Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2007, Sweden's employment decreased by 5.0% compared to 2006, reaching 84k.

Sweden accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 6,842k.

Sweden ranks 12th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.9% (from 88k in 2002).

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