Albania vs Sweden: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Albania

8.4%

in 2024

Sweden

8.8%

in 2025

Albania rank

45th

Sweden rank

43rd

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Albania
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 8.8% against 8.4% in Albania, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Albania ahead.

Albania ranks 45th and Sweden ranks 43rd of 185 countries.

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Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Albania
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Sweden
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About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.