Inflation rate was 2.5 percent in April 2021 The inflation rate according to the CPIF (Consumer Price Index with fixed interest rate) was 2.5 percent in April 2021, up from 1.9 percent in March. The increase in the inflation rate mainly comes from a dramatic drop in prices in the corresponding period a year ago. The change on a monthly basis between March and April was 0.3 percent. 2021-05-12 • Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Greenhouse gas emissions from Sweden’s economy decreased by ten percent in 2020 Greenhouse gas emissions from Sweden’s economy decreased by ten percent in 2020 compared with 2019 according to preliminary statistics for 2020. This is due to emissions reductions in the transport, manufacturing and energy sectors. Sweden’s GDP decreased by 2.8 percent over the same period. 2021-05-12 • System of Environmental and Economic Accounts
Major differences in unemployment between foreign born people and people born in Sweden As from January 2021, the Swedish LFS has been amended to comply with the new EU framework regulation on social statistics. This amendment has led to some changes in levels, and for this reason, currently comparisons with previous periods are not being made. In the first quarter of 2021, the employment rate among people aged 15–74 years was 65.5 percent and the unemployment rate was 9.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted. The average weekly hours worked was 156.4 million hours. Seasonally adjusted and smoothed data shows that the employment rate was 66.4 percent. The unemployment rate was 9.0 percent. In the age group 20–64 years, the unemployment rate was 8.3 percent, according to seasonally adjusted and smoothed data. The unemployment rate was 20.0 percent among foreign born people, and 4.6 percent among people born in Sweden. 2021-05-11 • Labour Force Surveys (LFS)
Swedish economy shows resilience Despite a high infection rate and the beginning of a third wave, the Swedish economy developed strongly in March, according to Statistics Sweden’s periodical “Sveriges ekonomi – statistiskt perspektiv” (in Swedish). 2021-05-11 • The Swedish economy – a statistical perspective
New construction and conversion led to 54 134 new dwellings in 2020 In 2020, 38 906 dwellings in total were completed in newly built multi-dwelling buildings. This is 14 percent less than last year. 2021-05-10 • New construction of residential buildings
