Sweden: number of employees in the information & communication sector 2021

The number of employees in the information and communication industry in Sweden increased by 21,783 employees (+10.48 percent) in 2021. With 229,660 employees, the number of employees thereby reached its highest value in the observed period.
Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work.

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Total number of employees in the information and communication industry in Sweden from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021	229,660
2020	207,877
2019	220,390
2018b	211,053
2017	210,282
2016	203,376
2015	201,686
2014	176,823
2013	174,333
2012	173,713

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Release date

March 2024

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Sweden

Survey time period

2012 to 2021

Supplementary notes

b: Break in time series.
The source adds the following information: Number of employees is defined as those persons who work for an employer and who have a contract of employment and receive compensation in the form of wages, salaries, fees, gratuities, piecework pay or remuneration in kind. A worker from an employment agency is considered to be an employee of that temporary employment agency and not of the unit (customer) in which they work
Data coverage corresponds to code J of CE Rev 2.

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