Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2025, Sweden's employment increased by 0.6% compared to 2024, reaching 399k.

Sweden accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 19,955k.

Sweden ranks 10th 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 6.9% (from 373k in 2020).

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