SE · 2024 · lfsa_ergan

Employment rates by citizenship

Sweden, 2024

Employment rates by citizenship
75.2%
Sweden, 2024
▼ 0.5% vs 2023 (75.6%)
Analysis

In 2024, Sweden's employment rates by citizenship decreased by 0.5% compared to 2023, reaching 75.2%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 66.2%.

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 0.3% (from 75.4% in 2019).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2024
#2 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2024
113.6%
EU-27: 66.2%
Sweden timeline (last 15 years)
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