Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2017, Sweden's employment increased by 9.3% compared to 2016, reaching 312k.

Sweden accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 14,089k.

Sweden ranks 9th 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 43.5% (from 218k in 2012).

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