Work & Labour in Sweden 1,021 indicators covering work & labour for Sweden. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average annual hours actually worked per worker — Hours worked 1,421 Hours per year per person 2025 down 3.1% 32nd Number of employees by activities (ISIC Rev. 4) — Employment 4,766 Persons 2025 up 9.8% 16th Employment by professional status 5,329 Persons 2025 up 10.2% 16th Criminal penalties or civil remedies sexual harassment in employment 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Number of strikes and lockouts 6 2023 down 45.5% 53rd Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 5,263 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.8% 13th Employed persons in technology and knowledge-intensive sectors by 5,263 Thousand persons 2025 up 8.8% 13th Employed persons in science and technology (HRST) by category, NACE 3,311 Thousand persons 2025 up 25.7% 12th Incidence of unemployment by duration 16.22 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 32.1% 30th Annual population and employment, national concept — Total employment 5,263 Persons 2025 up 9.6% 17th Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 34.49 2024 down 1.8% 91st Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 34.46 2024 down 0.5% 90th Youth unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 211.61 2024 up 4.0% 33rd Monthly unemployment levels 511.33 Persons 2025 up 31.1% 14th Number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts 0.544 2023 down 80.9% 70th Gender share of part-time employment 61.44 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 8.4% 30th Full-time and part-time employment 4,123 Persons 2025 up 10.8% 23rd Full-time and part-time employment based on national definition 4,123 Persons 2025 up 10.8% 23rd Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on national 77.74 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 0.7% 26th Youth employees 981.69 2024 up 0.1% 37th Days not worked due to strikes and lockouts 3,909 2023 down 44.8% 47th Average weekly hours usually worked per employed person 39.5 2025 up 8.7% 51st Average weekly hours usually worked per employee 39.28 2025 up 9.6% 55th Monthly unemployment rates 8.87 Percentage of labour force in the same subgroup 2025 up 18.0% 5th Annual population and employment, national concept — Employees 4,766 Persons 2025 up 10.7% 15th Annual population and employment, national concept — Self employed 497.3 Persons 2025 up 0.1% 24th Average monthly earnings of employees 4,233 2025 up 15.5% 65th Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on 88.4 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 3.0% 12th Full-time and part-time employment based on OECD-harmonized definition 4,635 Persons 2025 up 12.0% 22nd Average monthly earnings of employees 4,233 2025 up 15.5% 63rd Days lost due to cases of occupational injury with temporary 724,795 2024 up 96.4% 29th Labour market demand for ICT specialists in online job 7.1% 2026 down 15.5% 22nd Infra-annual registered unemployment and job vacancies 199,202 Persons 2025 up 2.5% 15th Long usual weekly working hours — Employment 334.55 Persons 2025 up 51.5% 25th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Population 8.91 million Persons 2026 up 9.6% 26th Percentage change in the number of online job advertisements for ICT -17.0% 2026 down 142.5% 17th Incidence of employment by long usual weekly hours worked — Share of 6.68 Percentage of workers in the same age, sex and employment status 2025 up 45.8% 25th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.262 2025 down 16.6% 78th Median monthly earnings of employees 3,886 2025 up 13.2% 55th Manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment 9.5% 2024 down 11.0% 85th Female share of employment in senior and middle management 44.7% 2024 up 19.5% 14th Median monthly earnings of employees 3,886 2025 up 13.2% 54th Median monthly earnings of employees 3,886 2025 up 13.2% 54th Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 230.2 Thousand persons 2024 up 2.7% 13th Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of) 0 2024 down 100.0% 190th Own-account workers, total 6.1% 2016 down 6.6% 171st Incidence of involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time 4.31 Percentage of employment 2025 down 33.4% 9th STAN Database for Structural Analysis, 2025 edition — Total employment 8,534 Hours 2025 up 8.1% 13th Average usual weekly hours worked on the main job 37.34 Hours per week per person 2025 up 2.1% 23rd Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Permanent employment 86.66 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 4.6% 25th Employment by permanency of the job - Incidence — Temporary employment 13.34 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 down 22.3% 13th Share of women in temporary employment by permanency of the job 55.06 Percentage of population in the same subgroup 2025 up 0.9% 10th Involuntary part time employment — Involuntary part-time employment 228.78 Persons 2025 down 26.6% 16th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 12.4 2024 down 0.4% 21st Time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 236.65 2024 up 1.6% 31st Time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4.46 2024 down 8.5% 32nd Discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 14.7 2024 down 37.6% 57th Labor market, S1 - Additional requirements for collective dismissal 0.8125 2014 unchanged 52nd Labor market, S1 - Firing costs 0.6162 2014 down 2.8% 54th Labor market, Overall 0.4977 2014 down 0.9% 83rd ← Previous Page 6 of 18 Next →