Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2013, Sweden's employment increased by 11.0% compared to 2012, reaching 126k.

Sweden accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 6,835k.

Sweden ranks 8th 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 42.6% (from 88k in 2008).

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