Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2024, Sweden's employment increased by 1.1% compared to 2023, reaching 245k.

Sweden accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 12,089k.

Sweden ranks 10th 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 2.4% (from 240k in 2019).

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