Unemployment - Sweden
Value & RankThe Unemployment of Sweden is 8.10 (%) with a global rank of 93.
Sweden compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Sweden is similar to that of Netherlands, Mauritius, Guam, Oman, Mali, Finland, Ukraine, Bermuda, Eritrea, Venezuela with a respective Unemployment of 8.30, 8.30, 8.20, 8.10, 8.10, 8.10, 8.00, 8.00, 7.90, 7.90 (%) and a global rank of 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98.Last 10 years averageSweden had an average Unemployment of 6.86 (%) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Sweden during the Great RecessionSweden's Unemployment had a positive growth of 48.2% during the Great RecessionSweden since the end of the Great RecessionSweden's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 2.41% since the end of the Great Recession
Sweden compared to other CountriesThe Unemployment of Sweden is similar to that of Netherlands, Mauritius, Guam, Oman, Mali, Finland, Ukraine, Bermuda, Eritrea, Venezuela with a respective Unemployment of 8.30, 8.30, 8.20, 8.10, 8.10, 8.10, 8.00, 8.00, 7.90, 7.90 (%) and a global rank of 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98.Last 10 years averageSweden had an average Unemployment of 6.86 (%) in the last 10 years from (2003 to 2013).
Sweden during the Great RecessionSweden's Unemployment had a positive growth of 48.2% during the Great RecessionSweden since the end of the Great RecessionSweden's Unemployment had a negative growth (decline) of 2.41% since the end of the Great Recession
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1991 | 3.30 |
1992 | 5.80 |
1993 | 9.50 |
1994 | 9.70 |
1995 | 9.20 |
1996 | 10.10 |
1997 | 10.20 |
1998 | 8.50 |
1999 | 7.20 |
2000 | 5.90 |
2001 | 5.10 |
2002 | 4.00 |
2003 | 4.90 |
2004 | 6.60 |
2005 | 5.80 |
2006 | 5.60 |
2007 | 6.10 |
2008 | 6.20 |
2009 | 8.30 |
2010 | 8.40 |
2011 | 7.50 |
2012 | 8.00 |
2013 | 8.10 |
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Netherlands | 88 | 8.30 |
Mauritius | 89 | 8.30 |
Guam | 90 | 8.20 |
Oman | 91 | 8.10 |
Mali | 92 | 8.10 |
Sweden | 93 | 8.10 |
Finland | 94 | 8.10 |
Ukraine | 95 | 8.00 |
Bermuda | 96 | 8.00 |
Eritrea | 97 | 7.90 |
Venezuela | 98 | 7.90 |
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Datasource: Compile from multiple sources
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators
CIA - The World Factbook
Workbank - World Development Indicators