Tourism in the Nordic region, measured in guest nights, had been growing for the past 30 years when the pandemic hit. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of nights spent in hotels with at least 10 beds dropped by almost 60 percent. However, in 2023 all 8 Nordic countries reported more guest nights than in any previous year.
During 2023, long-term unemployment decreased in four of six Nordic countries for which data is available, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The first two also reported decreases in general unemployment, while the two latter reported increases in general unemployment. The two countries with increases in long-term unemployment, Denmark and Finland, also reported increases in general unemployment. No Nordic country reports higher rates for women.
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An update of the Nordic Statistics database has been performed, next planned for end of October.
Release
An update of the Nordic Statistics database has been performed, next planned for end of September.

The Nordic Statistics database

Nordic Statistics is a collection of comparative Nordic statistics which has existed and been funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers since the mid-1960s. The Nordic Statistics database contains about two hundred matrices. 

The data is gathered from the Nordic Statistical Institutes (NSIs), the Nomesco-Nososco committees, other Nordic statistics producers as well as international sources such as Eurostat, OECD and the UN. For more details read here.