# European Union (EU27) - Unemployment rate: women

European Union (EU27) - Unemployment rate: women was 6.4% 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 6.1% (Aug 2024) to 9.4% (Sep 2016), averaging 7.1%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `EU.UNEMP.M.SA.SEX-FEMALE`
- 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-women

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 6.4% |
| August 2026 | 6.4% |
| July 2026 | 6.4% |
| June 2026 | 6.3% |
| May 2026 | 6.3% |
| April 2026 | 6.3% |
| March 2026 | 6.3% |
| February 2026 | 6.3% |
| January 2026 | 6.2% |
| December 2025 | 6.1% |
| November 2025 | 6.2% |
| October 2025 | 6.2% |
| September 2025 | 6.2% |
| August 2025 | 6.2% |
| July 2025 | 6.2% |
| June 2025 | 6.1% |
| May 2025 | 6.2% |
| April 2025 | 6.1% |
| March 2025 | 6.2% |
| February 2025 | 6.2% |
| January 2025 | 6.2% |
| December 2024 | 6.1% |
| November 2024 | 6.1% |
| October 2024 | 6.1% |

## API

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

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