Job openings in Sweden 2020-2023, by region

Published by
Einar H. Dyvik,
Jul 4, 2024
Most of the job openings in Sweden are located in the capital Stockholm. In the last quarter of 2023, there were around 26,000 job openings available in Stockholm. The number of job openings in Stockholm was at its lowest in the second quarter of 2020 after the outbreak of COVID-19. West Sweden had the second highest number of job openings in the last quarter of 2023. The lowest number of job openings were registered in the sparsely populated region Central Norrland.

Number of job openings in Sweden from 1st quarter 2020 to 4th quarter 2023, by region

CharacteristicStockholmEast-Central SwedenSmåland and islandsSouth SwedenWest SwedenNorth-Central SwedenCentral NorrlandUpper Norrland
Q4 2023 26,067 10,532 4,023 9,179 14,604 3,577 1,772 4,822
Q3 2023 27,689 11,731 5,446 8,484 15,589 5,328 1,466 7,337
Q2 2023 36,785 15,340 7,796 12,538 18,671 6,740 2,454 6,241
Q1 2023 42,623 17,079 6,598 11,803 23,752 6,679 2,387 6,611
Q4 2022 33,333 14,481 4,727 11,976 17,006 4,969 2,346 4,468
Q3 2022 41,722 13,821 6,004 14,238 20,656 6,384 2,974 3,571
Q2 2022 46,698 16,659 9,079 16,765 24,112 7,625 3,134 5,344
Q1 2022 45,361 16,890 7,519 14,922 21,480 6,585 2,547 4,947
Q4 2021 37,782 10,256 5,977 12,358 15,928 4,972 2,119 2,961
Q3 2021 35,405 10,464 5,046 9,949 14,230 3,952 2,503 3,413
Q2 2021 33,493 10,263 5,274 11,438 14,558 4,710 2,955 4,187
Q1 2021 22,647 9,519 4,900 9,118 10,908 3,491 1,177 2,967
Q4 2020 21,328 6,038 3,008 7,421 8,499 2,660 1,125 2,026
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of job openingsStockholmEast-Central SwedenSmåland and islandsSouth SwedenWest SwedenNorth-Central SwedenCentral NorrlandUpper NorrlandQ1 2020Q2 2020Q3 2020Q4 2020Q1 2021Q2 2021Q3 2021Q4 2021Q1 2022Q2 2022Q3 2022Q4 2022Q1 2023Q2 2023Q3 2023Q4 2023
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