Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2004, Sweden's employment decreased by 6.7% compared to 2003, reaching 170k.

Sweden accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 7,617k.

Sweden ranks 8th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 17.9% (from 144k in 1999).

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