Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2008, Sweden's employment increased by 5.7% compared to 2007, reaching 88k.

Sweden accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 7,477k.

Sweden ranks 13th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.9% (from 89k in 2003).

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