Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2005, Sweden's employment increased by 7.1% compared to 2004, reaching 182k.

Sweden accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 9,363k.

Sweden ranks 9th 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 4.2% (from 175k in 2000).

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