Employment — EU-foreign citizens

In 2005, Sweden's employment increased by 8.1% compared to 2004, reaching 98k.

Sweden accounts for 2.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,534k.

Sweden ranks 7th out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.0% (from 92k in 2000).

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