Sweden’s unemployment rate reaches 8.1% in September
Statistics Sweden reported 466,000 unemployed people aged 15–74 in September 2026, an unadjusted unemployment rate of 8.1%. The number of employed people was 5.292 million.
Event / data period: 2026-09
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The seasonally adjusted and smoothed unemployment rate was 8.7%, while the corresponding employment rate was 69.6%. Unemployment among people aged 15–24 was 20.8%; its adjusted and smoothed rate was 23.2%.
Data
Source statistics
| Unadjusted unemployment rate | 8.1 |
| Adjusted and smoothed unemployment rate | 8.7 |
| Unadjusted youth unemployment rate, ages 15-24 | 20.8 |
| Adjusted and smoothed youth unemployment rate | 23.2 |
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