Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2008, Sweden's employment increased by 8.6% compared to 2007, reaching 193k.

Sweden accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 12,011k.

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 grown by 6.3% (from 182k in 2003).

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