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Sweden Unemployment Rate 2000s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
6.30% decade average (2000-2009)

Sweden's unemployment rate during the 2000s ranged from 4.73% (2001) to 8.35% (2009), averaging 6.30% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 5.47% −2.08pp 75th
2001 4.73% −1.61pp 68th
2002 4.97% −1.00pp 66th
2003 5.56% −0.53pp 71st
2004 6.69% +0.00pp 93rd
2005 7.81% +0.29pp 110th
2006 7.07% −0.84pp 106th
2007 6.16% −1.01pp 101st
2008 6.24% −0.01pp 103rd
2009 8.35% +2.08pp 119th