Sweden: mining and quarrying sector employees 2021

The number of employees in the mining and quarrying industry in Sweden increased by 1,184 employees (+18.04 percent) in 2021 in comparison to the previous year. In total, the number of employees amounted to 7,748 employees in 2021.
According to Eurostat employed persons are all persons aged 15 and over who performed work, even for just one hour per week, for pay, profit or family gain during the reference week or were not at work but had a job or business from which they were temporarily absent because of, for instance, illness, holidays, industrial dispute, and education or training.

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Total number of employees in the mining and quarrying sector in Sweden from 2012 to 2021

Characteristic	Number of employees
2021	7,748
2020	6,564
2019	6,560
2018b	6,778
2017	9,615
2016	9,441
2015	9,510
2014	9,477
2013	9,478
2012	9,200

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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 B of CE Rev 2.

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