Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2012, Sweden's employment increased by 2.8% compared to 2011, reaching 218k.

Sweden accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 11,698k.

Sweden ranks 10th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 22.2% (from 178k in 2007).

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