Employment — national citizens

In 2023, Sweden's employment increased by 1.2% compared to 2022, reaching 4,658k.

Sweden accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 180,761k.

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 2.1% (from 4,562k in 2018).

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