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
IS
CZ
DE
HU
MT
NO
PL
RO
AT
NL
CH
EE
DK
LT
BE
BG
IE
SI
LU
SE
LV
SK
FI
PT
EU27_2020
CY
FR
HR
IT
TR
RS
ME
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ME
18.4
15.7
15.1
17
17.1
17.3
18.2
18.8
20.3
20.1
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