Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2008, Sweden's employment increased by 11.1% compared to 2007, reaching 105k.

Sweden accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 4,533k.

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 13.1% (from 93k in 2003).

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