Labour Force Surveys (LFS)
Upcoming publishing: 2022-07-29
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 2022-05-25 - Length of unemployment
As of April 2021, estimates regarding the length of the unemployment period are replaced with two periods [..] in the LFS tables, both in Excel-documents and in the Statistical Database. The reason is a lack of quality in the underlying response data since some unemployed people do not have information about the length of the unemployment period. The error mainly affects people aged 15–24 who are awaiting a summer job. The error is considered to be minor. Work is in progress to correct the error.
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Key figures for Sweden
Labour force rate
75.1 %
Reference period: May 2022
0.6 %-unit
compared with the same period previous year
Unemployment rate
8.5 %
Reference period: May 2022
-1.3 %-unit
compared with the same period previous year
Employment rate
68.7 %
Reference period: May 2022
1.5 %-unit
compared with the same period previous year
Labour force rate (smoothed and seasonally adjusted)
74.6 %
Reference period: May 2022
Unemployment rate (smoothed and seasonally adjusted)
7.7 %
Reference period: May 2022
Employment rate (smoothed and seasonally adjusted)
68.8 %
Reference period: May 2022
Statistical news
2022-06-22
In May 2022, there were 5 175 000 employed persons, not seasonally adjusted. This is an increase of 124 000 persons compared to May 2021. For foreign born, the number of employed persons increased by 84 000 to 1 159 000.The average number of hours worked per week amounted to 164.8 million, an increase of 3.5 percent in calendar adjusted figures. The number of unemployed people amounted to 482 000, a decrease of 64 000 persons compared to May 2021. The unemployment rate was 8.5 percent, a decrease of 1.3 percentage points. Smoothed and seasonally adjusted data indicates an increase in the employment rate and a decrease in the unemployment rate that amounted to 7.7 percent.
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