[teilm020] Unemployment rate by sex
Updated by provider on July 25, 2025 (9:00 AM).
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.
[freq] Time frequency
[M] Monthly
[s_adj] Seasonal adjustment
[SA] Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data
[age] Age class
[TOTAL] Total
[sex] Sex
[F] Females
[M] Males
[T] Total
[unit] Unit of measure
[PC_ACT] Percentage of population in the labour force
[geo] Geopolitical entity (reporting)
[AT] Austria
[BA] Bosnia and Herzegovina
[BE] Belgium
[BG] Bulgaria
[CH] Switzerland
[CY] Cyprus
[CZ] Czechia
[DE] Germany
[DK] Denmark
[EA20] Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
[EE] Estonia
[EL] Greece
[ES] Spain
[EU27_2020] European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
[FI] Finland
[FR] France
[HR] Croatia
[HU] Hungary
[IE] Ireland
[IS] Iceland
[IT] Italy
[JP] Japan
[LT] Lithuania
[LU] Luxembourg
[LV] Latvia
[MT] Malta
[NL] Netherlands
[NO] Norway
[PL] Poland
[PT] Portugal
[RO] Romania
[SE] Sweden
[SI] Slovenia
[SK] Slovakia
[TR] Türkiye
[US] United States
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Time frequency [freq] (1)
Seasonal adjustment [s_adj] (1)
Age class [age] (1)
Sex [sex] (3)
Unit of measure [unit] (1)
Geopolitical entity (reporting) [geo] (36)
This dataset has 108 series:
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.AT] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Austria
- from
- 2024-07=4.4
- to
- 2025-05=4.9
- min:
- 4.2
- max:
- 5.7
- avg:
- 5.027
- σ:
- 0.451
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.BA] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Bosnia and Herzegovina
- from
- 2024-07=16.5
- to
- 2025-04=16.2
- min:
- 16.2
- max:
- 16.6
- avg:
- 16.36
- σ:
- 0.136
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.BE] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Belgium
- from
- 2024-07=5.2
- to
- 2025-05=5.6
- min:
- 5.2
- max:
- 5.6
- avg:
- 5.418
- σ:
- 0.127
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.BG] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Bulgaria
- from
- 2024-07=3.9
- to
- 2025-05=3.2
- min:
- 3.2
- max:
- 3.9
- avg:
- 3.473
- σ:
- 0.242
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.CH] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Switzerland
- from
- 2024-07=4.7
- to
- 2025-03=4.5
- min:
- 4.4
- max:
- 4.8
- avg:
- 4.656
- σ:
- 0.164
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.CY] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Cyprus
- from
- 2024-07=5.1
- to
- 2025-05=4.4
- min:
- 4.4
- max:
- 5.3
- avg:
- 4.873
- σ:
- 0.289
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.CZ] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Czechia
- from
- 2024-07=3.1
- to
- 2025-05=3.3
- min:
- 2.6
- max:
- 3.7
- avg:
- 3.191
- σ:
- 0.291
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.DE] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Germany
- from
- 2024-07=3.2
- to
- 2025-05=3.4
- min:
- 3.2
- max:
- 3.4
- avg:
- 3.273
- σ:
- 0.075
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.DK] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Denmark
- from
- 2024-07=6.5
- to
- 2025-05=5.8
- min:
- 5.8
- max:
- 7.1
- avg:
- 6.682
- σ:
- 0.376
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.EA20] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
- from
- 2024-07=6.6
- to
- 2025-05=6.5
- min:
- 6.4
- max:
- 6.6
- avg:
- 6.527
- σ:
- 0.062
Series code | 2024-07 | 2024-08 | 2024-09 | 2024-10 | 2024-11 | 2024-12 | 2025-01 | 2025-02 | 2025-03 | 2025-04 | 2025-05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.AT] | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.BA] | 16.5 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 16.2 | - |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.BE] | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.BG] | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.CH] | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | - | - |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.CY] | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.CZ] | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.DE] | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.DK] | 6.5 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 5.8 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.EA20] | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
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Time frequency [freq] (1)
Seasonal adjustment [s_adj] (1)
Age class [age] (1)
Sex [sex] (3)
Unit of measure [unit] (1)
Geopolitical entity (reporting) [geo] (36)
This dataset has 108 series:
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.AT] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Austria
- from
- 2024-07=4.4
- to
- 2025-05=4.9
- min:
- 4.2
- max:
- 5.7
- avg:
- 5.027
- σ:
- 0.451
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.BA] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Bosnia and Herzegovina
- from
- 2024-07=16.5
- to
- 2025-04=16.2
- min:
- 16.2
- max:
- 16.6
- avg:
- 16.36
- σ:
- 0.136
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.BE] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Belgium
- from
- 2024-07=5.2
- to
- 2025-05=5.6
- min:
- 5.2
- max:
- 5.6
- avg:
- 5.418
- σ:
- 0.127
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.BG] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Bulgaria
- from
- 2024-07=3.9
- to
- 2025-05=3.2
- min:
- 3.2
- max:
- 3.9
- avg:
- 3.473
- σ:
- 0.242
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.CH] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Switzerland
- from
- 2024-07=4.7
- to
- 2025-03=4.5
- min:
- 4.4
- max:
- 4.8
- avg:
- 4.656
- σ:
- 0.164
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.CY] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Cyprus
- from
- 2024-07=5.1
- to
- 2025-05=4.4
- min:
- 4.4
- max:
- 5.3
- avg:
- 4.873
- σ:
- 0.289
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.CZ] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Czechia
- from
- 2024-07=3.1
- to
- 2025-05=3.3
- min:
- 2.6
- max:
- 3.7
- avg:
- 3.191
- σ:
- 0.291
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.DE] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Germany
- from
- 2024-07=3.2
- to
- 2025-05=3.4
- min:
- 3.2
- max:
- 3.4
- avg:
- 3.273
- σ:
- 0.075
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.DK] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Denmark
- from
- 2024-07=6.5
- to
- 2025-05=5.8
- min:
- 5.8
- max:
- 7.1
- avg:
- 6.682
- σ:
- 0.376
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.EA20] Monthly – Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data – Total – Females – Percentage of population in the labour force – Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)
- from
- 2024-07=6.6
- to
- 2025-05=6.5
- min:
- 6.4
- max:
- 6.6
- avg:
- 6.527
- σ:
- 0.062
Series code | 2024-07 | 2024-08 | 2024-09 | 2024-10 | 2024-11 | 2024-12 | 2025-01 | 2025-02 | 2025-03 | 2025-04 | 2025-05 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.AT] | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 5 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.BA] | 16.5 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 16.2 | - |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.BE] | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.BG] | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.CH] | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | - | - |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.CY] | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.CZ] | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.DE] | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.DK] | 6.5 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 5.8 |
[M.SA.TOTAL.F.PC_ACT.EA20] | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
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