Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2025, Sweden's employment increased by 0.5% compared to 2024, reaching 247k.

Sweden accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 12,789k.

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 9.9% (from 225k in 2020).

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