Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2024, Sweden's employment decreased by 2.0% compared to 2023, reaching 150k.

Sweden accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 7,109k.

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 6.0% (from 142k in 2019).

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