# European Union (EU27) - Unemployment rate: men

European Union (EU27) - Unemployment rate: men was 6.0% in September 2026, unchanged from August 2026 and up 0.2 percentage points from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.6% (Oct 2024) to 8.8% (Sep 2016), averaging 6.5%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EU.UNEMP.M.SA.SEX-MALE`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: Percentage of population in the labour force
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (321 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/european-union/eu27-unemployment-rate-men

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 6.0% |
| August 2026 | 6.0% |
| July 2026 | 5.9% |
| June 2026 | 6.0% |
| May 2026 | 5.9% |
| April 2026 | 5.9% |
| March 2026 | 5.9% |
| February 2026 | 5.9% |
| January 2026 | 5.8% |
| December 2025 | 5.8% |
| November 2025 | 5.9% |
| October 2025 | 5.9% |
| September 2025 | 5.8% |
| August 2025 | 5.8% |
| July 2025 | 5.8% |
| June 2025 | 5.8% |
| May 2025 | 5.8% |
| April 2025 | 5.8% |
| March 2025 | 5.8% |
| February 2025 | 5.7% |
| January 2025 | 5.8% |
| December 2024 | 5.7% |
| November 2024 | 5.6% |
| October 2024 | 5.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EU.UNEMP.M.SA.SEX-MALE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/EU.UNEMP.M.SA.SEX-MALE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```