Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2009, Sweden's employment increased by 4.0% compared to 2008, reaching 92k.

Sweden accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 7,242k.

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 grown by 16.0% (from 79k in 2004).

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