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, oranticipates beginning a new job shortly (within four weeks).
Unemployed by month. Halland County
2025
Municipality/ Region
Jan
Feb
March
April
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Falkenberg
798
770
696
Halmstad
2 059
2 031
1 956
Hylte
224
212
211
Kungsbacka
946
922
899
Laholm
466
439
401
Varberg
940
897
821
Halland County
5 433
5 271
4 984
Sweden
206447
201240
196059
Difference 2024-2025, per cent
10,9
6,5
6,2
Source: Swedish Public Employment Service
2024
771
762
707
634
621
638
654
700
723
687
725
756
1 940
1 902
1 809
1 723
1 643
1 714
1 814
1 947
1 982
1 943
1 920
2 045
191
192
196
205
194
193
201
199
207
210
218
225
811
733
849
913
931
905
877
904
354
369
356
331
322
357
376
391
394
418
421
468
875
911
856
780
774
822
851
855
869
871
928
4 901
4 947
4 694
4 406
4 310
4 573
4 809
5 045
5 066
5 004
5 059
5 368
183144
182719
178389
170595
168635
181096
189909
194713
192026
192482
195619
203903
Difference 2023-2024, per cent
25,0
25,5
27,1
30,8
33,7
33,3
28,3
26,7
24,8
20,1
16,7
13,2