Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2022, Sweden's employment decreased by 0.5% compared to 2021, reaching 150k.

Sweden accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 6,788k.

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 16.0% (from 129k in 2017).

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