The unemployment rate in Sweden increased significantly from March 2020 due to the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). It was at its highest in June 2020, when it reached 9.2 percent, and was around nine percent until May 2021, when it started to decrease. In November 2022, the monthly unemployment rate in Sweden was 7.2 percent.
Monthly unemployment rate in Sweden from January 2020 to November 2022
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Statistics on Coronavirus: economic impact in the Nordic countries
Overview
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- Basic Statistic COVID-19 cases worldwide as of February 3, 2023, by country or territory
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- Basic Statistic Cumulative number of coronavirus deaths in the Nordics 2023
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Economic forecasts
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- Basic Statistic Post coronavirus GDP growth forecast in Sweden 2020-2025
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- Basic Statistic Post coronavirus GDP growth forecast in Norway 2020-2025
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Unemployment
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Bankruptcies and insolvencies
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- Basic Statistic Bankruptcies after COVID-19 and rising inflation in Sweden 2020-2022, by industry
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- Basic Statistic Weekly number of bankruptcies after the coronavirus outbreak in Norway 2020
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- Premium Statistic Number of insolvencies in Iceland 2020-2021, by industry
Revenues
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- Premium Statistic Private consumption forecast in the Nordics 2020-2023
- Premium Statistic Demand and sales change caused by the coronavirus in Sweden 2020
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- Premium Statistic Number of new companies in Denmark 2020 (compared to 2019)
- Basic Statistic Impact of COVID-19 on revenues of production companies in Norway 2020
- Premium Statistic COVID-19 impact on revenue development of companies in Finland 2020
- Premium Statistic Annual change in turnover in Iceland after 2021, by industry
E-commerce
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- Premium Statistic Sales index value expected by webshops' managers in Sweden in 2021
- Premium Statistic COVID-19 projected impact on e-commerce profitability in Sweden 2021
- Basic Statistic COVID-19 impact on webshop sales in Denmark 2020
- Premium Statistic COVID-19 impact on e-commerce enterprises in Denmark 2020
- Premium Statistic Product categories consumers will continue buying online post-COVID-19 Norway
- Premium Statistic Growth in e-commerce sales due to COVID-19 in Finland 2020, by age group
- Premium Statistic Share of people shopping online due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland 2020
Tourism
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- Premium Statistic RevPAR of hotels in the Nordic capitals 2020, by month
- Premium Statistic Average daily rate of hotels in Nordic capitals in 2020, by month
- Premium Statistic COVID-19 impact on inbound tourism in Sweden from key origin countries 2020
- Basic Statistic Number of overnight stays after the coronavirus outbreak in Denmark 2019-2020
- Premium Statistic Number of overnight stays since COVID-19 outbreak in Norway 2020, by nationality
- Basic Statistic COVID-19 impact on overnight stays of foreign and domestic tourists in Finland 2022
- Premium Statistic Inbound tourist overnight stays in Iceland 2010-2020
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Ekonomifakta. "Monthly unemployment rate in Sweden from January 2020 to November 2022." Chart. December 16, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/527418/sweden-monthly-unemployment-rate/
Ekonomifakta. (2022). Monthly unemployment rate in Sweden from January 2020 to November 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/527418/sweden-monthly-unemployment-rate/
Ekonomifakta. "Monthly Unemployment Rate in Sweden from January 2020 to November 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/527418/sweden-monthly-unemployment-rate/
Ekonomifakta, Monthly unemployment rate in Sweden from January 2020 to November 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/527418/sweden-monthly-unemployment-rate/ (last visited February 06, 2023)
Monthly unemployment rate in Sweden from January 2020 to November 2022 [Graph], Ekonomifakta, December 16, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/527418/sweden-monthly-unemployment-rate/