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Unemployment rate, foreign-born / Sweden

Share of the labour force aged 15-74 that is unemployed among people foreign-born, seasonally adjusted.

%September 2026

Latest published

14.9 %

Unemployment rate, foreign-born in Sweden was 14.9 % (September 2026).

-0.6 percentage points
Compared with a year earlier

Unemployment rate, foreign-born

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Unemployment rate, foreign-bornSept 2025 - Sept 2026. 13 Data table. 13.114.61617.5%Sept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026

Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB6512, processed by SwedenMetrics.

What this number means

Share of the labour force aged 15-74 that is unemployed among people foreign-born, seasonally adjusted.

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Monthly
Coverage
Sweden

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Publisher
Statistics Sweden (SCB)
Table / dataset
TAB6512
Licence
CC0
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31 Oct 2026
Range check · Passed

latest 2026M09 = 14.9, allowed 1..35

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latest 2026M09 ends 31 days ago, max 90

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Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB6512, processed by SwedenMetrics.

The figures behind the chart

Period%
Sept 202614.9
Aug 202614.9
Jul 202615.8
Jun 202616.2
May 202615.9
Apr 202613.7
Mar 202616.4
Feb 202614.2
Jan 202615
Dec 202516
Nov 202516.4
Oct 202516.9

Data: Statistics Sweden (SCB), table TAB6512, processed by SwedenMetrics.