Sweden Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Sweden increased to 68.50 percent in April from 68 percent in March of 2019. Employment Rate in Sweden averaged 66.26 percent from 2005 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 70.80 percent in July of 2018 and a record low of 62.60 percent in January of 2010.

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Sweden Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	6.20	7.10	10.50	1.30	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	5136.00	5098.00	5281.00	4236.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	339.00	391.00	503.00	243.00	Thousand	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.00	1.20	3.50	0.30	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	16.90	18.10	27.80	2.90	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	133.00	132.50	133.00	100.00	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	1001.00	1248.00	1520.00	51.00	Hundred	[+]
Wages	173.30	173.50	174.70	133.60	SEK/Hour	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	184.80	184.50	185.80	139.70	SEK/Hour	[+]
Population	10.12	10.00	10.12	7.47	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	61.00	61.00	61.00	61.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	61.00	61.00	61.00	61.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	73.00	73.20	75.30	69.20	percent	[+]
Wage Growth	2.30	2.30	7.10	1.90	percent	[+]
Productivity	102.80	105.00	114.50	68.30	Index Points	[+]
Part Time Employment	1115.60	1093.10	1177.30	824.30	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.00	0.70	1.10	-1.20	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	68.50	68.00	70.80	62.60	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	3817.10	3895.20	3895.20	2896.00	Thousand	[+]

In Sweden, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - Sweden Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Sweden Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	68.50	68.00	70.80	62.60	2005 - 2019	percent	Monthly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.50	Apr/19	96.75	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.60	Dec/18	80.5	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.90	Dec/18	77.7	77.9 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.50	Dec/18	76.3	76.5 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	76.10	Mar/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.10	Mar/19	66.1	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	63.58	Mar/19	64	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.40	Apr/19	62.4	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	62.20	May/19	62.1	63.7 : 56	%
South Korea	61.50	May/19	60.8	61.6 : 56.1	%
United States	60.60	May/19	60.6	64.7 : 55	%
Japan	60.50	Apr/19	60.3	63.5 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.00	Apr/19	59.1	66.6 : 58.8	%
Italy	58.80	Apr/19	58.9	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.20	Apr/19	53.9	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	46.00	Mar/19	45.9	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	42.56	Mar/19	43.34	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.20	Dec/18	42.5	43.4 : 36.3	%