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Unemployment / Sweden
Labor Market

Sweden Unemployment

Current and historical unemployment data for Sweden, including latest value (8.69), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: Sweden
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:31:38+02:00
Economy Data Rating
Sweden · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
82 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 22.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 15.5 / 20
External stability 12 / 15
Financial robustness 12.6 / 15
Structural stability 8.2 / 10
Future capacity 9.7 / 10
Demographic capacity 2.5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 80% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2015–2025 2015– 2025
2015 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

Sweden · unemployment rate as a percentage of the total labor force.

2015–2025
8.69 percent
8.4 percent
7.61 percent
10 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
unemployment rate reference line

Countries by unemployment

full ranking
Country Rate Class
South Africa 32.39 high
Jordan 16.54 high
Tunisia 15.11 high
Algeria 11.63 high
Spain 10.38 high
Ukraine 9.83 medium
Finland 9.46 medium
Morocco 9 medium

Interpretation

short note

This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
Germany 3.71
France 7.54
United Kingdom 4.75
United States 4.2
China 4.62

Related indicators

internal links
Employment Rate SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS
Youth Unemployment SL.UEM.1524.ZS
Labor Force Participation SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG

Source layer

planned

Production version should display source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:31:38+02:00

Sweden Snapshot

country profile
Population 10.57 m
GDP 603.72 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 2.84%
Unemployment 8.69%
Currency n/a
Region Europe
Income group High income

Sweden Unemployment: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Unemployment for Sweden. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: sweden unemployment rate, unemployment data sweden, sweden unemployment statistics, sweden percent.