
6.5
7.1
7.7
7.8
7.6
6.8
5.7
CZ
3.1
2.8
3.4
3
2.4
2.8
3.6
4.7
6.1
7.4
8.3
8.2
7.9(b)
8.5
7.7
HU
4.2
3.5
4.2
4.2
3.3
3.7
4.3
4.8
6.6
7.5
9.5
9.9
10.2
9.9
9
FI
6.5
6.4
7.1
7.4
6.2
7.2
8.3
8.4
8.6
7.8
7.5
7.1
7.2
7.7
7.4
SE
7.9
7.9
9.2
8.5
7.1
6.4
6.5
6.7
7.4
7.8
8
7.9
7.9
8.7
8.2
6.7
6.6
7.4
7.9
RO
5.1
5.1
5.1
5.7
4.3
4.5
5.1
6.2
7.4
7.9
8.3
8.1
8.5
8.3
7.3
BE
5.1
5.3
5.9
5.5
5
5.6
7.1(b)
7.6
7.9
8.1
8.3
7.5
7.3
8.6
8.2
NL
3.8
3.8
4.5
5.1
4.5
5.1
6.4
7.6
8.4
8.8
8.4
7.4
6.6
6.7
6.1
LT
6.4
5.5
6.6
7.7
5.5
5.4
5.7
6.7
8.2
9.2
10.5
11.6
12.9
14.5
10.5
PL
2.9
2.9
3.4
3.3
3.6(b)
3.9
5
6.3
7.8
9.8
11.4
11.2
10.7
10.3(b)
9
LV
5.4
5.6
6.6
7.1
5.4
6.5
7.7
8.5
8.7
9.9
11.2
14
13.8
16.5
14.2
FR
7.2(d)
7.1(d)
7.8(d)
8
8.4
9
9.4
9.8
9.9
10
10.2
9.7
9.5
9.5
9.2
7.8
8.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.3
SI
3.7
4.3
5.3
5.7
5
5.7
7.5
8.6
10.1
10.6
10.9
9.4
8.2
7
5.8
IE
4.2
4.6
6.1(b)
5.9
4.7
5.7
6.3
7.6
8.9
10.9
12.4
12.8
12.5
11.4
9.5
EU27_2020
6.4
6.5
7.4
7.5
7.2
7.7
8.6
9.5
10.3
11.2
11.7
11.2
10.3
10.2
9.5
BG
4.2
3.9
4.9
5.6
4.8(b)
5.6
6.9
7.9
9.3
11.3
12.8
11.8
11.1(b)
10.6(b)
7.7
TR
12.7
13.5
14.7(b)
14.9
16.5
13.8
13.9
13.7
12.6
11.9(b)
10.6
9.4
10.1
11.4
12.7
SK
5.9
6.4
7
7.1
6
7.1
8.5
10.9
13
13.7
14.7
14.7
13.8(b)
14.8
13
IT
8.8
9.4
10.6
10.4
11.1
11.7(b)
12.4
12.8
12.7
13.9
13.2
12
9.7
9.7
9.3
PT
6.9
6.6
7
7.2
7.2
7.6
9.6
11.4
13.1
14.8
17.3
16.4
13.9
12.9
11
CY
5.9(b)
7.7
7.9
7.6
8
8.8
11.3
13.4
14.8
15.1
15.2
11.1
7.7
6.4
5.5
ME
18.4
15.7
15.1
17
17.1
17.3
18.2
18.8
20.3
20.1
HR
6.7
7.9
8
7.5
7.1(b)
9.4
11.9
13.8
16.9
18.3
16.8
16.1
13.8
12.4
10.7
RS
9.9
10.1
12.2(b)
10.2
12.1
14.8
15.5
17.4
20.2
21.9
26.5
27.6
26.3
22.7
ES
13.9(d)
14.9(d)
16.8(b)
17.4
16
17
19
21.4
23.6
25.4
26.7
25.1
21.8
20.2
18.1
MK
15.9
18.4
19.9
21.8
22.8
25.1
28.6
29
30.3
30.8
32.3
32.8
EL
14.3
16.4
18.9
21.5
22.4
24.7
26.4
28.5
29
30.4
31.7
28.6
21.8
16.7
13.5

Available flags:

b break in time series c confidential
d definition differs, see metadata e estimated
f forecast i see metadata
m imputed n not significant
p provisional r revised
s Eurostat estimate u low reliability
x dropped due to insufficient sample size y unreliable due to small sample size
z not applicable