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 (%)
Ale	312	1,9
Alingsås	402	2,0
Bengtsfors	104	2,6
Bollebygd	84	1,7
Borås	1 837	3,1
Dals-Ed	47	2,2
Essunga	54	2,1
Falköping	365	2,3
Färgelanda	76	2,5
Grästorp	47	1,7
Gullspång	75	3,4
Göteborg	11 060	3,5
Götene	108	1,7
Herrljunga	88	1,9
Hjo	68	1,6
Härryda	347	1,7
Karlsborg	51	1,6
Kungälv	413	1,7
Lerum	351	1,6
Lidköping	331	1,7
Lilla Edet	168	2,3
Lysekil	153	2,5
Mariestad	240	2,1
Mark	357	2,1
Mellerud	114	2,8
Munkedal	111	2,3
Mölndal	711	1,9
Orust	109	1,6
Partille	461	2,3
Skara	214	2,3
Skövde	573	2,0
Sotenäs	73	1,8
Stenungsund	224	1,6
Strömstad	138	2,5
Svenljunga	112	2,2
Tanum	122	2,1
Tibro	135	2,6
Tidaholm	105	1,7
Tjörn	105	1,4
Tranemo	120	2,1
Trollhättan	906	3,1
Töreboda	104	2,5
Uddevalla	741	2,7
Ulricehamn	261	2,1
Vara	174	2,2
Vårgårda	121	2,0
Vänersborg	515	2,8
Åmål	170	3,1
Öckerö	66	1,1
Västra Götaland County	23 620	2,7
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	Västra Götaland County	Sweden	Västra Götaland County	Sweden
2008	24 725	150 284	3,3	3,4
2009	43 090	236 828	5,4	5,7
2010	39 736	231 288	4,9	4,9
2011	32 973	206 431	4,3	4,6
2012	34 924	212 898	4,4	4,6
2013	34 813	214 295	4,3	4,5
2014	32 540	202 463	4,1	4,3
2015	30 766	194 385	3,8	4,1
2016	29 155	189 718	3,6	4,0
2017	29 022	191 927	3,6	4,0
2018	28 561	185 710	3,4	3,8
2019	28 947	187 000	3,4	3,7
2020	41 396	252 029	4,7	4,9
2021	31 728	198 272	3,6	3,8
2022	23 662	160 051	2,9	3,2
2023	23 620	160 055	2,7	3,0
Source: The Swedish Public Employment Service

Unemployed, annual average 2008-2023. Index year 2008=100

Year	Unemployed. Index year 2008=100
Year	Västra Götaland County	Sweden
2008	100	100
2009	164	168
2010	148	144
2011	130	135
2012	133	135
2013	130	132
2014	124	126
2015	115	121
2016	110	118
2017	108	118
2018	103	110
2019	103	110
2020	143	144
2021	109	112
2022	87	95
2023	81	89
Source: The Swedish Public Employment Service