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  • Fewer labour market immigrants from third countries 2023

    During 2023, 8 300 labour immigrants from countries outside the EU/EES came to Sweden with the aim to stay at last a year. That was a lower number compared to 2022, when 10 400 came to Sweden. The decrease is due to a fewer highly qualified labour immigrants coming to Sweden compared to 2022.

  • 8 300 adult Swedes returned from abroad 2023

    The Swedes had been living abroad for more than a year and were between 18 and 69 years old when they returned to Sweden. The majority had been abroad shorter than five years. The most common country to return from was Great Britain.

  • Best match among persons with health and medical care education

    Eight out of ten employed persons work in an occupation that to some degree matches their education. Persons with post-secondary education, to a higher degree than those with an upper secondary education, work in an occupation that matches their education. Persons with human health and medical care education have the best matching levels, although most teaching programmes also have high matching levels.

  • Considerable investments required to combat shortage of trained healthcare personnel

    A significant shortage of trained healthcare personnel is expected in the future. Even if the interest among upper secondary school students was to increase and considerably more were to graduate from adult education, there is a great risk that the number of those trained in healthcare would not suffice the demand in 2035.

  • Shortage of engineers despite increased engineering education

    Engineering programmes have become more popular in recent years. At the same time, the proportion of new students who actually complete their engineering education and earn a degree is decreasing. According to Statistics Sweden’s forecast, there will be a shortage of at least 30 000 people with a formal engineering education by 2030.