Proportion of economically active population

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Last update: 2025-12-02

Explanation

The register-based labour market statistics (RAMS) produced annually by Statistics Sweden are comprehensive statistics based on, among other things, employers’ wage statements and self-employed persons' tax returns. The total population for RAMS includes all persons registered in Sweden at year-end. The statistics present the number of employees and earning intensity of different groups of the population using the month of November as the reference period.

Gainfully employed.
All persons deemed to have carried out an average of one hour's work per week during November are registered as gainfully employed. Those who were temporarily absent during the assessment period, for instance due to illness, are also included in the survey. When it cannot be ascertained from a wage statement whether an individual was employed during November, the size of the annual salary is used as a criterion. If the annual salary is greater than the indexed base amount then the person is deemed gainfully employed. Certain benefits, such as sickness benefit and parents’ allowance, are in this regard included as salary.

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Population in Västra Götaland County 2024-12-31 and proportion of gainfully employed women and men.

Age	Number							Proportion (%)
	Population			Employed or selfemployed		Unemployed or not in labour force		Employed or self-employed		Unemployed or not in labour force
	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
0-4	44 852	47 505	92 357			44 852	47 505	0,0	0,0	2,5	2,7
5-9	48 604	51 915	100 519			48 604	51 915	0,0	0,0	2,7	2,9
10-14	50 583	53 501	104 084			50 583	53 501	0,0	0,0	2,9	3,0
15-19	49 739	52 998	102 737	15 236	12 088	34 503	40 910	0,9	0,7	1,9	2,3
20-24	48 982	52 410	101 392	31 355	33 535	17 627	18 875	1,8	1,9	1,0	1,1
25-29	52 775	58 130	110 905	39 751	45 052	13 024	13 078	2,2	2,5	0,7	0,7
30-34	65 650	69 571	135 221	53 648	58 804	12 002	10 767	3,0	3,3	0,7	0,6
35-39	61 131	65 269	126 400	51 138	56 215	9 993	9 054	2,9	3,2	0,6	0,5
40-44	54 087	57 040	111 127	46 068	49 353	8 019	7 687	2,6	2,8	0,5	0,4
45-49	51 758	53 762	105 520	45 019	47 085	6 739	6 677	2,5	2,7	0,4	0,4
50-54	54 172	55 372	109 544	46 820	48 662	7 352	6 710	2,6	2,7	0,4	0,4
55-59	55 374	56 663	112 037	46 445	48 684	8 929	7 979	2,6	2,7	0,5	0,5
60-64	50 393	51 026	101 419	37 384	39 226	13 009	11 800	2,1	2,2	0,7	0,7
65-69	45 788	45 298	91 086	15 677	18 730	30 111	26 568	0,9	1,1	1,7	1,5
70-74	42 723	40 473	83 196	6 141	10 010	36 582	30 463	0,3	0,6	2,1	1,7
75-79	42 024	38 961	80 985			42 024	38 961	0,0	0,0	2,4	2,2
80-84	30 187	26 091	56 278			30 187	26 091	0,0	0,0	1,7	1,5
85-89	17 860	12 647	30 507			17 860	12 647	0,0	0,0	1,0	0,7
90-94	8 923	4 499	13 422			8 923	4 499	0,0	0,0	0,5	0,3
95-99	2 660	944	3 604			2 660	944	0,0	0,0	0,2	0,1
100-	400	81	481			400	81	0,0	0,0	0,0	0,0
Total	878 665	894 156	1 772 821	434 682	467 444	443 983	426 712	24,5	26,4	25,0	24,1
Källa: Statistiska centralbyrån