Swedish Jobless Rate Falls to 8.6%

2026-02-16 07:32 By Kyrie Dichosa 1 min. read

Sweden’s unemployment rate fell to 8.6% in January 2026 from 10.4% in the same month a year earlier.

The total number of unemployed people decreased by 102,000 compared to January 2025, reaching 490,000, comprising 225,000 women and 264,000 men, with unemployment rates of 8.3% for women and 8.9% for men.

The number of unemployed young people aged 15–24 fell by 5,300 to 148,000, corresponding to a youth unemployment rate of 23.3%.

Meanwhile, the number of employed people aged 15–74 increased by 85,000 to 5.194 million.

The number of people in long-term unemployment (unemployed for at least 27 weeks) stood at 191,000, including 94,000 women and 98,000 men.

The average total number of hours worked per week amounted to 128.6 million.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the unemployment rate was 8.7%, while youth unemployment stood at 23.9%.



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Swedish Jobless Rate Falls to 8.6%
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