Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2022, Sweden's employment increased by 12.7% compared to 2021, reaching 240k.

Sweden accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 9,972k.

Sweden ranks 6th 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 31.1% (from 183k in 2017).

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