Unemployment rate by sex methods, notes and classification

The unemployment rate represents unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force based on International Labour Office (ILO) definition. The labour force is the total number of people employed and unemployed. Unemployed persons comprise persons aged 15 to 74 who:- are without work during the reference week;- are available to start work within the next two weeks;- and have been actively seeking work in the past four weeks or had already found a job to start within the next three months.Data are presented in seasonally adjusted form.

• • Seasonal adjustment
    • 0 Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data
  • Age class
    • 00 Total
  • Sex
    • 0 Total
    • 1 Males
    • 2 Females
  • Unit of measure
    • 00 Percentage of population in the labour force
  • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
    • 000 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
    • 001 Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
    • 002 Belgium
    • 003 Bulgaria
    • 004 Czechia
    • 005 Denmark
    • 006 Germany
    • 007 Estonia
    • 008 Ireland
    • 009 Greece
    • 00a Spain
    • 00b France
    • 00c Croatia
    • 00d Italy
    • 00e Cyprus
    • 00f Latvia
    • 00g Lithuania
    • 00h Luxembourg
    • 00i Hungary
    • 00j Malta
    • 00k Netherlands
    • 00l Austria
    • 00m Poland
    • 00n Portugal
    • 00o Romania
    • 00p Slovenia
    • 00q Slovakia
    • 00r Finland
    • 00s Sweden
    • 00t Iceland
    • 00u Norway
    • 00v Switzerland
    • 00w Türkiye
    • 00x United States
    • 00y Japan