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  • Unemployment remains at a higher level

    In September 2025, there were 5 238 000 employed people, not seasonally adjusted. The number of hours worked per week averaged 174.9 million. The number of unemployed people was 476 000, corresponding to an unemployment rate of 8.3 percent. The seasonally adjusted and smoothed employment rate was 68.9 percent and the unemployment rate stood at 8.7 percent.

  • Decreased borrowing in debt securities

    At the end of September, total liabilities in debt securities amounted to SEK 9 275 billion, down by SEK 146 billion from August.

  • Generative AI tools are becoming part of everyday life in Sweden

    37 percent of Sweden’s population aged 16 or older — equivalent to 3.2 million people — have used generative AI tools under the last three months. Compared to the previous year, this is an increase of 12 percentage points.

  • Growth in the environmental sector slowed down in 2023

    The environmental goods and services sector accounted for 3.8 percent of Sweden’s total GDP in 2023, a small decrease from 2022. Both total production and the number of people employed in the environmental sector declined in 2023. The sector employed 160 000 people total, 21 percent of whom are women.

  • Recover in business cycle

    Statistic Sweden´s Business Cycle Clock shows that the Swedish business cycle were situated in the recovery phase in August 2025. 11 out of 13 indicators were below their long-term trend.