GDP increased by 1.1 percent in the third quarter 2025, seasonally adjusted and compared with the previous quarter. The upturn is explained by increases in exports, gross fixed capital formation and household consumption. Calendar adjusted and compared with the third quarter of 2024, GDP increased by 2.6 percent.
This year’s autumn-sowing of cereals and oilseed crops amounted to 646 000 hectares. It is on the same level as last year´s large area and with the large autumn-sown areas in 2020 and 2022.
People in employment aged 15 to 74 numbered 5 299 000 in September in 2025. The number of employed increaseb by 13 000 people compared with September 2024. In the 20 to 65 age range, 287 000 people were unemployed. This equals a share of 5.5 percent expressed as a percentage of the labour force and is an increase of 0.2 percentage point compared with the same period of the previous year.
The volume of retail trade decreased by 0.3 percent in October 2025 compared with September 2025. Retail sales in durables decreased by 0.7 percent and retail sales in consumables (excluding Systembolaget, the state-owned chain of liquor stores) decreased by 0.2 percent. These figures are working-day and seasonally adjusted and calculated in constant prices.
During the third quarter of 2025, the market value of insurance and occupational pension companies' investment assets increased to SEK 8,198 billion, from SEK 7,862 billion at the end of the previous quarter. Compared to the third quarter of 2024, the market value has increased by 5 percent from SEK 7,808 billion.