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Labor Force Participation Rate for Sweden, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
64.59%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -3.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Sweden was 64.59% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 67.03% in 1990. The lowest was 61.99% in 2000 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.11% per year.
Sweden ranks 67 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 36%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Sweden sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 4% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
64.59%
First (1990)
67.03%
Change
-3.6%
Highest
67.03%
in 1990
Lowest
61.99%
in 2000
Average
63.73%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.11%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.6% |
| 2024 | 64.74% |
| 2023 | 64.93% |
| 2022 | 64.56% |
| 2021 | 64.18% |
| 2020 | 64.15% |
| 2019 | 64.58% |
| 2018 | 64.5% |
| 2017 | 64.39% |
| 2016 | 64.08% |
| 2015 | 63.92% |
| 2014 | 63.9% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.