Sweden’s unemployment rate fell to 8.6% in January 2026 from 10.4% in the same month a year earlier. The total number of unemployed people decreased by 102,000 compared to January 2025, reaching 490,000, comprising 225,000 women and 264,000 men, with unemployment rates of 8.3% for women and 8.9% for men. The number of unemployed young people aged 15–24 fell by 5,300 to 148,000, corresponding to a youth unemployment rate of 23.3%. Meanwhile, the number of employed people aged 15–74 increased by 85,000 to 5.194 million. The number of people in long-term unemployment (unemployed for at least 27 weeks) stood at 191,000, including 94,000 women and 98,000 men. The average total number of hours worked per week amounted to 128.6 million. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the unemployment rate was 8.7%, while youth unemployment stood at 23.9%. source: Statistics Sweden
Unemployment Rate in Sweden increased to 8.60 percent in January from 8.30 percent in December of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Sweden averaged 6.33 percent from 1980 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 10.50 percent in June of 1997 and a record low of 1.30 percent in July of 1989. This page provides the latest reported value for - Sweden Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Sweden Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Sweden increased to 8.60 percent in January from 8.30 percent in December of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Sweden is expected to be 8.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Sweden Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 7.80 percent in 2027 and 7.50 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.