SE · 2018 · lfsa_ergan

Employment rates by citizenship

Sweden, 2018

Employment rates by citizenship
78.8%
Sweden, 2018
▲ 0.6% vs 2017 (78.3%)
Analysis

In 2018, Sweden's employment rates by citizenship increased by 0.6% compared to 2017, reaching 78.8%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 73.1%.

Sweden ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.3% (from 76.3% in 2013).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2018
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2018
107.8%
EU-27: 73.1%
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