Unemployed Persons, Total (Monthly, SA): Sweden
The latest reading SOTW holds for Sweden is 498.0 thousand persons for 2026-09, from Eurostat.
Reviewed series · Labor · Monthly · thousand persons · EUROSTAT.UNEMP.LEVEL.M · SWE
Both sexes. Youth rate denominator is the youth labour force, not all young people; total unemployment follows the published TOTAL age selection. Seasonally adjusted, not calendar adjusted. Values retain published units; no scaling, rebasing, interpolation or imputation by SOTW. Dataset updated timestamp is not an original observation release date or publisher vintage. Commercial geography policy reviewed 2026-10-10: EU/EFTA/official candidates only; UK, Kosovo and other noneligible countries excluded; CH/LI declaring-country commodity trade excluded.
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- Latest
- 498.0
- thousand persons · 2026-09
- Previous
- 521.0
- thousand persons · 2026-08
- Oldest shown
- 370.0
- thousand persons · 2016-10
- Readings shown
- 120
- Newest readings; the full history is in the API
Sweden · history
thousand persons · Monthly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (thousand persons) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09 | 498.0 | |
| 2026-08 | 521.0 | |
| 2026-07 | 502.0 | |
| 2026-06 | 514.0 | |
| 2026-05 | 511.0 | |
| 2026-04 | 488.0 | |
| 2026-03 | 538.0 | |
| 2026-02 | 487.0 | |
| 2026-01 | 466.0 | |
| 2025-12 | 512.0 | |
| 2025-11 | 521.0 | |
| 2025-10 | 540.0 | |
| 2025-09 | 506.0 | |
| 2025-08 | 503.0 | |
| 2025-07 | 512.0 | |
| 2025-06 | 477.0 | |
| 2025-05 | 523.0 | |
| 2025-04 | 499.0 | |
| 2025-03 | 458.0 | |
| 2025-02 | 514.0 | |
| 2025-01 | 569.0 | |
| 2024-12 | 489.0 | |
| 2024-11 | 471.0 | |
| 2024-10 | 469.0 | |
| 2024-09 | 497.0 | |
| 2024-08 | 471.0 | |
| 2024-07 | 496.0 | |
| 2024-06 | 480.0 | |
| 2024-05 | 456.0 | |
| 2024-04 | 497.0 | |
| 2024-03 | 497.0 | |
| 2024-02 | 460.0 | |
| 2024-01 | 455.0 | |
| 2023-12 | 469.0 | |
| 2023-11 | 456.0 | |
| 2023-10 | 450.0 | |
| 2023-09 | 466.0 | |
| 2023-08 | 463.0 | |
| 2023-07 | 407.0 | |
| 2023-06 | 463.0 | |
| 2023-05 | 413.0 | |
| 2023-04 | 407.0 | |
| 2023-03 | 411.0 | |
| 2023-02 | 437.0 | |
| 2023-01 | 404.0 | |
| 2022-12 | 422.0 | |
| 2022-11 | 413.0 | |
| 2022-10 | 438.0 | |
| 2022-09 | 392.0 | |
| 2022-08 | 388.0 | |
| 2022-07 | 409.0 | |
| 2022-06 | 419.0 | |
| 2022-05 | 440.0 | |
| 2022-04 | 440.0 | |
| 2022-03 | 429.0 | |
| 2022-02 | 409.0 | |
| 2022-01 | 448.0 | |
| 2021-12 | 447.0 | |
| 2021-11 | 469.0 | |
| 2021-10 | 466.0 | |
| 2021-09 | 495.0 | |
| 2021-08 | 494.0 | |
| 2021-07 | 481.0 | |
| 2021-06 | 521.0 | |
| 2021-05 | 506.0 | |
| 2021-04 | 503.0 | |
| 2021-03 | 527.0 | |
| 2021-02 | 504.0 | |
| 2021-01 | 492.0 | |
| 2020-12 | 506.0 | |
| 2020-11 | 472.0 | |
| 2020-10 | 481.0 | |
| 2020-09 | 496.0 | |
| 2020-08 | 511.0 | |
| 2020-07 | 523.0 | |
| 2020-06 | 495.0 | |
| 2020-05 | 465.0 | |
| 2020-04 | 442.0 | |
| 2020-03 | 369.0 | |
| 2020-02 | 430.0 | |
| 2020-01 | 407.0 | |
| 2019-12 | 373.0 | |
| 2019-11 | 426.0 | |
| 2019-10 | 378.0 | |
| 2019-09 | 372.0 | |
| 2019-08 | 397.0 | |
| 2019-07 | 398.0 | |
| 2019-06 | 350.0 | |
| 2019-05 | 358.0 | |
| 2019-04 | 358.0 | |
| 2019-03 | 406.0 | |
| 2019-02 | 375.0 | |
| 2019-01 | 343.0 | |
| 2018-12 | 368.0 | |
| 2018-11 | 360.0 | |
| 2018-10 | 353.0 | |
| 2018-09 | 356.0 | |
| 2018-08 | 349.0 | |
| 2018-07 | 352.0 | Series break (B) |
| 2018-06 | 355.0 | |
| 2018-05 | 327.0 | |
| 2018-04 | 352.0 | |
| 2018-03 | 333.0 | |
| 2018-02 | 316.0 | |
| 2018-01 | 366.0 | |
| 2017-12 | 361.0 | |
| 2017-11 | 349.0 | |
| 2017-10 | 375.0 | |
| 2017-09 | 373.0 | |
| 2017-08 | 349.0 | |
| 2017-07 | 374.0 | |
| 2017-06 | 356.0 | |
| 2017-05 | 366.0 | |
| 2017-04 | 368.0 | |
| 2017-03 | 345.0 | |
| 2017-02 | 372.0 | |
| 2017-01 | 370.0 | |
| 2016-12 | 373.0 | |
| 2016-11 | 369.0 | |
| 2016-10 | 370.0 |
Source: Eurostat. Newest 120 readings shown, 2016-10 to 2026-09. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.