Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Sweden · % of total labor force · published annual by World Bank Open Data
Aggregates
descriptive statistics over the recorded seriesLatest
8.69
2025-01-01
Change vs previous period
+3.50%
Lowest on record
3.24
Highest on record
10.36
Median
7.61
Standard deviation
1.55
Observations
35
Consecutive moves
3 up
Series
% of total labor force · annualRANGE
Values are shown at the frequency the source published them; nothing is interpolated or converted. A period without a published value breaks the line instead of being drawn as zero. No value in this series has been revised so far.
Observations
35 of 35 observations, most recent first| Period | Value | Revision | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 | 8.69 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2024-01-01 | 8.40 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2023-01-01 | 7.61 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2022-01-01 | 7.42 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2021-01-01 | 8.80 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2020-01-01 | 8.29 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2019-01-01 | 6.83 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2018-01-01 | 6.37 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2017-01-01 | 6.72 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2016-01-01 | 6.99 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2015-01-01 | 7.43 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2014-01-01 | 7.95 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2013-01-01 | 8.05 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2012-01-01 | 7.98 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2011-01-01 | 7.80 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2010-01-01 | 8.61 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2009-01-01 | 8.35 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2008-01-01 | 6.24 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2007-01-01 | 6.16 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2006-01-01 | 7.07 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2005-01-01 | 7.81 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2004-01-01 | 6.69 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2003-01-01 | 5.56 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2002-01-01 | 4.97 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2001-01-01 | 4.73 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2000-01-01 | 5.47 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1999-01-01 | 7.61 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1998-01-01 | 8.94 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1997-01-01 | 10.36 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1996-01-01 | 9.55 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1995-01-01 | 8.90 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1994-01-01 | 9.58 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1993-01-01 | 9.33 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1992-01-01 | 5.72 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1991-01-01 | 3.24 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
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Source: World Bank Open Data · as of 2026-07-13