Sweden, Employment rate, ages 20 to 64 2025: 81.8 %
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64 in Sweden was 81.8 % in 2025. That is -0.1 % against 2024. Source: Eurostat lfst_r_lfe2emprt, published 2026-09-10.
Questions and answers
- What is the latest figure for Employment rate, ages 20 to 64 in Sweden?
- 81.8 % (2025), according to Eurostat.
- How does Sweden rank in Europe?
- Rank 6 of 30 European countries with data for 2025, from highest to lowest.
- How has it changed since 2024?
- From 81.9 % to 81.8 %, a change of −0.1 %.
What the number means
How large a share of the working-age population has a job.
Earlier periods
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.8 % |
| 2024 | 81.9 % |
| 2023 | 82.6 % |
| 2022 | 82.0 % |
| 2021 | 80.4 % |
| 2020 | 80.8 % |
| 2019 | 82.1 % |
| 2018 | 82.4 % |
| 2017 | 81.8 % |
| 2016 | 81.2 % |
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Open the table at Eurostat
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EU rules behind this number
- AI Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Annex III, point 4): AI used for hiring, promotion or dismissal is high-risk under the AI Act. Duties, exemptions and fines
- GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (Art. 88): Member states may set their own rules for employee data.
Other series for this region
- Gross domestic product per inhabitant
- Consumer price change, annual average
- Unemployment rate
- Nights spent at tourist accommodation
- Population on 1 January
- Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
- Government debt, share of GDP
- Government surplus or deficit, share of GDP
- Hourly labour cost
- House price change, annual
- Unemployment rate, monthly
- Inflation, monthly
- House price change, quarterly
Same series, other regions
- Iceland
- Middle Norrland
- Småland and the islands
- Malta
- Stockholm
- Netherlands
- Czechia
- Switzerland
- Upper Norrland
- Estonia
- West Sweden
- Western Norway
- Cyprus
- North Middle Sweden
- Germany
- Hungary
- Oslo and Viken
- Ireland
- Lithuania
- South Sweden
- Denmark
- Portugal
- East Middle Sweden
- Norway
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
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