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Sweden: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1911–2025 · 115 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2025
8.87%percent
Change on 2024
+0.5 pointsfrom 8.35%
Average, 2016–2025
7.69%10 years
Record high and low
11.2% (1993)low 1.58% (1965)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20317.54Forecast
20307.54Forecast
20297.54Forecast
20287.54Forecast
20277.90Forecast
20268.11Forecast
20258.87
20248.35
20237.67
20227.48
20218.89
20208.48
20196.91
20186.43
20176.78
20167.06

Sources

  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1911–2020
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1925–1936
  • AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1969–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1983–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1990–2025
  • International Labour Organization2000–2023
  • Eurostat2005–2025
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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