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Sweden Employment Level 2026-02-17 09:30 Europe/Stockholm: data, chart, and analysis

Sweden Employment Level came in at 5,303,800 on Feb 17, 2026, compared with 5,304,700 previously. See the full release history, chart, Riksbank context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
5,303,800
Previous
5,304,700
Forecast
--
Reference period
2026-01-31

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Sweden Employment Level release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Sweden Employment Level chart through 2026-01-31
SEK Employment Level readings through 2026-01-31. Latest: 5,303,800.

Employment Level release read

Sweden Employment Level came in at 5,303,800 on Feb 17, 2026, compared with 5,304,700 previously. See the full release history, chart, Riksbank context, and API access for this series.

The parent Employment Level page shows the full time series for Sweden. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For SEK event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID sek_employment_2026-02-17
API announcement ID sek_employment_2026-01-31
Release time
2026-02-17 08:30 UTC
Reference period date 2026-01-31
Actual value 5,303,800
Previous value 5,304,700
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1771317000

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Sweden Employment Level history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

More Sweden Employment Level releases

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Newer release

2026-03-17 09:30 Europe/Stockholm · 5,318,800

Older release

2026-01-19 09:30 Europe/Stockholm · 5,304,700

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Unemployment Rate

Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Sweden Employment Level.

What did Sweden Employment Level come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Sweden Employment Level was 5,303,800 Persons in January 2026. The previous reading was 5,304,700 Persons.

When was this Sweden Employment Level release published?

This release was published on Feb 17, 2026 at 09:30 Europe/Stockholm. The publication time is derived from the lag measured on this series' confirmed releases and the record carries the release_time_assumed flag.

When is the next Sweden Employment Level release?

The next Sweden Employment Level release is scheduled for Oct 16, 2026 at 08:00 Europe/Stockholm.

What is the official source for Sweden Employment Level?

Statistics Sweden publishes the official Employment Level series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1771317000,
  "announcement_id": "sek_employment_2026-01-31",
  "collected_at_iso": "2026-06-28T04:56:33.687655Z",
  "collected_at_ns": 1782622593687655503,
  "date": "2026-01-31",
  "ingestion_latency_ms": 11305593687.656,
  "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_actual_release_datetime",
  "official_actual_release_datetime": 1771317000,
  "previous_value": 5304700.0,
  "release_time_assumed": true,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1771317000,
      "val": 5305800.0
    },
    {
      "epoch": 1779778805,
      "val": 5303100.0
    },
    {
      "epoch": 1781529769,
      "val": 5303800.0
    }
  ],
  "val": 5303800.0
}