Unemployment statistics from the Public Employment Service comprise jobseekers without jobs who actively apply for jobs available on the labour market and can immediately take up employment, and who are not participating in employment policy programmes. The definition is different from that used by Statistics Sweden in labour force surveys (AKU).
Long-term unemployed:unemployed for more than 6 months for persons aged under 25 yearsunemployed for more than 12 months for persons aged over 25 years
Long-term unemploment in 2008-2023. Annual average
Year
Number
Proportion %
Halland County
Sweden
2008
1 451
62 994
1,0
1,4
2009
2 278
97 692
1,5
2,1
2010
3 764
153 700
2,5
3,3
2011
3 700
153 617
3,4
2012
3 630
155 682
2,4
2013
3 760
160 928
2014
3 615
156 923
2015
156 293
2016
4 032
157 813
2,6
2017
3 976
149 082
2018
4 012
149 111
2019
3 872
144 881
2,0
2,3
2020
4 023
163 396
2021
4 589
184 713
2,9
2022
161 672
3,1
2023
3 237
139 640
1,9
2,7
Source: The Swedish Public Employment Service
Long-term unemploment in 2008-2023. Index year 2008=100
Long-term unemploment. Index 2008=100
100
150
147
244
229
249
238
239
235
243
233
232
242
231
258
205
170
203
167
196
163
200
181
227
204
219
189
188