What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) and Sweden?

0.1393 units per person, with Sweden ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) and Sweden?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Sweden: Labor force, total, per capita

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

0.3987 units per person

in 2025

Sweden

0.538 units per person

in 2025

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

30th

Sweden rank

31st

Labor force, total, per capita over time

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.538 units per person against 0.3987 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 0.1393 units per person.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.

Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 30th and Sweden ranks 31st of 44 groups.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.4033 units per person	0.5197 units per person	0.1164 units per person	Sweden
2000s	0.4064 units per person	0.5196 units per person	0.1131 units per person	Sweden
2010s	0.401 units per person	0.5293 units per person	0.1283 units per person	Sweden
2020s	0.3978 units per person	0.5336 units per person	0.1358 units per person	Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher labor force, total, per capita, Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) or Sweden?: Sweden, at 0.538 units per person against 0.3987 units per person in Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2025.
What is the difference in labor force, total, per capita between Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) and Sweden?: 0.1393 units per person, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) and Sweden?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) and Sweden rank globally for labor force, total, per capita?: Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 30th and Sweden ranks 31st of 44 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Labor force, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Labor force, total, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 234 places, 8,410 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Labor force, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.