Unemployed

Present Timeline Index

Last update: 2025-01-15

Explanation

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).

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Unemployed of the population aged 16-64 years, annual average in 2024
Municipality/Region	Number	Proportion (%)
Falkenberg	698	3,1
Halmstad	1 865	3,5
Hylte	203	4,2
Kungsbacka	847	2,0
Laholm	380	3,1
Varberg	856	2,5
Halland County	4 849	2,9
Sweden	186 103	3,5
Source: The Swedish Public Employment Service

Unemployed, annual average in 2008-2024

Year	Number unemployed aged 16-64		Proportion (%) unemployed of the population aged 16-64
Year	Halland County	Sweden	Halland County	Sweden
2008	3 874	150 284	2,7	3,4
2009	6 429	236 828	4,3	5,7
2010	6 438	231 288	4,3	4,9
2011	5 410	206 431	3,7	4,6
2012	5 482	212 898	3,7	4,6
2013	5 518	214 295	3,6	4,5
2014	5 121	202 463	3,4	4,3
2015	5 117	194 385	3,4	4,1
2016	5 446	189 718	3,6	4,0
2017	5 291	191 927	3,4	4,0
2018	5 008	185 710	3,2	3,8
2019	4 724	187 000	2,9	3,7
2020	6 478	252 029	3,9	4,9
2021	5 075	198 272	3,1	3,8
2022	3 863	160 051	2,4	3,2
2023	3 884	160 055	2,3	3,0
2024	4 849	186 103	2,9	3,5
Source: The Swedish Public Employment Service

Unemployed, annual average 2008-2024. Index year 2008=100

Year	Unemployed. Index year 2008=100
Year	Halland County	Sweden
2008	100	100
2009	159	168
2010	159	144
2011	137	135
2012	137	135
2013	133	132
2014	126	126
2015	126	121
2016	131	118
2017	126	118
2018	117	110
2019	108	110
2020	145	144
2021	113	112
2022	91	95
2023	85	89
2024	106	103
Source: The Swedish Public Employment Service