ICT specialists in employment in Sweden
ICT specialists made up 8.9% of total employment in Sweden in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Sweden, 2025
8.9%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
European Union, 2025
5.0%e (Estimated)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
4.9%
Position in 2025
1st of 33
ICT specialists in employment in Sweden over time
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% of total employment. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sweden | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.9% | 5.0%e (estimated) |
| 2024 | 8.6% | 4.9%e (estimated) |
| 2023 | 8.7%e (estimated) | 4.8%e (estimated) |
| 2022 | 8.6% | 4.6%e (estimated) |
| 2021 | 8.0%b (break in time series) | 4.5%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 7.5%e (estimated) | 4.3%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 7.0% | 4.0%e (estimated) |
| 2018 | 6.8%b (break in time series) | 3.8%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 6.6% | 3.7%e (estimated) |
| 2016 | 6.3% | 3.6%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 6.1% | 3.5%e (estimated) |
| 2014 | 5.8% | 3.4%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 5.7% | 3.3%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 5.8% | 3.2%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 5.6%b (break in time series) | 3.0%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2010 | 6.4%e (estimated) | 3.6%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 6.4%e (estimated) | 3.6%e (estimated) |
| 2008 | 6.3%e (estimated) | 3.5%e (estimated) |
| 2007 | 6.1%e (estimated) | 3.4%e (estimated) |
| 2006 | 6.1%e (estimated) | 3.4%e (estimated) |
| 2005 | 6.2%be (break in time series, estimated) | 3.3%be (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2004 | 5.7%e (estimated) | 3.1%e (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated; be break in time series, estimated; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 8.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 6.1%, the figure has changed by +2.8 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2025, Sweden has the highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 5.0%.
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