Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2017, Sweden's employment increased by 6.3% compared to 2016, reaching 129k.

Sweden accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 6,213k.

Sweden ranks 9th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 24.1% (from 104k in 2012).

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