Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2007, Sweden's employment decreased by 2.5% compared to 2006, reaching 178k.

Sweden accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 11,090k.

Sweden ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.5% (from 181k in 2002).

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