Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2004, Sweden's employment decreased by 11.2% compared to 2003, reaching 79k.

Sweden accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 4,520k.

Sweden ranks 8th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 15.6% (from 69k in 1999).

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