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Sweden, selected international labor statistics, 2008–10
Indicator Unit Report Time Series 2008 2009 2010

Hourly compensation costs in manufacturing

Hourly compensation costs

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

 44.37 40.70 43.81

Hourly pay for time worked

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

 25.39 22.97 24.78

Hourly directly paid benefits

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

 4.68 4.23 4.56

Hourly social insurance expenditures and labor-related taxes

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

 14.31 13.49 14.47

Productivity and unit labor costs in manufacturing

Productivity (output per hour)

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

 -5.8 -7.3 13.4

Output

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

 -5.3 -18.0 15.6

Hours worked

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

 0.6 -11.5 2.0

Unit labor costs in U.S. dollars

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

 11.8 -3.4 -8.6

Labor market

Unemployment rate - Total

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

 6.0 8.2 8.3

Unemployment rate - Youth (under 25)

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

 19.1 24.6 24.8

Unemployment rate - Men

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

 5.8 8.6 8.4

Unemployment rate - Women

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

 6.3 7.9 8.2

Employment-population ratio - Total

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

 61.4 59.5 59.3

Employment-population ratio - Men

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

 65.5 63.0 63.3

Employment-population ratio - Women

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

 57.4 56.0 55.5

Labor force participation rate - Total

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

 65.3 64.8 64.7

Labor force participation rate - Men

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

 69.6 69.0 69.1

Labor force participation rate - Women

Percent of civilian working-age population

HTM

XLS

 61.2 60.8 60.4

Women's share of the labor force

Percent of civilian labor force

HTM

XLS

 47.5 47.4 47.2

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

 40,047 37,594 39,407

GDP per hour

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

 50.02 48.79 50.31

GDP per employed person

U.S. dollars

HTM

XLS

 80,876 78,141 81,678

Prices

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

 3.5 -0.3 –

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)

Annual growth rate

HTM

XLS

 3.3 1.9 –

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of International Labor Comparisons.

 

Last Modified Date: December 23, 2011