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Long-term unemployment rate by sex — From 15 to 74 years

Compare long-term unemployment rate by sex — from 15 to 74 years across 34 countries or territories using one fixed 2025 Eurostat reference slice.

Source: Eurostat, European Commission34 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
2.2Percentage of population in the labour force
Median: 1.8Percentage of population in the labour force
Countries Covered
34
with available data
Highest
Bosnia and Herzegovina
9.1Percentage of population in the labour force
Lowest
Netherlands
0.5Percentage of population in the labour force
Top 5 Countries
1Bosnia and Herzegovina9.1Percentage of population in the labour force
2The Republic of North Macedonia7.8Percentage of population in the labour force
3Greece5.0Percentage of population in the labour force
4Serbia3.5Percentage of population in the labour force
5Slovakia3.4Percentage of population in the labour force
By Region
Other4.8Percentage of population in the labour force(4 countries)
Europe1.8Percentage of population in the labour force(30 countries)
Key Findings
  • 34 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of population in the labour force observation in the fixed 2025 slice.
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina has the highest published value (9.1 Percentage of population in the labour force).
  • Netherlands has the lowest published value (0.5 Percentage of population in the labour force).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.5Percentage of population in the labour force)High (9.1Percentage of population in the labour force)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 2.2Percentage of population in the labour force)

Other (4)
Europe (30)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Long-term unemployment rate by sex; fixed slice age: From 15 to 74 years [Y15-74]; freq: Annual [A]; indic_em: Long-term unemployment [LTU]; sex: Total [T]; unit: Percentage of population in the labour force [PC_ACT]

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2025 Eurostat slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Long-term unemployment rate by sex; fixed slice age: From 15 to 74 years [Y15-74]; freq: Annual [A]; indic_em: Long-term unemployment [LTU]; sex: Total [T]; unit: Percentage of population in the labour force [PC_ACT]

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Bosnia and Herzegovina9.1Percentage of population in the labour force
2The Republic of North Macedonia7.8Percentage of population in the labour force
3Greece5.0Percentage of population in the labour force
4Serbia3.5Percentage of population in the labour force
5Slovakia3.4Percentage of population in the labour force
6Spain3.4Percentage of population in the labour force
7Italy3.1Percentage of population in the labour force
8Lithuania2.5Percentage of population in the labour force
9Finland2.4Percentage of population in the labour force
10Latvia2.3Percentage of population in the labour force
11Portugal2.2Percentage of population in the labour force
12Romania2.1Percentage of population in the labour force
13Luxembourg2.0Percentage of population in the labour force
14Belgium2.0Percentage of population in the labour force
15Croatia1.8Percentage of population in the labour force
16Estonia1.8Percentage of population in the labour force
17France1.8Percentage of population in the labour force
18Sweden1.8Percentage of population in the labour force
19Bulgaria1.5Percentage of population in the labour force
20Hungary1.5Percentage of population in the labour force
21Switzerland1.5Percentage of population in the labour force
22Türkiye1.5Percentage of population in the labour force
23Austria1.3Percentage of population in the labour force
24Germany1.1Percentage of population in the labour force
25Ireland1.1Percentage of population in the labour force
26Slovenia1.1Percentage of population in the labour force
27Cyprus0.9Percentage of population in the labour force
28Denmark0.9Percentage of population in the labour force
29Czech Republic0.8Percentage of population in the labour force
30Poland0.8Percentage of population in the labour force
31Norway0.7Percentage of population in the labour force
32Iceland0.6Percentage of population in the labour force
33Malta0.6Percentage of population in the labour force
34Netherlands0.5Percentage of population in the labour force
Showing 34 of 34 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Eurostat, European Commission (2025).

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