Labour Force Surveys (LFS)
Upcoming publishing: 2024-05-22
The statistics describe labour market developments for the Swedish population aged 15–74. The LFS shows the number and percentage of employed and unemployed persons respectively, per month, quarter and year. It is the only source of continuous data on total unemployment and represents the official unemployment rate.
Labour Force Surveys (LFS), previous definitions
Correction – 2024-04-24
In connection with the publication of the March LFS, a number of tables are being republished because of two minor errors. For more information:
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Key figures for Sweden
Labour force rate
75.3 %
Reference period: March 2024
0.5 %-unit
compared with the same period previous year
Unemployment rate
9.2 %
Reference period: March 2024
1.5 %-unit
compared with the same period previous year
Employment rate
68.3 %
Reference period: March 2024
-0.8 %-unit
compared with the same period previous year
Labour force rate (smoothed and seasonally adjusted)
75.4 %
Reference period: March 2024
Unemployment rate (smoothed and seasonally adjusted)
8.3 %
Reference period: March 2024
Employment rate (smoothed and seasonally adjusted)
69.1 %
Reference period: March 2024
Statistical news
2024-05-07
In the first quarter of 2024, the number of employed people amounted to 5 168 000, not seasonally adjusted. There were 583 000 temporary employees, a decrease of 82 000. The average number of hours worked per week amounted to 163.3 million hours, a decrease of 4.0 million hours. There were 497 000 unemployed people, which is an increase of 56 000 people. This corresponds to an unemployment rate of 8.8 percent, an increase of 1.0 percentage points. Seasonally adjusted and smoothed data shows an increase in both the number and share of unemployed. The seasonally adjusted and smoothed unemployment rate amounted to 8.3 percent.
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