Employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64

In 2021, Sweden's employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64 decreased by 0.4% compared to 2020, reaching 152.8.

Sweden accounts for 126.5% of the EU-27 total of 120.8.

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 2.4% (from 149.2 in 2016).

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