| °Socio-demographic profile of unemployment | |||||||||
| Unemployment rate in international comparison, in % | |||||||||
| By sex | By age | By nationality | |||||||
| Women | Men | 15–24 years | 25–49 years | 50–64 years | Nationals | Non-nationals, from EU countries | Non-nationals, from Non-EU countries | ||
| ES | 1996 | 29.5 | 17.6 | 41.8 | 20.2 | 12.8 | 22.2 | 13.3 | 26.2 |
| 2001 | 15.0 | 7.3 | 20.7 | 9.4 | 6.4 | 10.2 | 6.7 | 14.6 | |
| 2006 | 11.6 | 6.3 | 17.9 | 7.8 | 5.5 | 8.1 | 9.5 | 11.8 | |
| FR | 1996 | 14.5 | 10.6 | 27.6 | 11.3 | 8.2 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 32.4 |
| 2001 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 18.0 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 25.4 | |
| 2006 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 21.3 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 23.3 | |
| SE | 1996 | 8.6 | 10.4 | 21.5 | 8.8 | 6.9 | |||
| 2001 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 11.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 14.9 | |
| 2006 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 21.5 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 20.1 | |
| DE | 1996 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 11.2 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 18.6 |
| 2001 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 10.4 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 15.1 | |
| 2006 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 13.8 | 9.3 | 11.5 | 9.6 | 12.2 | 22.0 | |
| UK | 1996 | 6.3 | 9.7 | 14.9 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 17.0 |
| 2001 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 10.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 10.6 | |
| 2006 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 14.1 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 9.7 | |
| CH | 1996 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 13.7 |
| 2001 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 8.9 | |
| 2006 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 13.3 | |
| IT | 1996 | 16.2 | 9.3 | 34.7 | 9.6 | 4.4 | |||
| 2001 | 13 | 7.4 | 27.8 | 8.6 | 4.2 | ||||
| 2006 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 21.6 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 8.7 | |
| AT | 1996 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 11.2 |
| 2001 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 8.7 | |
| 2006 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 9.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 12.9 |