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This is a list of countries by employment rate, the proportion of employed adults at working age. The definition of "working age" varies: Many sources, including the OECD, use 15–64 years old, [1] but EUROSTAT uses 20–64 years old, [2] the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics uses 16 years old and older (no cut-off at 65 and up), [3] and the Office for National Statistics of the United ...
The total fertility rate for Swedish-born women was 1.62, for foreign-born ones 1.86. [34] In 2022 73,294 (70.0%) babies were born to Swedish-born mothers while 31,440 (30.0%) were born to foreign-born mothers. The total fertility rate for Swedish-born women was 1.47, for foreign-born ones 1.69. [35]
GDP per hour worked 1970–2022 (2015=100) Country 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 2020 2022 Australia 51.4 60.3 66.0 80.9 92.2 100 103.1 103.3 Austria 83.0
Education, measured as the average number of years of education of women 25 years and older. Financial inclusion, measured as percentage of women with a bank account (individual or joint). Employment, measured as a percentage of women between ages 25-64 in the formal or informal workplace.
The unemployment rate was 7.2% in May 2017 while the employment rate was 67.4%, with the workforce consisting of 4,983,000 people while 387,000 are unemployed. [ 224 ] [ 225 ] Unemployment among youth (aged 24 or younger) in 2012 was 24.2%, making Sweden the OECD country with the highest ratio of youth unemployment versus unemployment in general.
The Nordic countries have been at the forefront of championing gender equality and this has been historically shown by substantial increases in women's employment. Between 1965 and 1990, Sweden's employment rate for women in working-age (15–64) went from 52.8% to 81.0%. [71]
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The Swedish economic picture has brightened significantly since the severe recession in the early 1990s. Growth has been strong in recent years, and even though the growth in the economy slackened between 2001 and 2003, the growth rate has picked up since with an average growth rate of 3.7% in the last three years.