Disposable income increased by 3.5 percent between March 2025 and March 2026. The rate of increase was higher for men than for women. Income rose the most in Boden, by 6.4 percent. By contrast, Skellefteå was the only municipality to experience a decline in income.
The production of cereals approved for sale labelled as organic amounted to 321 300 tonnes in 2025. This was a 33 percent increase compared to the production in 2024 and corresponds to 5 percent of the total cereal production.
During the past two years, 7 out of 10 students in Folk high school sfi were women. This was the highest proportion of women over the period 2018–2025.
In May 2026, there were 5 299 000 employed people, not seasonally adjusted. This represents an increase of 68 000 compared to May 2025. Temporary employees increased by 94 000 people to 676 000. The number of hours worked per week averaged 163.1 million. The number of unemployed people was 549 000, corresponding to an unemployment rate of 9.4 percent. Seasonally adjusted and smoothed data show that the employment rate was 69.3 percent and the unemployment rate was 8.7 percent.
The Construction Cost Index for multi-dwelling buildings increased by 1.2 percent in May compared with April 2026. The annual rate of change in the Construction Cost index was 2.3 percent in May, compared with the corresponding month in 2025 (2.4 percent in April 2026).