In September 2017, in Sweden there were 5 052 000 employed persons aged 15–74, not seasonally adjusted. This was an increase of 136 000 persons compared with September 2016.

The number of employed men were 2 657 000 and the number of employed women were 2 395 000, which was an increase of 89 000 and 47 000 respectively. The employment rate was 68.1 percent, an increase of 1.1 percentage points. Among men, the employment rate was 70.5 percent, an increase of 1.5 percentage points. Among women, it was 65.6 percent.

There were 332 000 unemployed persons and the unemployment rate was 6.2 percent.

The number of hours worked averaged 171.2 million per week, not seasonally adjusted. Calendar adjusted figures show no significant difference compared with September 2016. Smoothed and seasonally adjusted data shows a small increase in the number of hours worked per week. In September 2017, smoothed and seasonally adjusted data amounted to 152.1 million hours worked per week.

Based on: www.scb.se
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