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  • 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.

  • Older people and foreign born persons increasingly important for employment

    To maintain the same dependency burden as today in 2030, almost 600 000 more people will have to be employed. The percentage of the population who work will have to increase in several labour market groups to achieve this. Higher employment rates among older people and foreign born persons would have the greatest effect on future employment.