Work & Labour in Sweden

1,021 indicators covering work & labour for Sweden.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Employment rate 59.0% 2025 down 0.3% 82nd
Youth unemployment rate 24.3% 2025 up 19.4% 35th
Population by labor force status 1.78 million people 2025 up 4.8% 104th
Employee compensation as share of government spending 9.2% 2022 down 0.9% 145th
CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 13.9 2025 up 1.5% 148th
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 1,073 2024 up 27.2% 25th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 161.88 Persons 2022 up 10.3% 72nd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 429.93 Persons 2022 up 51.2% 48th
Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.3% 2020 down 35.9% 150th
Female labor force by age 54,804 people 2024 up 21.3% 89th
Labor force participation rate by age 56.8% 2024 up 2.4% 26th
Female labor force participation rate by age 56.9% 2024 up 1.5% 21st
Jobs gap 916.37 2024 up 38.2% 22nd
Jobs gap rate 14.7 2024 up 20.5% 17th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 436.01 2024 up 74.0% 22nd
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 7 2024 up 52.2% 20th
Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 24.3% 2024 up 6.6% 34th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0002 units per square kilometre 2023 down 33.5% 178th
Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0005 units per square kilometre 2023 down 10.2% 127th
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 0.3755 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.2% 148th
Employment by status 89.7% 2024 up 0.9% 19th
Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 89.7% 2024 up 0.9% 19th
Employment 5,329 2025 up 10.2% 61st
Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth 0.183 % change on previous year 2025 down 67.6% 69th
Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate 0.183 % change on previous year 2025 down 67.6% 69th
Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate 0.183 % change on previous year 2025 down 67.6% 69th
Cases of fatal occupational injury 40 2024 unchanged 63rd
Annual growth of GDP per employed person 0.5% 2025 down 83.6% 146th
Unemployment with basic education 25.7% 2024 up 34.8% 5th
Unemployment with basic education, male 23.2% 2024 up 32.5% 5th
Unemployment with intermediate education 6.4% 2024 down 9.2% 57th
Unemployment with basic education, female 29.4% 2024 up 38.4% 6th
Unemployment with advanced education 4.8% 2024 up 9.1% 62nd
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 6.6% 2024 down 5.6% 69th
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 0 2024 down 100.0% 174th
Level of national compliance with labor rights 0 score 2024 down 100.0% 175th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 5.6% 2024 down 23.1% 119th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 6.2% 2024 down 11.7% 45th
Labor force with basic education, female 39.0% 2024 down 5.6% 54th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 5.1% 2024 down 25.4% 117th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 6.0% 2024 down 21.3% 115th
Labor force with basic education, male 50.9% 2024 down 3.7% 83rd
Labor force with basic education 45.2% 2024 down 4.2% 73rd
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 62.8% 2024 down 15.2% 32nd
Labor force with intermediate education, male 71.4% 2024 down 11.0% 76th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 67.6% 2024 down 12.7% 47th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 4.5% 2024 down 6.9% 56th
Labor force with advanced education, male 80.2% 2024 down 5.8% 81st
Labor force with advanced education 78.2% 2024 down 6.1% 65th
Labor force with advanced education, female 76.7% 2024 down 6.4% 57th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 58.9% 2025 down 8.6% 39th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 64.2% 2025 down 6.7% 105th
Unemployment with advanced education, female 5.0% 2024 up 24.3% 63rd
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 61.6% 2025 down 7.6% 67th
Population in private households by citizenship, labour status and 7,629 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.1% 17th
Population in private households by country of birth, labour status 7,629 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.1% 17th
Labour force by NUTS 2 region 5,773 Thousand persons 2025 up 10.5% 13th
Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 84.0% 2025 up 2.8% 5th
Labour force participation rates by educational attainment level 84.0% 2025 up 2.8% 5th
Labour force participation rates by NUTS 2 region 75.7% 2025 up 5.1% 4th