Unemployed

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Last update: 2024-01-25

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 2023
Municipality/Region	Number	Proportion (%)
Arjeplog	26	2,0
Arvidsjaur	68	2,4
Boden	310	2,2
Gällivare	102	1,1
Haparanda	128	3,4
Jokkmokk	37	1,6
Kalix	191	2,6
Kiruna	153	1,3
Luleå	811	2,0
Pajala	42	1,7
Piteå	409	2,0
Älvsbyn	84	2,3
Överkalix	45	3,1
Övertorneå	38	2,2
Norrbotten County	2 444	2,0
Sweden	160 055	3,0
Source: The Swedish Public Employment Service

Unemployed, annual average in 2008-2023

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
Source: The Swedish Public Employment Service

Unemployed, annual average 2008-2023. 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
Source: The Swedish Public Employment Service