Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2007, Sweden's employment decreased by 0.2% compared to 2006, reaching 95k.

Sweden accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 4,247k.

Sweden ranks 9th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.7% (from 93k in 2002).

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