Employment showed continued positive development in the third quarter of 2026 Senaste statistiken In the third quarter of 2026, the number of employed people amounted to 5 398 000, not seasonally adjusted. This represents an increase of 74 000 people compared to the third quarter of 2025. The number of hours worked per week averaged 139.2 million. The number of unemployed people was 479 000, corresponding to an unemployment rate of 8.1 percent. Seasonally adjusted and smoothed data show an increase in both the number of employed people and in the employment rate. The seasonally adjusted and smoothed unemployment rate was 8.7 percent. 2026-11-03 Labour Force Surveys (LFS) Increase in the number of employments in August Senaste statistiken The number of ongoing employments increased by 1.3 percent compared to August the previous year. During the same period, hours worked increased by 0.3 percent, amounting to 536 million hours. The proportion of sickness absence decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 1.5 percent. The total gross pay was 211 000 million SEK. 2026-10-29 Employments Enterprises contributed the most to the increase in Sweden’s R&D expenditure in 2025 Senaste statistiken Sweden’s total intramural expenditure on research and development (R&D) increased to SEK 241 billion in 2025. The personnel employed in R&D activities increased as well to 111 366 full-time equivalents. R&D expenditure as a share of GDP, reached 3.62 percent, the second highest level on record. The business enterprise sector made up the largest share of R&D expenditure at 74 percent, followed by the higher education sector at 21 percent. 2026-10-29 Research and development in Sweden Lower GDP in September Senaste statistiken Swedish GDP decreased by 0.7 percent in September, seasonally adjusted and compared with the previous month, according to the preliminary compilation of the GDP indicator. For the third quarter as a whole GDP increased with 0.4 percent compared with the preceding quarter. Calendar adjusted GDP for September was 2.1 percent higher than in the corresponding month of the preceding year, while GDP for the quarter as a whole was 2.8 percent higher than in the third quarter of 2025. 2026-10-29 National accounts other Volume of retail trade decreased in September 2026 Senaste statistiken The volume of retail trade drecreased by 0.4 percent in September 2026 compared with August 2026 in constant prices, calendar- and seasonally adjusted figures. Compared with September 2025, the volume of retail trade increased by 5.5 percent in constant prices and calendar adjusted figures. 2026-10-29 Turnover in the service sector