Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2010, Sweden's employment decreased by 3.5% compared to 2009, reaching 107k.

Sweden accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 4,485k.

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 9.8% (from 98k in 2005).

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