Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2009, Sweden's employment increased by 5.1% compared to 2008, reaching 203k.

Sweden accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 11,777k.

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 19.8% (from 170k in 2004).

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