Unemployment rate in Sweden 2001-2021
The unemployment rate in Sweden decreased steadily from 2010 after the financial crisis the previous years. However, the employment rate increased since 2018, reaching nearly nine percent in 2021 after the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. The unemployment rate among men were slightly higher than among women from 2010 to 2019, when the trend changed. In 2021, the unemployment rates for men and women were 8.5 and 9.1 percent, respectively.
Unemployment benefits
As unemployed in Sweden, there is a possibility to receive unemployment benefits (A-kassa). To receive these benefits, the unemployed person needs to be registered at the Swedish Public Employment Service, needs to be ready to take on a job at any time, and needs to have had a job for at least six months during the last year. In 2020, over 340,000 individuals in Sweden received these benefits, more than 100,000 than the previous year.
Unemployment funds
The unemployment benefit system in Sweden is administrated by 27 different insurance funds, based on the occupation of the employed or unemployed. Unionens was the unemployment insurance that paid out unemployment benefits to the most recipients in 2020, amounting to around 66.300.
Unemployment benefits
As unemployed in Sweden, there is a possibility to receive unemployment benefits (A-kassa). To receive these benefits, the unemployed person needs to be registered at the Swedish Public Employment Service, needs to be ready to take on a job at any time, and needs to have had a job for at least six months during the last year. In 2020, over 340,000 individuals in Sweden received these benefits, more than 100,000 than the previous year.
Unemployment funds
The unemployment benefit system in Sweden is administrated by 27 different insurance funds, based on the occupation of the employed or unemployed. Unionens was the unemployment insurance that paid out unemployment benefits to the most recipients in 2020, amounting to around 66.300.
