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Labour market

How many people work, seek work or participate in the labour force? Annual averages for women and men aged 15–74.

Year

SCB linked historical estimates at group level for 2001–2004 and individual level for 2005–2020. Margins of error are unavailable before 2021.

2001-2025

Unemployment rate

%

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force, ages 15–74. The labour force comprises employed and unemployed people.

Unemployment rateHover or tap for yearly values. With a keyboard: focus the chart and use Left/Right arrows, Home or End. Escape dismisses the tooltip. Gaps indicate missing data; dashed vertical lines mark changes in coverage. Choose Table for exact values.0.02.55.07.510.0200120062011201520202025

Employment rate

%

Employed people as a share of the population, ages 15–74.

Employment rateHover or tap for yearly values. With a keyboard: focus the chart and use Left/Right arrows, Home or End. Escape dismisses the tooltip. Gaps indicate missing data; dashed vertical lines mark changes in coverage. Choose Table for exact values.020406080200120062011201520202025

Labour force participation rate

%

Employed and unemployed people as a share of the population, ages 15–74.

Labour force participation rateHover or tap for yearly values. With a keyboard: focus the chart and use Left/Right arrows, Home or End. Escape dismisses the tooltip. Gaps indicate missing data; dashed vertical lines mark changes in coverage. Choose Table for exact values.020406080200120062011201520202025

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Source: SCB · Annual data
Sources & methodology

SCB is the only data provider. Calculations made on this site are explained below.

TAB6514 contains Labour Force Survey annual averages: not seasonally adjusted, women and men aged 15–74. Unemployment uses the labour force as its denominator; other rates use the population. Unemployment and employment rates therefore do not sum to 100%. Margins of error represent approximately 95% confidence, use percentage points and are unavailable before 2021. They describe sampling uncertainty, not every error source. Historical series are linked to definitions introduced in 2021. The first quarter of 2005 had fewer responses than other periods.

Every chart starts with SCB data. Years, units and calculations stay visible throughout. Changes over time do not, by themselves, establish the effects of a particular policy.

TAB6514 · Population aged 15-74 (LFS) by labour status, type of data, sex and age. Year 2001-2025

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SCB table notes

As the LFS is a sample survey, all estimations are subject to uncertainty. Uncertainty in estimations based on fewer than 20 observations on a monthly or quarterly basis or fewer than 40 observations on a yearly basis may be considered too large and the estimation is not reported. In these cases, the value is replaced with two periods [..].

For the period 2001M01–2020M12, the time series contains ´linked data´. No margins of error (uncertainty figures) are reported for the period, this is instead marked as '..' in the time series. The series 2001M01–2004M12 are macrolinked and for the period 2005M01–2020M12 they are microlinked. The estimates regarding quarter 1 2005 and its constituent months are based on a smaller number of responses than other periods. These estimates are therefore more uncertain and should be used with caution.

In 2023, the retirement age was raised from 65 to 66 years, and in 2026, it will be raised to 67 years. This results in the reporting of more age groups in the LFS. To enable comparisons over time, the age groups 16–65, 16–66, 20–65, and 20–66 are reported back to 2021.