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Sweden Unemployment Rate
Last Release
Feb 28, 2025
Actual
9.4
Units In
%
Previous
10.4
Frequency
Monthly
Next Release
Apr 22, 2025
Time to Release
1 Months 5 Days 1 Hours
Highest | Lowest | Average | Date Range | Source |
10.5 Jun 1997 | 1.3 Jul 1989 | 6.22 % | 1980-2025 | Statistics Sweden |
In Sweden, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
Latest Updates
Sweden's unemployment rate rose to 9.4% in February 2025 from 8.5% in the same month of the previous year. The number of unemployed individuals increased by 53 thousand year-on-year to 533 thousand, while employment declined by 16 thousand to 5.16 million. The employment rate fell by 0.4 percentage points to 67.7%, while the labor force participation rate grew by 0.2 percentage points to 74.7%. The average total number of hours worked per week amounted to 170.5 million. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the unemployment rate increased slightly to 9.0% from 8.9% in the preceding period.
Sweden Unemployment Rate History
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