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  • Price increases in all markets in March 2024

    The Producer Price Index rose by 0.6 percent in March compared to February 2024. Prices increased by 0.4 percent on the export market and increased by 0.8 percent on the domestic market. On the import market prices rose by 0.2 percent. The annual rate according to the Producer Price Index was -0.6 percent in March (-1.3 percent in February).

  • Highest level of education in the Stockholm area

    Three in ten people in the population aged 25–65 years are highly educated. These people often live in metropolitan municipalities and county seats. The majority of municipalities with the highest level of education are located in Stockholm County. Other municipalities with high levels of education are Lund, Lomma, Uppsala, Umeå, Mölndal and Linköping.

  • Lower fertility leads to a decreased number of school children in the future

    The number of births has decreased steadily in recent years, and the decrease is estimated to continue in the coming years. This means that there will be fewer school children aged 6–15 years in the future. According to a new population projection from Statistics Sweden there will be fewer children during the whole projection period compared to today.

  • Unemployment increased in March

    In March 2024, the number of employed people amounted to 5 188 000, not seasonally adjusted. The average number of hours worked per week was 166.6 million. The number of unemployed people increased by 86 000 and amounted to 525 000, which corresponds to an unemployment rate of 9.2 percent, an increase of 1.5 percentage points. Seasonally adjusted and smoothed data showed that the employment rate was 69.1 percent. There was an increase in both the number of unemployed people and the unemployment rate, which amounted to 8.3 percent.

  • Households’ housing 2023

    At the end of 2023, one- or two-dwelling buildings with ownership rights was the most common type of housing in Sweden, followed by rented dwellings in multi-dwelling buildings. The average useful floor space per person in Sweden was 42 square meters at the end of 2023.