Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2016, Sweden's employment increased by 0.4% compared to 2015, reaching 121k.

Sweden accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 5,949k.

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 16.7% (from 104k in 2011).

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