EU 6.25
· European ranking
6 / 34
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Sweden: Unemployment rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
8.80% of labour force
EU 6.25 · +2.6 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force aged 15 to 74.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
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· 2025 · 8 regions
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Internal regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
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1+17.05
10.30
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2+6.82
9.40
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3+3.41
9.10
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4-3.41
8.50
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5-4.55
8.40
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6-17.05
7.30
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6-17.05
7.30
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8-25.00
6.60
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Sweden performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Unemployment rate, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Sweden
In Sweden, Unemployment rate is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 8.8% versus 6.3% in 2025, with a gap of 2.6 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Sweden, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 8.50% in 2020 to 8.80% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 8.40% in 2024 to 8.80% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Regional differences in Sweden
In Sweden, regional values for Unemployment rate are relatively close. Across 8 comparable regions, Sydsverige records the highest value (10.3%) and Mellersta Norrland the lowest (6.6%), a gap of 3.7 percentage points.
Reading within the topic
In Sweden, the evidence for Employment & Economic Security leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.