Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2010, Sweden's employment increased by 6.6% compared to 2009, reaching 98k.

Sweden accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 7,046k.

Sweden ranks 11th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 16.8% (from 84k in 2005).

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