Unemployment rate: Sweden vs Denmark

Sweden: 8.8 % (2025). Denmark: 6.4 % (2025).

Unemployment rate in Sweden and Denmark, side by side from the same Eurostat series.

SwedenDenmark
Latest figure8.8 %6.4 %
EU rank4 / 3010 / 30
Change, 1 year+0.4 %+0.2 %
Change, 5 years+0.3 %+0.8 %

Shared periods

PeriodSwedenDenmarkGap
20258.8 %6.4 %+2.4 %
20248.4 %6.2 %+2.2 %
20237.7 %5.1 %+2.6 %
20227.5 %4.5 %+3.0 %
20218.9 %5.1 %+3.8 %
20208.5 %5.6 %+2.9 %
20196.9 %5.0 %+1.9 %
20186.5 %5.1 %+1.4 %
20176.8 %5.8 %+1.0 %
20167.1 %6.0 %+1.1 %

Source: Eurostat, read into our register. Eurostat une_rt_a

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