Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2021, Sweden's employment increased by 1.1% compared to 2020, reaching 151k.

Sweden accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 6,286k.

Sweden ranks 9th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 24.0% (from 121k in 2016).

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