Statistical news

Lending to households at the lowest growth rate in 10 years

In October 2022, the annual growth rate of mortgages to households from monetary financial institutions was 5.0 percent. The growth rate for lending to non-financial corporations was 16.4 percent. Both interest rates for new agreements on mortgages and interest rate on bank deposits have continued to increase.

2022-11-25 • Financial Market Statistics

Producer and import prices decreased in October compared to September 2022

The Producer Price Index decreased by 1.5 percent in October compared to September 2022. Prices decreased by 0.5 percent on the export market and decreased by 2.5 percent on the domestic market. On the import market, prices decreased by 1.6 percent. The annual rate according to the Producer Price Index was 18.7 percent in October (20.6 percent in September).

2022-11-25 • Producer and import price index

Stockholm county has the most holiday home areas

There are more than 610,000 holiday homes in Sweden. Almost a quarter of them are located so densely together that they can be grouped into holiday home areas. This gives a total of more than 1,150 holiday home areas in the whole of Sweden. The areas are often located along the coast, next to large lakes and in mountainous regions. Stockholm county has the most holiday home areas.

2022-11-24 • Holiday home areas

The number of gainfully employed persons increased by 2.6 percent

The number of gainfully employed persons increased by 127 643 people in 2021 compared with the previous year, an increase of 2.6 percent. Gross pay increased by 5.9 percent in the corresponding period.

2022-11-24 • Labour statistics based on administrative sources

Three out of ten enterprises are taking measures to reduce the energy consumption of their ICT equipment

Three out of ten enterprises are taking measures to reduce the energy consumption of their ICT equipment, although there is a great difference between small and large enterprises. This is shown by data from the 2022 ICT Usage in Enterprises Survey.

2022-11-24 • ICT usage in enterprises