Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 2024, publiée 113ème session CIT (2025)

Convention (n° 160) sur les statistiques du travail, 1985 - Suède (Ratification: 1986)

Articles 7 and 8 of the Convention. Employment, unemployment and underemployment statistics. Statistics of the structure and distribution of the economically active population. The Committee notes that the Government continues to regularly provide the ILO Statistics Department with updated statistics on employment, unemployment and visible underemployment, derived from the Labour Force Surveys (LFS). The Committee also notes the detailed information on the implementation of the LFS, including efforts to comply with the European Regulation 2019/1700, which required a change in the target population. The Committee welcomes the measures taken to address the break in the time series caused by this adjustment, including conducting double measurements in 2021 and applying a micro approach to link the time series for the period 2005–20. The Committee further notes that work was ongoing in 2023 to introduce a mixed-mode data collection (web and telephone) for the LFS. The Committee requests the Government to continue to provide updated statistics as well as information on the methodology used in the application of Articles 7 and 8 of the Convention. The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on how the changes introduced in the Labour Force Survey (LFS), including the introduction of a mixed-mode data collection, impact the comparability of data over time, as well as further information on measures taken to address potential breaks in the time series. Furthermore, the Committee invites the Government to keep it informed of any developments towards implementing the Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization, adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS) (2013) (Resolution I); the Resolution concerning statistics on work relationships, adopted by the 20th ICLS (2018) (Resolution I); and the Resolution concerning statistics on the informal economy, adopted by the 21st ICLS (2023) (Resolution I).

Articles 9, 10 and 11. Compilation of statistics on wages and hours of work. Statistics of wage structure and distribution. Labour costs. The Committee notes that the Government continues to provide updated statistics and information regarding the compilation of statistics on wages and hours of work. The Committee notes that the Labour Cost Index (LCI), Labour Cost Survey (LCS), and Structure of Earnings Survey (SES) remaining key sources. The Government clarifies that, while wage statistics are the responsibility of the Swedish National Mediation Office (SNMO), they are produced by Statistics Sweden (SCB). The Government further specifies that short-term statistics of wages in different sectors are updated monthly, while structural wage statistics are available on an annual basis. The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply updated statistics as well as information on the methodology used in the application of Articles 9, 10 and 11 of the Convention. The Committee also requests the Government to indicate whether and to what extent recent European regulations, including Regulation 2019/1700 and Regulation 2023/137, impact the compilation of wage statistics, in particular in terms of comparability and continuity of data over time.

Article 14. Statistics of occupational injuries and diseases. The Committee notes that the Government continues to provide the ILO Statistics Department with updated statistics on occupational injuries and diseases, for dissemination through ILOSTAT. Recalling the decision of the International Labour Conference at its 110th Session in June 2022 to include “a safe and healthy working environment” as a fundamental principle and right at work, the Committee request to the Government: (i) to continue to provide information on any development regarding the production and dissemination of statistics on occupational accidents and diseases; (ii) to continue to communicate updated relevant statistics; and (iii) to continue to communicate information regarding the sources, concepts, definitions and methodology used in their collection and compilation.