Labour Force Surveys (LFS)
Upcoming publishing: 2023-03-28
The statistics describe labour market developments for the Swedish population aged 15–74. The LFS shows the number and percentage of employed and unemployed persons respectively, per month, quarter and year. It is the only source of continuous data on total unemployment and represents the official unemployment rate.
Labour Force Surveys (LFS), previous definitions
Correction 2022-10-21
The length of the unemployment, corrected back to April 2021
The average agreed working hours, corrected back to January 2021
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Key figures for Sweden
Labour force rate
74.2 %
Reference period: February 2023
0.5 %-unit
compared with the same period previous year
Unemployment rate
8.2 %
Reference period: February 2023
0.3 %-unit
compared with the same period previous year
Employment rate
68.2 %
Reference period: February 2023
0.3 %-unit
compared with the same period previous year
Labour force rate (smoothed and seasonally adjusted)
74.8 %
Reference period: February 2023
Unemployment rate (smoothed and seasonally adjusted)
7.4 %
Reference period: February 2023
Employment rate (smoothed and seasonally adjusted)
69.3 %
Reference period: February 2023
Statistical news
2023-03-17
In February 2023, there were 5 169 000 employed people, not seasonally adjusted. This is an increase of 67 000 persons compared to February 2022. The average number of hours worked per week amounted to 172.8 million. In calendar-adjusted figures, this corresponds to an increase of 5.9 percent. The number of unemployed people amounted to 459 000 and the unemployment rate was 8.2 percent. The number of long-term unemployed decreased with 32 000 to 128 000. Seasonally adjusted and smoothed data indicates increases in both the number and the share of employed people. The seasonally adjusted and smoothed unemployment rate amounted to 7.4 percent.
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