Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2021, Sweden's employment decreased by 5.2% compared to 2020, reaching 213k.

Sweden accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 8,798k.

Sweden ranks 6th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 29.6% (from 164k in 2016).

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