SE · 2021 · lfsa_ergan

Employment rates by citizenship

Sweden, 2021

Employment rates by citizenship
73.0%
Sweden, 2021
▼ 0.7% vs 2020 (73.5%)
Analysis

In 2021, Sweden's employment rates by citizenship decreased by 0.7% compared to 2020, reaching 73.0%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 63.4%.

Sweden ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.4% (from 74.8% in 2016).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#2 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
115.1%
EU-27: 63.4%
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
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