Employment rates by citizenship

In 2025, Sweden's employment rates by citizenship decreased by 0.3% compared to 2024, reaching 77.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 75.4%.

Sweden ranks 10th 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 0.6% (from 77.4% in 2020).

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