Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) in Sweden
Sweden: Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) was 5,329 Persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employment by professional status in Sweden, 1963–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 5,329 Persons for employment by professional status in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment by professional status in Sweden peaked at 5,336 Persons in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,658 Persons, in 1963.
Sweden ranks 16th of 33 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Employment by professional status (ICSE-93) in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Persons | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 3,658 Persons | — |
| 1964 | 3,660 Persons | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 3,698 Persons | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 3,733 Persons | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 3,695 Persons | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 3,737 Persons | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 3,782 Persons | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 3,854 Persons | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 3,860 Persons | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 3,863 Persons | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 3,879 Persons | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 3,962 Persons | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 4,062 Persons | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 4,088 Persons | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 4,099 Persons | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 4,115 Persons | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 4,180 Persons | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 4,232 Persons | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 4,224 Persons | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 4,220 Persons | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 4,224 Persons | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 4,255 Persons | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 4,299 Persons | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 4,269 Persons | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 4,316 Persons | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 4,375 Persons | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 4,442 Persons | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 4,485 Persons | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 4,396 Persons | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 4,209 Persons | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 3,964 Persons | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 3,928 Persons | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 3,986 Persons | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 3,963 Persons | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 3,922 Persons | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 3,979 Persons | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 4,068 Persons | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 4,159 Persons | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 4,318 Persons | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 4,324 Persons | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 4,314 Persons | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 4,290 Persons | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 4,336 Persons | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 4,429 Persons | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 4,541 Persons | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 4,593 Persons | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 4,499 Persons | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 4,524 Persons | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 4,626 Persons | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 4,657 Persons | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 4,704 Persons | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 4,772 Persons | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 4,837 Persons | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 4,910 Persons | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 5,022 Persons | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 5,097 Persons | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 5,132 Persons | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 5,064 Persons | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 5,105 Persons | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 5,257 Persons | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 5,336 Persons | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 5,303 Persons | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 5,329 Persons | +0.5% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 5,329 Persons is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,200 Persons, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 5,329 Persons is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5,016 Persons, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,709 Persons | 3,658 Persons | 3,782 Persons | 7 |
| 1970s | 3,996 Persons | 3,854 Persons | 4,180 Persons | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,286 Persons | 4,220 Persons | 4,442 Persons | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,090 Persons | 3,922 Persons | 4,485 Persons | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,380 Persons | 4,159 Persons | 4,593 Persons | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,828 Persons | 4,524 Persons | 5,132 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,232 Persons | 5,064 Persons | 5,336 Persons | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More work & labour data for Sweden
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.0422 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.0602 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.0243 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.5427 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 10,837 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 788.88 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 5,587 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 5,780 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 11,367 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment by professional status in Sweden?
- Employment by professional status in Sweden was 5,329 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest employment by professional status recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 5,336 Persons in 2023.
- What is the lowest employment by professional status recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,658 Persons in 1963.
- How does Sweden rank for employment by professional status?
- Sweden ranks 16th out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment by professional status rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Employment by professional status (ICSE-93). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataflow "Employment by profesional status (ICSE-93)" is a subset of the “Employment by activites and status (ALFS)” dataset which presents annual labour force statistics for OECD member countries, Brazil and 4 geographical areas (Major Seven, Euro zone, European Union and OECD-Total). This dataflow contains employment statistics for all economic activities broken down by professional status as defined by the ICSE-1993 including employees, employers and own-account workers, and unpaid family workers. Economic activities are defined according to the Major divisions of the International standard International Classification (ISIC) Rev. 4 with the exception of the United-States wich compiled since 2003, employment data by sector following the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS); NAICS sector are then proxied to ISIC Rev. 4 and are therefore not strictly comparable with other countries’ data. The professional status is defined in the International Classification by status in Employment (ICSE-1993). To be considered as an unpaid family worker, the hour-threshold varies from one hour to 18 hours a week. Data are presented in thousands of persons, or as indices with base year 2015=100. Annual data in this dataset are typically calculated as averages of infra-annual estimates. This can lead to differences with annual data published by National Statistics Institutes.