Sweden faces staff shortage in healthcare, education

Sweden faces a shortage of trained staff in healthcare and education in the long term, said the Swedish Central Statistics Bureau (SCB) on Wednesday. According to the new forecasts, by 2030, there will be a shortage of 170,000 trained labors in health and medical care, especially in elderly care, said the SCB in a statement. The number of teachers with teaching degrees is not enough to meet the demand but the situation is different in various categories of teachers, the statement said. The current inflows to programs in humanities and arts will cause the supply to surpass the demand in the future and there will be an increase in the demand for those studying business administration at the upper secondary school level, said the SCB.