The percentage of unemployed people remains unchanged at 9.0 percent of the workforce, the same figure as in October.
The employment rate, the proportion of employed people in relation to the population, was 69 percent, according to seasonally adjusted data. The number of employed people aged 15–74 increased by 73,000 people compared to the same month last year.
"The labor market in November shows a slightly better situation with an increase in the number of employed people, but with unemployment remaining at a higher level," says Krister Näsén, statistician at the Labor Force Surveys at Statistics Sweden, in a press release.
Earlier this week, unemployment statistics from the Swedish Public Employment Service came out. They showed that the number of unemployed people is decreasing for the fourth month in a row. According to the statistics, almost 356,000 people, or 6.7 percent of the workforce, were registered as unemployed with the country's employment services at the end of November.
This means that unemployment has fallen for four months in a row and is also clearly lower than at the same time last year.
Facts: Why the numbers differ
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The Swedish Public Employment Service and Statistics Sweden report unemployment in Sweden every month. However, the statistics differ, often quite significantly, as a result of the authorities measuring in different ways.
The employment service uses those actually registered with the agencies. And also has a narrower age range. Total unemployment is measured in the age range 16-65 years. Youth unemployment refers to young people between 18 and 24 years.
Statistics Sweden (SCB) uses a sample survey. The age range is 15-74 years for total unemployment and 15-24 years for youth unemployment.
In Statistics Sweden's measurement method (which is based on international criteria), a large proportion of full-time students are also counted as young unemployed. It is often enough for a full-time student to want an extra job, or to wait for a summer job that will start later, to be counted as unemployed.
Source: Swedish Employment Service, Statistics Sweden
