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Sweden Average Unemployment Rate 1980-2025

Name: Sweden Unemployment Rate
Creator: World Bank
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6.45% 46 data points

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

Sweden's average unemployment rate from 1980 to 2025 was 6.45%, based on 46 data points.

All Data (sorted by year)▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2025	8.69%	+0.34pp	138th
2024	8.40%	+0.73pp	140th
2023	7.61%	+0.13pp	133rd
2022	7.42%	−1.48pp	131st
2021	8.80%	+0.32pp	132nd
2020	8.29%	+1.38pp	124th
2019	6.83%	+0.40pp	123rd
2018	6.37%	−0.42pp	114th
2017	6.72%	−0.34pp	112th
2016	6.99%	−0.53pp	107th
2015	7.43%	−0.61pp	111th
2014	7.95%	−0.15pp	118th
2013	8.05%	−0.02pp	115th
2012	7.98%	+0.10pp	116th
2011	7.80%	−0.90pp	114th
2010	8.61%	+0.19pp	126th
2009	8.35%	+2.08pp	119th
2008	6.24%	−0.01pp	103rd
2007	6.16%	−1.01pp	101st
2006	7.07%	−0.84pp	106th
2005	7.81%	+0.29pp	110th
2004	6.69%	+0.00pp	93rd
2003	5.56%	−0.53pp	71st
2002	4.97%	−1.00pp	66th
2001	4.73%	−1.61pp	68th
2000	5.47%	−2.08pp	75th
1999	7.61%	−1.21pp	103rd
1998	8.94%	−1.93pp	113th
1997	10.36%	−0.52pp	126th
1996	9.55%	−0.87pp	119th
1995	8.90%	−1.89pp	120th
1994	9.58%	−1.57pp	121st
1993	9.33%	+2.23pp	119th
1992	5.72%	+1.72pp	87th
1991	3.24%	+1.00pp	59th
1990	2.24%	+0.22pp	10th
1989	2.03%	−0.33pp	9th
1988	2.35%	−0.52pp	6th
1987	2.87%	−0.74pp	9th
1986	3.61%	−0.24pp	12th
1985	3.85%	−0.38pp	12th
1984	4.23%	−0.53pp	13th
1983	4.76%	+0.42pp	14th
1982	4.34%	+0.93pp	13th
1981	3.42%	+0.72pp	9th
1980	2.70%	–	10th

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