Euro area
Euro area desk: EMU aggregate first; Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, United Kingdom and United States alongside.
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As of 2025 | % of male labour force
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.98% |
| 2024 | 6.12% |
| 2023 | 6.20% |
| 2022 | 6.36% |
| 2021 | 7.38% |
| 2020 | 7.50% |
| 2019 | 7.14% |
| 2018 | 7.77% |
| 2017 | 8.70% |
| 2016 | 9.70% |
| 2015 | 10.70% |
| 2014 | 11.47% |
| 2013 | 11.95% |
| 2012 | 11.30% |
| 2011 | 10.08% |
| 2010 | 10.01% |
| 2009 | 9.40% |
| 2008 | 6.83% |
| 2007 | 6.69% |
| 2006 | 7.51% |
| 2005 | 8.28% |
| 2004 | 8.48% |
| 2003 | 8.23% |
| 2002 | 7.86% |
Male unemployment is ILO modelled unemployment among men in the male labour force (SL.UEM.TOTL.MA.ZS). Latest: 5.98% in 2025.
Read it next to the female series. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): mean 8.54%, median 8.28%; low 5.98% (2025), high 11.95% (2013).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).
This series is the unemployment rate for men: men without work who are available for and actively seeking it, as a share of the male labour force. The source is World Bank Open Data indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.MA.ZS, an ILO modelled estimate that uses the same definition as the all-ages rate. It measures joblessness among men who are in the labour market, not the share of men who work. The gap with the female series can reflect joblessness, but it can also reflect differences in participation, because men outside the labour force are not counted as unemployed.
The chart plots annual observations for the economies you select; the range buttons shorten the period and the legend or table adds and removes lines. The ranked ledger shows each economy’s latest published year, and those years differ. Read the two sex series together, and check participation, before drawing a conclusion. The values are modelled estimates built from national surveys and censuses and revised as inputs change, so treat small cross-country gaps with caution.
The euro-area desk places the EMU aggregate first. It is the only World Bank aggregate region kept in this build; other regional aggregates are dropped. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States are shown alongside where the source covers them. The figures are the same World Bank ILO modelled estimates as the all-countries pages, filtered to this set, and are not recomputed for the desk. Taiwan appears only on the headline unemployment page, from the IMF World Economic Outlook.
Use the Country selector to move between desks, the Chart and Table tabs for two views of one dataset, and the range buttons to shorten the window. Each page names its indicator code and licence. The euro-area series is a weighted aggregate of member states, so it can move differently from any single member shown beside it.