EU 7.05
· European ranking
11 / 30
Up 2 positions compared with previous year
Sweden: Jobless Households
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
8.00% of people aged 0 to 64
EU 7.05 · +1.0 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) ilc_lvhl21n
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Regional map
· 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+22.50
9.80
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2+16.25
9.30
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2+16.25
9.30
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4+6.25
8.50
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5-10.00
7.20
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5-10.00
7.20
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7-11.25
7.10
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8-15.00
6.80
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Sweden performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context points to broader pressure. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.
European comparison in Sweden
In Sweden, Low work intensity is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 8.0% versus 7.1% in 2025, a gap of 1.0 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Sweden, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 7.90% in 2020 to 8.00% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 7.70% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.
Regional differences in Sweden
In Sweden, regional values for Low work intensity are relatively close. Across 8 comparable regions, Östra Mellansverige records the highest value (9.8%) and Västsverige the lowest (6.8%), a gap of 3 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. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.