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  • Micro enterprises conducted R&D for SEK 3.4 billion in 2023

    During 2023, R&D expenditure in enterprises with 1–9 employees, called micro enterprises, amounted to SEK 3.4 billion, which was 2 percent of total R&D expenditure in the Business enterprise sector. Most micro enterprises belong to service industries, however, their R&D activities were primarily directed towards manufacturing industries, especially basic pharmaceutical products. Strong employment growth among micro enterprises conducting R&D contributes to significant changes in the group over time, with both large out-flow of growing enterprises and in-flow of new start-ups.

  • Low employment rate among accompanying partners of labour immigrants

    A third of labour immigrants from countries outside the EU/EEA who came to Sweden in 2023 had their partner with them. Among accompanying partners who immigrated in 2022, just under four out of ten were employed the following year.

  • Many young and elderly among latent job seekers

    Latent job seekers are people without work who want and can work but who have not actively sought work and are therefore not counted as unemployed. They are therefore not part of the labour force, but nevertheless constitute a potential labour force reserve. A new report from Statistics Sweden's Labour Force Surveys (LFS) describes the extent, composition and job chances of latent job seekers aged 15–74.

  • The number of employed remained unchanged in July 2025

    People in employment aged 15 to 74 numbered 5 369 000 in July in 2025. The number of employed was essentially unchanged, with only a marginal increase of 2 000 people compared with July 2024. In the 20 to 65 age range, 282 000 people were unemployed. This equals a share of 5.4 percent expressed as a percentage of the labour force and is an increase of 0.3 percentage point compared with the same period of the previous year.

  • Number of employments decreased compared to July previous year

    The number of ongoing employments has continued to decrease. In July 2025, the decrease was 0.2 percent compared to the same month the previous year. During the same period, worked time increased by 2.6 percent, amounting to 559 million hours. The proportion of sickness was 1.1 percent. The total gross pay was 204 000 million SEK.