Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2002, Sweden's employment decreased by 3.8% compared to 2001, reaching 181k.

Sweden accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 7,153k.

Sweden ranks 8th out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 27.1% (from 142k in 1997).

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