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Sweden
Sweden is an EU member state with a population of 10.6M. Member of the European Union since 1995.
28 Eurostat indicators across 4 topics, with full year-by-year history.
Population
10.6M
2025 · rank 11/27
Country at a glance
Sweden is a northern europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Stockholm. The country joined the European Communities in 1995 in the EFTA-route enlargement (alongside Austria, Finland and Sweden). Economically, Sweden is a Nordic high-tech economy (Ericsson, Spotify, IKEA legacy), with a krona that floats outside the euro area following the 2003 referendum result. The country retains the SEK, with eurozone entry foreseen once the convergence criteria are met, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Swedish is the official language. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Sweden is currently 11th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.
Indicators by topic
Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Sweden, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.
Labour & employment
5 indicators- Employment — EU-foreign citizens lfsa_egan 152k 2025 ▲0.9%
- Employment — foreign citizens (any) lfsa_egan 399k 2025 ▲0.6%
- Employment — national citizens lfsa_egan 4,631k 2025 ▲0.1%
- Employment — non-EU foreign citizens lfsa_egan 247k 2025 ▲0.5%
- Employment (15-64, all citizenships) lfsa_egan 5,031k 2025 ▲0.1%
Demography & population
5 indicators- Population — EU-foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 306,724 2025 ▼2.1%
- Population — national citizens migr_pop1ctz 9,755,897 2025 ▲0.5%
- Population — non-EU foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 508,931 2025 ▼0.7%
- Population — stateless persons migr_pop1ctz 7,221 2025 ▼15.9%
- Population (total, 1 January) migr_pop1ctz 10,587,710 2025 ▲0.3%
Migration & asylum
15 indicators- Acquisitions of EU citizenship migr_acq 62,989 2024 ▼7.1%
- First-time asylum applications migr_asyappctzm 1,435 2026 ▼70.9%
- Asylum negative first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 6,440 2025 ▲1.2%
- Asylum positive first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 2,185 2025 ▼34.2%
- Asylum positive — humanitarian protection migr_asydcfsta 500 2025 ▲51.5%
- Asylum positive — refugee status migr_asydcfsta 1,375 2025 ▼28.8%
- Asylum positive — subsidiary protection migr_asydcfsta 310 2025 ▼70.9%
- Asylum first-instance decisions (total) migr_asydcfsta 8,625 2025 ▼11.0%
- Return orders issued to non-EU citizens migr_eiord 18,340 2025 ▲7.6%
- Returns of non-EU citizens (executed) migr_eirtn 13,990 2025 ▲2.9%
- First residence permits — education migr_resfirst 13,249 2024 ▲14.1%
- First residence permits — work migr_resfirst 12,737 2024 ▼33.4%
- First residence permits — family migr_resfirst 32,819 2024 ▼6.1%
- First residence permits — other migr_resfirst 8,012 2024 ▼27.5%
- First residence permits issued (total) migr_resfirst 66,817 2024 ▼12.9%
More data on Sweden
This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.
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European Parliament
MEPs elected from Sweden (current term, 2024–2029).
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Public tenders
TED notices from Sweden buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.
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EU research grants
CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Sweden.
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Cohesion funds
Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Sweden.
Sources & methodology
Data on this page comes from Eurostat (28 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.
Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API