Fund wealth increased Total fund wealth amounted to SEK 5 207 billion at the end of 2020, which is an increase of SEK 312 billion compared with the previous quarter. Large net investments and continued positive stock market development contributed to the increase. 2021-02-24 • Investment funds, assets and liabilities
LFS has been adapted to new EU framework regulation on social statistics As from 1 January 2021, the Swedish LFS has been amended to comply with the new EU framework regulation on social statistics, which has resulted in some changes in the survey. These changes currently lead to increased uncertainty, in particular for comparisons over time. In January 2021, there were 4 863 000 employed people. There were 498 000 unemployed people, which corresponds to an unemployment rate of 9.3 percent. The total average number of hours worked was 148.4 million hours per week. Seasonally adjusted and smoothed data showed that there were 4 958 000 employed people in January. The unemployment rate was 8.8 percent. 2021-02-23 • Labour Force Surveys (LFS)
Smallest population increase in 15 years Sweden’s population was 10 379 295 people at the end of 2020. Women accounted for 49.7 percent and men accounted for 50.3 percent of the population. In 2020, the population increased by 51 706 people, which was the smallest population growth since 2005 and nearly half as large as last year. This smaller population increase was due to lower natural decrease as well as lower net migration. The number of immigrants in 2020 was at the lowest level since 2005. At the same time, slightly more people emigrated in 2020 than a year earlier. 2021-02-22 • Population statistics
Number of employees decreased by 1.4 percent In the fourth quarter of 2020, there were 4 760 806 employees. Total gross pay amounted to SEK 480 billion, an increase of 1.1 percent. There were 75 700 job openings in the labour market, a decrease of 21.6 percent. 2021-02-19 • Short-term employment
Capacity utilisation in industry increased Capacity utilisation in industry increased by 1.7 percentage points in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared with the third quarter of 2020 in seasonally adjusted figures. 2021-02-19 • Industrial capacity utilisation
