Unemployed

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Last update: 2026-01-15

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 2025
Municipality/Region	Number	Proportion (%)
Arjeplog	27	2,2
Arvidsjaur	85	2,9
Boden	329	2,4
Gällivare	134	1,5
Haparanda	157	4,1
Jokkmokk	42	1,9
Kalix	193	2,7
Kiruna	202	1,7
Luleå	957	2,3
Pajala	57	2,4
Piteå	434	2,1
Älvsbyn	100	2,8
Överkalix	53	3,9
Övertorneå	46	2,9
Norrbotten County	2 816	2,3
Sweden	199 202	3,8
Source: The Swedish Public Employment Service

Unemployed, annual average in 2008-2025

Year	Number unemployed aged 16-64		Proportion (%) unemployed of the population aged 16-64
Year	Norrbotten County	Sweden	Norrbotten County	Sweden
2008	5 367	150 284	4,4	3,4
2009	7 360	236 828	5,7	5,7
2010	6 530	231 288	5,1	4,9
2011	5 612	206 431	4,6	4,6
2012	5 327	212 898	4,3	4,6
2013	4 932	214 295	4,0	4,5
2014	4 419	202 463	3,5	4,3
2015	4 431	194 385	3,6	4,1
2016	4 261	189 718	3,4	4,0
2017	4 198	191 927	3,4	4,0
2018	3 996	185 710	3,2	3,8
2019	3 785	187 000	3,0	3,7
2020	4 515	252 029	3,6	4,9
2021	3 400	198 272	2,8	3,8
2022	2 594	160 051	2,2	3,2
2023	2 444	160 055	2,0	3,0
2024	2 536	186 103	2,1	3,5
2025	2 816	199 202	2,3	3,8
Source: The Swedish Public Employment Service

Unemployed, annual average 2008-2025. Index year 2008=100

Year	Unemployed. Index year 2008=100
Year	Norrbotten County	Sweden
2008	100	100
2009	130	168
2010	116	144
2011	105	135
2012	98	135
2013	91	132
2014	80	126
2015	82	121
2016	78	116
2017	77	118
2018	73	110
2019	69	110
2020	82	144
2021	63	112
2022	50	95
2023	46	89
2024	47	103
2025	52	111
Source: The Swedish Public Employment Service