Work & Labour in Sweden 1,021 indicators covering work & labour for Sweden. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Percentage of self-employed persons by household composition 2.5% 2025 up 25.0% 35th Use of computers and the internet by employees by NACE Rev. 2 activity 88.2% 2025 up 27.9% 2nd Percentage of employed adults working from home by number of children 9.0% 2025 up 32.4% 18th Percentage of employed persons working from home by household 9.0% 2025 up 32.4% 18th Employed persons in forestry and forest-based industry - NACE Rev. 2 21.5 Thousand persons 2025 down 1.8% 13th Regional disparities in gender employment gap 19.6% 2024 down 24.6% 19th Unemployment by sex and age - quarterly data 434 Thousand persons 2020 up 16.7% 13th Labour market slack by sex and age - quarterly data 434 Thousand persons 2020 up 16.7% 13th Temporary employment agency workers by NACE Rev. 2 activity 1.2% 2025 down 14.3% 24th Employment and labour force by sex and age - annual data 602 Thousand persons 2020 down 6.4% 14th Unemployment by sex and age - annual data 458 Thousand persons 2020 up 7.5% 12th Labour market slack by sex and age - annual data 458 Thousand persons 2020 up 7.5% 12th Employed persons by detailed occupation 5,263 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.8% 13th Labour cost index by NACE Rev. 2 activity - country weights 35.5 2024 down 15.5% 13th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and sex 5,263 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.8% 13th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and age 5,263 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.8% 13th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and educational 5,263 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.8% 13th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and NACE Rev. 2 5,263 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.8% 13th Employees by European socio-economic group and employment contract 4,766 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.8% 13th Employed persons by European socio-economic group and working time 5,263 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.8% 13th Youth self-employment by educational attainment level 1.1 Thousand persons 2016 down 31.2% 20th Job vacancy statistics by NACE Rev. 2 activity, occupation and NUTS 2 900 2025 up 159.4% 5th Cultural employment by sex 257.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 2.0% 12th Cultural employment by age 257.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 2.0% 12th Cultural employment by educational attainment level 257.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 2.0% 12th Cultural employment by NACE Rev. 2 activity 257.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 2.0% 12th Cultural employment by sex and selected labour market characteristics 77.6% 2025 up 4.9% 34th Persons working as creative and performing artists, authors 77.6% 2025 up 4.9% 34th Employed persons in sport by sex 84.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 10.7% 12th Employed persons in sport by age 84.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 10.7% 12th Employed persons in sport by educational attainment level 84.9 Thousand persons 2025 up 10.7% 12th Unadjusted gender gap in median earnings 13.4% 2013 down 16.2% 18th Part-time employment and temporary contracts - quarterly data 236 Thousand persons 2020 down 3.3% 11th Job vacancy rate by NACE Rev. 2.1 activity - annual data 2.5 Annual average 2025 up 13.6% 9th Part-time employment and temporary contracts - annual data 1,226 Thousand persons 2020 up 0.5% 12th Regional disparities in long-term unemployment rates 22.2% 2024 down 5.1% 18th Labour market transitions - annual data 4,828 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.1% 15th Percentage of persons having a second job by household composition 8.6% 2025 up 4.9% 5th Percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and 8.6% 2025 up 4.9% 4th Persons who cannot afford to get-together with friends or family 3.9% 2025 up 254.5% 32nd Persons who cannot afford to spend a small amount of money each week 10.7% 2025 up 87.7% 14th Persons who cannot afford to replace worn-out clothes by some new 5.4% 2025 up 170.0% 31st Persons who cannot afford internet connection for personal use at 0.7% 2025 down 41.7% 32nd Persons who cannot afford to regularly participate in a leisure 9.5% 2025 up 75.9% 25th Transition from unemployment to employment by duration of 24.0% 2025 down 7.7% 18th Job-to-job transitions (annual averages of quarterly transitions) 3.0% 2025 down 50.0% 8th Transition from outside the labour force to employment by labour 7.0% 2025 up 16.7% 4th Employed persons working at atypical working time by European 28.3% 2025 down 6.3% 32nd Transition from unemployment to employment by previous work 24.0% 2025 down 7.7% 19th Persons employed in circular economy sectors 79,323 Full-time equivalent (FTE) 2023 up 4.2% 16th Transition from employment to unemployment by degree of urbanisation 2.0% 2025 up 100.0% 1st Disability employment gap by level of activity limitation and sex 14.1% 2025 down 48.5% 27th Transition from unemployment to employment by degree of urbanisation 24.0% 2025 down 7.7% 18th Unemployed persons by type of employment sought - quarterly data 434.2 Thousand persons 2020 up 16.6% 12th Unemployed persons by previous occupation - quarterly data 434.2 Thousand persons 2020 up 16.6% 12th Unemployed persons by methods used for seeking work - % of total 68.0% 2020 down 8.1% 12th Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 112.9 Thousand 2020 up 31.0% 20th Job-to-job mobility of human resources in science and technology 39.4 Thousand 2020 up 21.2% 20th Persons outside the labour force not seeking employment by main reason 0.1% 2025 — 9th Regional disparities in the rate of young people neither in 11.3% 2024 up 4.6% 21st ← Previous Page 15 of 18 Next →