Population by Labour market status, June 2026

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2026-08-28 8.00

People in employment aged 15 to 74 numbered 5 389 000 in June in 2026. The number of employed increased by 32 000 people compared with June 2025. In the 20 to 65 age range, 267 000 people were unemployed. This equals a share of 5.1 percent expressed as a percentage of the labour force and is a decrease by 0.3 percentage points compared with the same period of the previous year.

People in employment

The number of people in employment aged 15 to 74 increased by 32 000 people in June compared to the same period the previous year, but the trend varies depending on sex and region of birth.

Percentage change in the number of employed compared to the same period the previous year, 15 to 74 years

	Women born in Sweden	Men born in Sweden	Foreign born women	Foreign born men	Total
202101	-2.5	-1.9	0.5	0.1	-1.7
202102	-2.3	-1.7	0.5	0.3	-1.5
202103	-2.2	-1.5	0.8	0.8	-1.3
202104	-1.2	-1.0	1.7	1.6	-0.6
202105	1.1	0.3	4.9	4.2	1.4
202106	1.8	0.9	6.2	5.8	2.3
202107	2.3	1.4	7.0	6.7	2.8
202108	2.3	1.6	7.0	7.1	2.9
202109	2.2	1.6	7.1	7.4	3.0
202110	2.1	1.4	7.0	7.8	2.9
202111	2.0	1.4	7.3	8.2	2.9
202112	1.8	1.6	7.0	8.7	3.0
202201	2.7	2.0	8.3	9.2	3.6
202202	2.4	1.7	8.1	9.0	3.4
202203	2.4	1.8	8.1	9.1	3.4
202204	2.5	1.7	8.5	9.2	3.5
202205	2.7	2.0	9.1	9.4	3.8
202206	2.4	1.8	9.0	9.0	3.5
202207	1.9	1.7	8.5	8.2	3.1
202208	1.4	1.4	7.8	7.6	2.7
202209	1.5	1.3	7.7	7.3	2.7
202210	1.8	1.3	7.6	7.0	2.8
202211	1.2	1.0	7.0	6.3	2.3
202212	1.0	0.6	6.6	5.6	1.9
202301	0.8	0.5	6.2	5.2	1.8
202302	0.9	0.6	6.1	5.2	1.8
202303	0.8	0.4	5.9	4.8	1.6
202304	0.7	0.3	5.6	4.3	1.4
202305	0.4	0.1	5.1	3.7	1.1
202306	0.4	0.0	4.9	3.3	1.0
202307	0.5	0.0	4.5	2.8	1.0
202308	0.2	-0.1	4.0	2.4	0.7
202309	0.3	-0.2	3.9	2.1	0.7
202310	0.0	-0.4	3.6	1.8	0.4
202311	0.1	-0.4	3.3	1.6	0.4
202312	0.0	-0.5	2.9	1.1	0.2
202401	0.1	-0.4	2.7	0.9	0.2
202402	-0.1	-0.5	2.5	0.6	0.1
202403	-0.1	-0.6	2.4	0.3	0.0
202404	-0.2	-0.6	2.1	0.1	-0.1
202405	-0.3	-0.7	1.9	0.0	-0.2
202406	-0.2	-0.6	1.6	-0.1	-0.2
202407	-0.2	-0.7	1.5	-0.4	-0.3
202408	-0.3	-0.8	1.9	-0.2	-0.3
202409	-0.3	-0.7	2.0	-0.1	-0.2
202410	-0.6	-0.8	1.7	0.0	-0.4
202411	-0.5	-0.7	1.8	0.1	-0.3
202412	-0.6	-0.8	1.9	0.2	-0.3
202501	-0.7	-0.8	1.8	0.2	-0.4
202502	-0.5	-0.7	2.0	0.5	-0.2
202503	-0.5	-0.6	2.0	0.6	-0.2
202504	-0.5	-0.5	2.0	0.7	-0.1
202505	-0.2	-0.2	2.3	1.0	0.2
202506	-0.4	-0.4	2.2	0.9	0.0
202507	-0.3	-0.3	2.1	1.0	0.1
202508	-0.3	-0.3	1.7	0.7	0.0
202509	0.0	-0.2	1.8	0.8	0.2
202510	0.0	-0.1	1.8	1.0	0.3
202511	0.1	0.0	1.9	1.2	0.4
202512	0.0	-0.1	1.8	1.1	0.3
202601	0.1	0.0	2.0	1.4	0.4
202602	0.1	0.0	2.0	1.4	0.4
202603	0.2	0.0	2.0	1.5	0.5
202604	0.2	0.2	2.1	1.6	0.6
202605	0.1	0.1	2.2	1.7	0.5
202606	0.2	0.2	2.2	1.7	0.6

Source

Statistics Sweden

In the 20 to 65 age range the employment rate – the number of employed people in relation to the population – was 80.6 percent among women and 81.9 percent among men. Compared with June 2025, the employment rate increased by 0.3 percentage points for men and 0.2 for women.

The unemployed

The number of unemployed people aged 20 to 65 in June was 267 000, which is a decrease of 13 000 compared to the same period the previous year.

The relative unemployment rate - the proportion of unemployed people in relation to the labour force - was 5.1 percent for both women and men. This equals a decreased unemployment rate among men of 0.3 percentage point and 0.2 percentage points decrease among women compared with the same period of 2025.

Unemployment is higher among foreign born people than among those born in Sweden. In June the unemployment rate was, among foreign born people 10.8 percent and among people born in Sweden 3.2 percent.

Change in the relative unemployment rate compared to the same period the previous year, 20 to 64 years

	Men born in Sweden	Women born in Sweden	Foreign born men	Foreign born women	Total
202101	1.1	0.9	2.2	1.7	1.3
202102	1.1	0.8	2.1	1.8	1.3
202103	0.9	0.7	1.9	1.8	1.1
202104	0.6	0.5	1.2	1.3	0.8
202105	0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.1	0.1
202106	-0.4	-0.4	-1.7	-1.0	-0.6
202107	-0.7	-0.7	-2.4	-1.8	-0.9
202108	-0.8	-0.8	-2.8	-2.0	-1.1
202109	-0.9	-0.8	-3.0	-2.2	-1.2
202110	-0.9	-0.8	-3.3	-2.2	-1.2
202111	-0.9	-0.8	-3.4	-2.4	-1.3
202112	-0.9	-0.7	-3.6	-2.3	-1.3
202201	-1.1	-0.9	-4.0	-2.9	-1.5
202202	-1.2	-0.9	-4.1	-2.9	-1.6
202203	-1.2	-0.9	-4.1	-2.9	-1.6
202204	-1.1	-0.9	-4.0	-3.0	-1.5
202205	-1.0	-0.8	-4.0	-3.1	-1.5
202206	-1.0	-0.8	-3.9	-3.3	-1.5
202207	-0.8	-0.7	-3.5	-3.1	-1.3
202208	-0.8	-0.6	-3.1	-2.8	-1.2
202209	-0.7	-0.5	-2.9	-2.7	-1.1
202210	-0.6	-0.5	-2.6	-2.6	-1.0
202211	-0.5	-0.4	-2.2	-2.4	-0.8
202212	-0.4	-0.3	-1.9	-2.2	-0.7
202301	-0.3	-0.3	-1.7	-2.0	-0.6
202302	-0.3	-0.2	-1.6	-1.9	-0.6
202303	-0.2	-0.2	-1.4	-1.9	-0.5
202304	-0.1	-0.2	-1.2	-1.7	-0.4
202305	0.0	-0.1	-0.9	-1.6	-0.3
202306	0.0	-0.1	-0.7	-1.4	-0.2
202307	0.1	0.0	-0.5	-1.1	-0.1
202308	0.1	0.0	-0.4	-1.0	-0.1
202309	0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.9	0.0
202310	0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.7	0.1
202311	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.1
202312	0.3	0.2	0.2	-0.4	0.2
202401	0.4	0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.3
202402	0.5	0.3	0.4	-0.2	0.3
202403	0.5	0.3	0.5	-0.2	0.3
202404	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.4
202405	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.4
202406	0.5	0.3	0.6	0.1	0.4
202407	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.5
202408	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.5
202409	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.5
202410	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.5
202411	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.5
202412	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.5
202501	0.5	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.5
202502	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.5
202503	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.4
202504	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3
202505	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.5	0.3
202506	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.3
202507	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3
202508	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2
202509	0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2
202510	0.1	0.1	-0.3	-0.1	0.1
202511	0.1	0.1	-0.5	-0.4	0.0
202512	0.1	0.1	-0.7	-0.5	-0.1
202601	0.0	0.0	-1.0	-0.7	-0.2
202602	0.0	0.0	-1.0	-0.7	-0.2
202603	0.0	0.0	-1.1	-0.7	-0.2
202604	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.7	-0.2
202605	0.0	0.0	-1.1	-0.7	-0.2
202606	-0.1	0.0	-1.2	-0.7	-0.3

Source

Statistics Sweden

Employed, 15 to 74 years

	June 2026	May 2026	June 2025	Change since June 2025 (%)
Employed	5 389 000	5 309 000	5 357 000	0.6
Women	2 619 000	2 574 000	2 603 000	0.6
Born in Sweden	2 023 000	1 987 000	2 019 000	0.2
Foreign born	596 000	586 000	584 000	2.2
Men	2 770 000	2 735 000	2 755 000	0.6
Born in Sweden	2 120 000	2 092 000	2 115 000	0.2
Foreign born	650 000	643 000	639 000	1.7

Source

Statistics Sweden

People in the labour force, 20 to 65 years

	June 2026	May 2026	June 2025	Change since June 2025
Employed	4 961 000	4 905 000	4 936 000	0.5
Women	2 414 000	2 381 000	2 401 000	0.5
Men	2 548 000	2 523 000	2 535 000	0.5
Employment rate (%)	81.3	80.4	81.0	0.3
Women	80.6	79.6	80.4	0.2
Born in Sweden	85.2	84.1	85.1	0.0
Foreign born	68.7	67.7	68.0	0.7
Men	81.9	81.1	81.5	0.3
Born in Sweden	84.9	84.1	84.8	0.1
Foreign born	73.7	73.0	72.7	1.0
Unemployment	267 000	271 000	280 000	-4.5
Women	131 000	132 000	134 000	-2.8
Born in Sweden	51 000	51 000	51 000	0.2
Foreign born	79 000	81 000	83 000	-4.7
Men	136 000	139 000	145 000	-6.1
Born in Sweden	72 000	72 000	73 000	-1.4
Foreign born	65 000	67 000	73 000	-10.9
Relative unemployment rate (%)	5.1	5.2	5.4	-0.3
Women	5.1	5.2	5.3	-0.2
Born in Sweden	2.7	2.7	2.7	0.0
Foreign born	12.3	12.6	13.0	-0.8
Men	5.1	5.2	5.4	-0.3
Born in Sweden	3.6	3.6	3.6	-0.1
Foreign born	9.5	9.8	10.6	-1.2

Source

Statistics Sweden

People not in the labour force, 20 to 65 years

	June 2026	May 2026	June 2025	Change since June 2025 (%)
Students	39 000	183 000	40 000	-4.1
Women	22 000	103 000	23 000	-3.8
Men	17 000	80 000	17 000	-4.4
Retirees	61 000	62 000	65 000	-7.0
Women	31 000	32 000	34 000	-7.5
Men	30 000	30 000	32 000	-6.6
Sick	219 000	219 000	222 000	-1.3
Women	121 000	120 000	123 000	-1.4
Men	98 000	98 000	100 000	-1.1
Others	558 000	464 000	550 000	1.4
Women	276 000	225 000	270 000	2.0
Men	282 000	239 000	280 000	0.9

Source

Statistics Sweden

Definitions and explanations

BAS, Population by Labour market status, presents statistics based on administrative data concerning aspects such as number of people in employment, unemployed people, and people outside the labour force for the registered population aged 15 to 74. The statistics can be used to describe current status, but also the progression over time. It illuminates both the entire population and smaller groups, such as detailed age groups at the municipal level.

The statistics contain estimates of the number of people broken down by labour market status: Employed, unemployed, student, retiree, sick and others. The definition of labour market status is hierarchical, which means that a person can only be assigned one labour market status, and it is determined according to the order of precedence above.

The labour force consists of employed people and the unemployed.

The labour market status categories that are outside the labour force are student, retiree, sick and others. There are fewer people outside the labour force in the summer than during other parts of the year. This is mainly because some people who are students during term time work during the summer and are then classified as employed.

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