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Europe > Sweden > Labor

SWEDISH LABOR STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural workers > Female 1% [72nd of 77]
Economic activity > Men aged 65 plus 6.62 [151st of 162]
Female decision makers 29% [31st of 67]
Female economic activity growth 1% [88th of 156]
Long term unemployment 1.4% [16th of 27]
Service workers > Male 59% [23rd of 79]
Strikes 9 [21st of 27]
Temporary employment share 14.6% [7th of 26]
Unemployment 4.4% [15th of 18]
Unemployment gender ratio 87% [27th of 30]
Unemployment, youth total > % of total labor force ages 15-24 14.4 % ... [35th of 77]
Vacation > Minimum vacation time around the world > legally required
25-32 working days, depending on age
Work Time > More than 40 hours 61.5% [6th of 18]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ 611,000,000 $ ... [36th of 149]
Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ 630,000,000 $ ... [70th of 156]
Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ 222,872,000 BoP $ ... [54th of 115]
Working mothers 76 [1st of 23]
Workplace safety > Dangerous Countries to Work In the EU > Fatalities 28 [13th of 15]
Workplace safety in the EU > Fatalities 1.2 per 100,000 employees [14th of 15]
Youth unemployment 11.9% [15th of 30]

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SOURCES: ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Key Indicators of the Labour Market 2001-2002. February 2002; Economic activity rate and economically active population, by sex, thirteen age groups, 1950-2010 (ILO estimates and projections) are data from the International Labour Union (ILO). Source details: ILO, Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, fourth edition, diskette database (Geneva, 1997). The latest set of estimates and projections covering the period 1950-2010 (4th edition) was released by ILO in December 1996. These data are updated every five-ten years by ILO and a new set of these data is in preparation; calculated on the basis of occupational data from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Laboursta Database. February 2002; calculated on the basis of data on the economically active population and total population from ILO (International Labour Organization). 2002. Estimates and Projections of the Economically Active Population, 1950-2010, 4th ed., rev. 2. Database. Geneva; OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook. Paris; OECD; OECD; OECD Historical Statistics; calculated on the basis of data on male and female unemployment rates from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). 2001. Employment Outlook 2001. Paris; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: Vacation ; ILO, Key Indicators; Wikipedia: Workplace safety ;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden, Konungariket Sverige, Sverige

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