Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2021, Sweden's employment decreased by 2.3% compared to 2020, reaching 365k.

Sweden accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 15,122k.

Sweden ranks 9th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 27.7% (from 286k in 2016).

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