Unemployment

Present Timeline Index

Last update: 2025-04-16

Explanation

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, or
anticipates beginning a new job shortly (within four weeks).

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Unemployed by month. Västra Götaland County

2025
Municipality/ Region	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ale	455	434	437
Alingsås	595	576	549
Bengtsfors	136	129	126
Bollebygd	126	129	107
Borås	2 355	2 319	2 259
Dals-Ed	53	50	46
Essunga	62	62	57
Falköping	595	565	562
Färgelanda	85	89	92
Grästorp	46	58	50
Gullspång	83	82	68
Göteborg	15 500	15 321	14 952
Götene	183	171	169
Herrljunga	115	128	124
Hjo	94	90	94
Härryda	547	525	513
Karlsborg	53	62	58
Kungälv	533	526	534
Lerum	472	435	421
Lidköping	527	469	430
Lilla Edet	235	223	207
Lysekil	151	141	148
Mariestad	306	289	288
Mark	481	488	495
Mellerud	131	120	128
Munkedal	139	131	124
Mölndal	1 174	1 124	1 100
Orust	153	143	135
Partille	682	656	668
Skara	312	283	281
Skövde	849	788	752
Sotenäs	83	85	78
Stenungsund	310	308	277
Strömstad	180	170	168
Svenljunga	175	163	152
Tanum	152	139	111
Tibro	183	171	153
Tidaholm	133	141	147
Tjörn	138	151	134
Tranemo	138	135	130
Trollhättan	1 200	1 141	1 103
Töreboda	162	148	139
Uddevalla	1 024	955	930
Ulricehamn	312	287	291
Vara	221	215	205
Vårgårda	196	186	176
Vänersborg	645	638	596
Åmål	194	190	200
Öckerö	107	106	96
Västra Götaland County	32 781	31 935	31 060
Sweden	206447	201240	196059
Difference 2024-2025, per cent	18,9	15,8	15,1
Source: Swedish Public Employment Service

2024
Municipality/ Region	Jan	Feb	March	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ale	391	386	379	376	366	366	428	433	426	408	425	441
Alingsås	489	471	492	475	476	476	528	533	541	543	544	597
Bengtsfors	109	107	102	84	82	82	94	101	111	120	116	127
Bollebygd	94	102	102	105	106	106	108	122	101	112	112	115
Borås	2 171	2 179	2 147	2 063	2 047	2 047	2 377	2 476	2 338	2 255	2 274	2 298
Dals-Ed	50	55	49	38	34	34	36	39	40	38	42	51
Essunga	45	51	43	45	49	49	53	56	48	55	60	66
Falköping	445	431	423	416	403	403	456	477	501	539	561	586
Färgelanda	86	81	72	79	69	69	71	74	62	71	77	75
Grästorp	64	61	58	57	50	50	59	60	57	65	64	56
Gullspång	74	78	76	72	71	71	88	87	84	85	83	93
Göteborg	12 700	12 836	12 777	12 409	12 502	12 502	14 309	14 830	14 474	14 310	14 536	15 091
Götene	114	123	117	104	92	92	103	125	130	146	154	177
Herrljunga	110	109	95	90	85	85	94	95	96	105	107	116
Hjo	79	84	94	72	60	60	82	72	75	84	91	90
Härryda	397	384	361	348	364	364	453	469	479	495	505	519
Karlsborg	65	66	61	60	58	58	55	56	53	48	52	58
Kungälv	458	467	478	446	438	438	537	533	529	503	508	531
Lerum	447	442	420	395	399	399	478	476	437	454	449	468
Lidköping	396	359	347	324	331	331	389	422	452	498	525	552
Lilla Edet	229	221	215	210	206	206	201	204	194	207	215	227
Lysekil	166	182	161	150	132	132	137	139	143	148	146	162
Mariestad	299	284	263	232	210	210	258	285	293	306	307	317
Mark	465	452	448	443	433	433	485	470	442	426	424	445
Mellerud	114	115	107	107	95	95	113	108	109	99	111	119
Munkedal	140	144	144	119	115	115	115	122	128	120	121	132
Mölndal	847	844	848	832	841	841	1 001	1 004	1 000	1 010	1 058	1 133
Orust	143	150	143	121	113	113	120	126	125	133	133	145
Partille	514	561	549	558	552	552	623	649	601	592	627	667
Skara	242	237	211	218	206	206	219	251	274	278	294	324
Skövde	638	620	581	538	549	549	640	708	775	782	799	846
Sotenäs	110	103	92	94	79	79	91	95	95	89	81	85
Stenungsund	253	265	258	233	244	244	290	310	310	303	307	318
Strömstad	199	195	200	172	166	166	159	164	191	183	171	184
Svenljunga	137	144	137	135	134	134	144	139	147	149	147	165
Tanum	164	160	131	119	105	105	104	110	115	118	133	144
Tibro	172	157	142	145	138	138	152	168	168	172	167	189
Tidaholm	132	118	113	98	93	93	120	139	156	146	151	135
Tjörn	137	120	122	107	99	99	122	130	127	126	137	136
Tranemo	148	150	132	128	130	130	132	142	145	140	138	139
Trollhättan	1 030	991	957	878	877	877	1 048	1 079	1 039	1 088	1 141	1 179
Töreboda	122	121	109	98	90	90	112	128	132	127	141	156
Uddevalla	862	877	806	771	738	738	890	913	953	950	949	1 005
Ulricehamn	307	313	305	287	279	279	321	319	305	332	330	317
Vara	215	208	194	173	149	149	156	174	203	205	212	221
Vårgårda	163	149	151	135	144	144	178	177	163	178	173	186
Vänersborg	580	559	532	484	498	498	537	563	568	578	597	613
Åmål	168	175	172	161	145	145	155	164	167	157	182	179
Öckerö	88	82	80	77	84	84	91	95	99	101	94	97
Västra Götaland County	27 568	27 569	26 996	25 881	25 726	25 726	29 512	30 611	30 201	30 177	30 771	32 072
Sweden		182719	178389	170595	168635	168635	189909	194713	192026	192482	195619	203903
Difference 2023-2024, per cent	16,1	19,1	20,1	19,7	24,5	15,6	23,2	23,9	20,9	22,3	23,9	21,6
Source: Swedish Public Employment Service