Employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64

In 2024, Sweden's employment rate of older workers, age group 55-64 increased by 0.1% compared to 2023, reaching 156.2.

Sweden accounts for 119.8% of the EU-27 total of 130.4.

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 1.4% (from 154.0 in 2019).

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