Employment rates by citizenship

In 2024, Sweden's employment rates by citizenship decreased by 1.3% compared to 2023, reaching 78.1%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 75.3%.

Sweden ranks 9th 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 0.9% (from 78.8% in 2019).

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