Employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64

In 2016, Sweden's employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64 increased by 1.2% compared to 2015, reaching 149.2.

Sweden accounts for 139.4% of the EU-27 total of 107.0.

Sweden ranks 1st 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 4.8% (from 142.4 in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem050, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.