Statistics Sweden will be using the international unemployment figures for the LFS for October 2007 onwards. Until now, people who have been studying full-time at any time during the three weeks before the reference week have been classified as not in the labour force instead of as unemployed. Revised data regarding the number of unemployed people are within the statistical margin of error for all months in 2007 apart from June.
Labour Force Survey (LFS), 2009
During 2009 an average of 4 499 000 persons were employed. This is a decrease of 94 000 persons compared to 2008. The number of unemployed persons increased by 104 000 persons and amounted to 408 000, or 8.3 percent of the labour force. The number of persons on long-term unemployment increased by 42 000 persons, amounting to 115 000 persons. The number of hours worked equalled 135.0 million per week.
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