Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2019, Sweden's employment increased by 5.5% compared to 2018, reaching 142k.

Sweden accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 6,761k.

Sweden ranks 9th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 16.0% (from 122k in 2014).

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