Employment — national citizens

In 2025, Sweden's employment increased by 0.1% compared to 2024, reaching 4,631k.

Sweden accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 181,552k.

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 3.4% (from 4,479k in 2020).

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