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Unemployment rate / Sweden

Share of the labour force aged 15-74 that is unemployed, seasonally adjusted (Labour Force Survey).

%September 2026

Latest published

8.6 %

Unemployment rate in Sweden was 8.6 % (September 2026).

-0.2 percentage points
Compared with a year earlier

Unemployment rate

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Unemployment rateSept 2025 - Sept 2026. 13 Data table. 7.98.499.5%Sept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026

Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB6387, processed by SwedenMetrics.

What this number means

Share of the labour force aged 15-74 that is unemployed, seasonally adjusted (Labour Force Survey).

Survey-based estimate with a margin of error. Seasonally adjusted figures are revised.

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Monthly
Coverage
Sweden

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Survey-based estimate with a margin of error. Seasonally adjusted figures are revised.

Publisher
Statistics Sweden (SCB)
Table / dataset
TAB6387
Licence
CC0
Automatically checked
31 Oct 2026
Range check · Passed

latest 2026M09 = 8.6, allowed 1..25

Rate recalculated from counts · Passed

2026M09: reported 8.6, recomputed 8.57

Freshness · Passed

latest 2026M09 ends 31 days ago, max 90

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Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB6387, processed by SwedenMetrics.

The figures behind the chart

Period%
Sept 20268.6
Aug 20268.9
Jul 20268.6
Jun 20268.9
May 20268.8
Apr 20268.5
Mar 20269.3
Feb 20268.4
Jan 20268.1
Dec 20258.8
Nov 20259
Oct 20259.3

Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB6387, processed by SwedenMetrics.