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

Greece
8.8%
in 2025
Sweden
8.8%
in 2025
Greece rank
42nd
Sweden rank
43rd

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

  • Greece
  • Sweden
0102030196919972025

How they compare

Greece currently reports 8.8% against 8.8% in Sweden, a difference of 0.0%.

Across all 43 years both countries report, Greece has been ahead every year.

Greece ranks 42nd and Sweden ranks 43rd of 185 countries.

Individual pages

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

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.