Sweden’s unemployment rate stood at 9.4% in June 2025, unchanged from the same month the previous year. The number of unemployed people decreased by 7 thousand compared to a year earlier, totaling 559 thousand, while employment declined by 27 thousand to 5.40 million. The employment rate fell by 0.6 percentage points to 70.9%, and the labor force participation rate shrank by 0.8 percentage points to 78.2%. The average total number of hours worked per week amounted to 154.3 million. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the unemployment rate was 8.7%. source: Statistics Sweden
Unemployment Rate in Sweden decreased to 9.40 percent in June from 9.70 percent in May of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Sweden averaged 6.30 percent from 1980 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 10.50 percent in June of 1997 and a record low of 1.30 percent in July of 1989. This page provides the latest reported value for - Sweden Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Sweden Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on August of 2025.
Unemployment Rate in Sweden decreased to 9.40 percent in June from 9.70 percent in May of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Sweden is expected to be 8.60 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Sweden Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 7.90 percent in 2026 and 7.60 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.