Employment — foreign citizens (any)

In 2006, Sweden's employment increased by 0.5% compared to 2005, reaching 183k.

Sweden accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 10,171k.

Sweden ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.8% (from 188k in 2001).

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