Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2002, Sweden's employment decreased by 6.0% compared to 2001, reaching 88k.

Sweden accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 4,304k.

Sweden ranks 8th out of 19 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 35.0% (from 65k in 1997).

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