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2025-12-12 15:29:48
[Sweden's Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.2% in November] ⑴ Sweden's unemployment rate rose to 8.2% in November 2025, higher than 7.4% in the same period last year. ⑵ The total number of unemployed increased by 52,400 compared to the same period last year, reaching 470,400, including 217,000 women and 253,000 men. The unemployment rate for women was 8.0%, and for men it was 8.4%. ⑶ In addition, the number of unemployed young people aged 15 to 24 increased by 27,800 to 155,200, corresponding to an unemployment rate of 23.8%. ⑷ At the same time, the number of employed people increased by 73,200 to 5,275,000, the employment rate rose by 0.7 percentage points to 69%, and the labor force participation rate rose by 1.4 percentage points to 75.2%. ⑸ The average total working hours per week was 171.4 million hours. ⑹ The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 9%.
