This year's total grain harvest is estimated at 6.4 million tonnes, which together with the 1974 harvest is the second largest to date. The harvest is also 23 percent larger than the average for the previous five years and high yield levels can be observed in the whole country.
In November 2025, there were 5 275 000 employed people, not seasonally adjusted. This represents an increase of 73 000 compared to November 2024. The number of hours worked per week averaged 171.4 million. The number of unemployed people was 470 000, corresponding to an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent. The seasonally adjusted and smoothed employment rate was 69.0 percent. Both the number and the share of unemployed people increased, seasonally adjusted and smoothed. The unemployment rate stood at 9.0 percent.
The geographical distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) positions in Sweden varies depending on the reporting principle applied. FDI Statistics can be presented either by the immediate counterpart country, where the direct investor is domiciled, or by the country of the ultimate controlling owner, i.e., the country in which the ultimate controlling parent company is resident. The latter presentation principle is internationally referred to as the Ultimate Investing Economy (UIE), which provides a more accurate picture of where investments are ultimately controlled.
The inflation rate according to the CPI in November 2025 was 0.3 percent, down from 0.9 percent in October. The monthly change for the CPI from October to November was -0.4 percent. The inflation rate according to the CPIF (Consumer Price Index with fixed interest rate) was 2.3 percent in November, down from 3.1 percent in October.
Since 2021, Statistics Sweden has measured the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in enterprises four times via the survey ICT usage in enterprise. During this time, the development of AI has taken great strides and the technology is being identified as a possible new general purpose technology with the potential to lead to major productivity gains in large sections of society, not least in the business sector. The purpose of this report is to shed light on how Swedish enterprises' used AI in 2025 and how it has changed since the beginning of the decade.