# Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Östra Mellansverige (NUTS-2 SE12)

Unemployment Rate (15-74) — Östra Mellansverige (NUTS-2 SE12) was 9.4% in 2025, down 0.2 percentage points from 2024.
That is the lowest reading since 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.2% (2018) to 9.8% (2021), averaging 8.6%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `SE-12.UNEMP.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1999-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (27 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/sweden/unemployment-rate-15-74-ostra-mellansverige-nuts-2-se12

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 9.4% |
| 2024 | 9.6% |
| 2023 | 9.1% |
| 2022 | 9.5% |
| 2021 | 9.8% |
| 2020 | 9.4% |
| 2019 | 7.3% |
| 2018 | 7.2% |
| 2017 | 7.6% |
| 2016 | 7.7% |
| 2015 | 7.9% |
| 2014 | 8.3% |
| 2013 | 8.8% |
| 2012 | 8.6% |
| 2011 | 8.4% |
| 2010 | 9.7% |
| 2009 | 9.3% |
| 2008 | 6.9% |
| 2007 | 6.7% |
| 2006 | 7.3% |
| 2005 | 8.1% |
| 2004 | 6.8% |
| 2003 | 5.7% |
| 2002 | 5.4% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/SE-12.UNEMP.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/SE-12.UNEMP.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```