Eurostat — Unemployment by sex and age, monthly (une_rt_m)
Published by Eurostat
This Eurostat dataset (une_rt_m) provides monthly unemployment statistics broken down by sex and age, published as an EU-wide, seasonally-adjusted official series. It is delivered via the SDMX 2.1 REST API, with a key structured as freq.s_adj.age.unit.sex.geo, where age is fixed to TOTAL in this data flow. Trailing-dot wildcards can be used to select all geographic areas server-side, and the startPeriod and endPeriod parameters allow users to bound the requested time window. The dataset supports comparative analysis of labour market conditions across EU member states over time.Unemployment by sex and age — monthly data (une_rt_m), seasonally-adjusted official EU-wide series over SDMX 2.1 REST. Key path freq.s_adj.age.unit.sex.geo (age uses TOTAL in this flow); trailing-dot wildcards select all geos server-side; startPeriod/endPeriod bound the window.
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Data schema (9 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| freqTime frequency | dimension | Time frequency of the observation, here monthly.1 codes (e.g. Monthly) |
| s_adjSeasonal adjustment | dimension | Seasonal adjustment status of the data (unadjusted, seasonally adjusted, or trend cycle).3 codes (e.g. Unadjusted data (i.e. neither seasonally adjusted nor calendar adjusted data), Seasonally adjusted data, not calendar adjusted data, Trend cycle data) |
| ageAge class | dimension | Age group of the population covered, mostly total in this dataset.3 codes (e.g. Total, Less than 25 years, From 25 to 74 years) |
| unitUnit of measure | dimension | Unit of measurement, such as thousand persons or percentage of labour force.2 codes (e.g. Thousand persons, Percentage of population in the labour force) |
| sex | dimension | Sex breakdown of the population: total, males, or females.3 codes (e.g. Total, Males, Females) |
| geoGeopolitical entity (reporting) | dimension | Reporting country or geopolitical area.38 codes (e.g. European Union - 27 countries (from 2020), Euro area – 21 countries (from 2026), Belgium) |
| TIME_PERIODTime | time | Reference month of the observation.Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params. |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | Numeric value of the unemployment observation.The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| OBS_FLAGObservation flag | attribute | Flag indicating notes or qualifiers on the observation, such as estimated or provisional.Flag indicating notes or qualifiers on the observation, such as estimated or provisional. |
Schema captured from sdmx 5 days ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1age: TOTAL · geo: EU27_2020
{
"age": "TOTAL",
"geo": "EU27_2020",
"sex": "T",
"freq": "M",
"unit": "THS_PER",
"s_adj": "NSA",
"OBS_FLAG": null,
"OBS_VALUE": 13938,
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-08"
}Record 2age: TOTAL · geo: EA21
{
"age": "TOTAL",
"geo": "EA21",
"sex": "T",
"freq": "M",
"unit": "THS_PER",
"s_adj": "NSA",
"OBS_FLAG": null,
"OBS_VALUE": 11708,
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-08"
}Record 3age: TOTAL · geo: BE
{
"age": "TOTAL",
"geo": "BE",
"sex": "T",
"freq": "M",
"unit": "THS_PER",
"s_adj": "NSA",
"OBS_FLAG": null,
"OBS_VALUE": 341,
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-08"
}Record 4age: TOTAL · geo: BG
{
"age": "TOTAL",
"geo": "BG",
"sex": "T",
"freq": "M",
"unit": "THS_PER",
"s_adj": "NSA",
"OBS_FLAG": null,
"OBS_VALUE": 98,
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-08"
}Record 5age: TOTAL · geo: CZ
{
"age": "TOTAL",
"geo": "CZ",
"sex": "T",
"freq": "M",
"unit": "THS_PER",
"s_adj": "NSA",
"OBS_FLAG": null,
"OBS_VALUE": 180,
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-08"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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curl -s 'https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/sdmx/2.1/dataflow/ESTAT?detail=allstubs' -H 'Accept: application/vnd.sdmx.structure+xml;version=2.1'All dataflows (datasets) published by this agency, as SDMX-ML.
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