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Unemployment rate in Sweden

Latest: 8.7%
Previous: 8.4%
Change: +0.29 (+3.5%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in Sweden
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	3.2%
Dec 31, 1992	5.7%
Dec 31, 1993	9.3%
Dec 31, 1994	9.6%
Dec 31, 1995	8.9%
Dec 31, 1996	9.5%
Dec 31, 1997	10.4%
Dec 31, 1998	8.9%
Dec 31, 1999	7.6%
Dec 31, 2000	5.5%
Dec 31, 2001	4.7%
Dec 31, 2002	5.0%
Dec 31, 2003	5.6%
Dec 31, 2004	6.7%
Dec 31, 2005	7.8%
Dec 31, 2006	7.1%
Dec 31, 2007	6.2%
Dec 31, 2008	6.2%
Dec 31, 2009	8.4%
Dec 31, 2010	8.6%
Dec 31, 2011	7.8%
Dec 31, 2012	8.0%
Dec 31, 2013	8.1%
Dec 31, 2014	8.0%
Dec 31, 2015	7.4%
Dec 31, 2016	7.0%
Dec 31, 2017	6.7%
Dec 31, 2018	6.4%
Dec 31, 2019	6.8%
Dec 31, 2020	8.3%
Dec 31, 2021	8.8%
Dec 31, 2022	7.4%
Dec 31, 2023	7.6%
Dec 31, 2024	8.4%
Dec 31, 2025	8.7%

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