Unemployment

Present Timeline Index

Last update: 2026-05-13

Explanation

The main rule is that a person is unemployed during the measurement week if he/she is not occupied, and in addition, meets the following criteria:

- Wishes to work.
- Can take a job within 14 days.
- Has applied for a job within the past four weeks, or
anticipates beginning a new job shortly (within four weeks).

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Unemployed by month. Västra Götaland County

2026
Municipality/ Region	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ale	500	481	478	445
Alingsås	592	578	550	531
Bengtsfors	118	113	105	99
Bollebygd	113	119	118	121
Borås	2 253	2 252	2 221	2 071
Dals-Ed	47	52	46	38
Essunga	57	65	64	57
Falköping	547	539	506	483
Färgelanda	91	94	75	72
Grästorp	69	75	61	61
Gullspång	74	66	60	52
Göteborg	15 551	15 247	14 859	14 561
Götene	179	170	169	153
Herrljunga	140	127	123	118
Hjo	94	87	74	67
Härryda	533	524	492	492
Karlsborg	70	69	69	57
Kungälv	553	559	566	551
Lerum	469	472	451	465
Lidköping	505	471	443	393
Lilla Edet	224	225	228	223
Lysekil	146	136	139	126
Mariestad	304	301	267	267
Mark	443	431	438	438
Mellerud	111	105	106	105
Munkedal	142	127	132	117
Mölndal	1 162	1 085	1 066	1 039
Orust	171	162	150	137
Partille	677	664	634	639
Skara	265	251	247	236
Skövde	857	776	747	748
Sotenäs	114	102	86	80
Stenungsund	300	288	293	290
Strömstad	193	188	185	170
Svenljunga	148	144	153	154
Tanum	137	119	119	106
Tibro	177	176	167	157
Tidaholm	150	158	152	133
Tjörn	138	128	121	127
Tranemo	155	143	146	148
Trollhättan	1 102	1 072	1 024	1 018
Töreboda	145	139	127	120
Uddevalla	950	936	919	880
Ulricehamn	322	308	308	282
Vara	216	199	180	177
Vårgårda	170	167	173	164
Vänersborg	688	643	641	632
Åmål	190	183	169	152
Öckerö	105	96	92	87
Västra Götaland County	32 457	31 612	30 739	29 839
Sweden	202688	198549	191859	185492
Difference 2025-2026, per cent	-1,0	-1,0	-1,0	0,6
Source: Swedish Public Employment Service

2025
Municipality/ Region	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ale	455	434	437	421	441	460	496	544	488	468	459	482
Alingsås	595	576	549	525	520	589	619	630	599	569	573	594
Bengtsfors	136	129	126	120	124	124	140	146	119	105	108	117
Bollebygd	126	129	107	96	95	121	128	117	118	115	110	110
Borås	2 355	2 319	2 259	2 126	2 063	2 229	2 333	2 357	2 163	2 171	2 134	2 180
Dals-Ed	53	50	46	38	34	35	36	43	42	43	46	48
Essunga	62	62	57	62	57	64	66	65	65	67	66	61
Falköping	595	565	562	528	518	507	507	523	539	533	558	557
Färgelanda	85	89	92	82	78	99	101	104	84	78	81	86
Grästorp	46	58	50	55	51	57	59	50	48	57	60	64
Gullspång	83	82	68	70	63	69	64	70	74	82	71	73
Göteborg	15 500	15 321	14 952	14 457	14 456	15 369	16 038	16 315	15 374	15 007	14 841	15 205
Götene	183	171	169	164	161	162	161	178	165	167	162	164
Herrljunga	115	128	124	124	120	134	145	140	137	134	138	147
Hjo	94	90	94	78	80	83	85	85	89	83	80	96
Härryda	547	525	513	470	490	530	547	550	517	519	516	527
Karlsborg	53	62	58	64	59	58	54	62	62	60	59	72
Kungälv	533	526	534	504	518	581	613	602	568	586	561	556
Lerum	472	435	421	416	423	511	532	522	482	472	477	470
Lidköping	527	469	430	415	397	436	466	490	472	490	502	505
Lilla Edet	235	223	207	186	176	216	230	235	215	224	208	219
Lysekil	151	141	148	143	137	134	137	137	138	136	151	142
Mariestad	306	289	288	264	245	246	264	288	286	270	272	293
Mark	481	488	495	459	448	469	489	475	431	412	417	442
Mellerud	131	120	128	118	114	120	111	110	112	107	104	99
Munkedal	139	131	124	116	115	126	128	133	133	140	140	142
Mölndal	1 174	1 124	1 100	1 040	1 039	1 131	1 208	1 229	1 146	1 110	1 130	1 138
Orust	153	143	135	129	132	143	148	164	164	168	166	161
Partille	682	656	668	649	685	716	768	789	725	694	684	686
Skara	312	283	281	262	256	261	258	290	256	250	266	268
Skövde	849	788	752	682	652	726	773	828	744	744	791	813
Sotenäs	83	85	78	67	76	78	87	83	85	94	94	102
Stenungsund	310	308	277	266	271	291	312	318	324	315	303	322
Strömstad	180	170	168	167	175	171	173	175	181	191	176	185
Svenljunga	175	163	152	133	132	124	145	150	142	137	139	143
Tanum	152	139	111	111	119	126	128	137	128	136	138	137
Tibro	183	171	153	148	150	163	163	189	175	172	166	172
Tidaholm	133	141	147	127	106	124	132	125	135	132	129	134
Tjörn	138	151	134	143	144	150	164	150	130	124	126	136
Tranemo	138	135	130	111	101	115	130	136	143	132	147	144
Trollhättan	1 200	1 141	1 103	1 054	999	1 100	1 158	1 137	1 066	1 026	1 066	1 084
Töreboda	162	148	139	134	131	114	127	139	130	121	135	139
Uddevalla	1 024	955	930	881	889	934	985	984	899	860	879	914
Ulricehamn	312	287	291	269	282	305	318	322	305	307	319	317
Vara	221	215	205	192	175	175	196	211	206	197	205	218
Vårgårda	196	186	176	163	144	153	174	182	158	141	157	166
Vänersborg	645	638	596	569	587	641	673	649	599	585	643	680
Åmål	194	190	200	177	186	202	209	201	179	184	183	195
Öckerö	107	106	96	86	85	101	113	110	100	96	103	104
Västra Götaland County	32 781	31 935	31 060	29 661	29 499	31 573	33 091	33 669	31 640	31 011	31 039	31 809
Sweden	206447	201240	196059	190077	188399	201528	209164	208656	198510	196074	195387	198888
Difference 2024-2025, per cent	18,9	15,8	15,1	14,6	14,7	13,7	12,1	10,0	4,8	2,8	0,9	-0,8
Source: Swedish Public Employment Service