Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2006, Sweden's employment decreased by 3.2% compared to 2005, reaching 95k.

Sweden accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 3,913k.

Sweden ranks 9th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.4% (from 94k in 2001).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.