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Statistics: School & integration

PISA, merit score, upper-secondary eligibility and human capital — compiled from Skolverket, OECD and SCB.

How is Sweden's school system doing — and integration in the labour market?

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Key figures

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PISA mathematics
464
45 (-8.8 %) sedan 2003
2003: 509; 2009: 494; 2012: 478; 2015: 494; 2018: 502; 2022: 482; 2025: 464
Source: Skolverket/OECD PISA· Reference year 2025
PISA reading
466
Source: Skolverket/OECD PISA· Reference year 2025
Eligible for upper-secondary vocational
85,1%
Source: Skolverket· Reference year 2024
Employment rate foreign-born (20–64)
68%
Source: SCB AKU· Reference year 2024
Established after 7 years
55%
Source: Arbetsförmedlingen/Kolada· Reference year 2024

Vad visar statistiken?

Fyra observationer

  • 01PISA 2022 showed a downward trend break in reading and mathematics (OECD).
  • 02Share of pupils eligible for upper-secondary vocational programmes fell from ~90 % (2000) toward ~85 % (2024) (Skolverket).
  • 03Employment gap between native- and foreign-born sits around 15 percentage points (SCB LFS).
  • 04Establishment time for new arrivals (7 of 10 years employed) varies sharply across municipalities (Kolada).

Timeline

Viktiga händelser

  1. 1992
    Free-school reform
  2. 2011
    Gy11 — upper-secondary reform
  3. 2012
    Rock bottom in PISA mathematics
  4. 2018
    PISA rebound — Sweden back toward OECD average
  5. 2022
    Trend break: PISA turns down again
  6. 2024
    New curricula and centrally graded tests

Your municipality

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Dataset

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3 datasets are used in this hub. See our terms of reuse.

  • PISA series 2000–2022
    Updated: 2024-06 · JSON
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  • Upper-secondary eligibility by municipality
    Updated: 2025-01 · JSON
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  • Establishment time (Kolada)
    Updated: 2025-03 · JSON
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Sources

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public agencies
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forskningsrapporter
3
datakällor

Your municipality

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Next step

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