Employment — national citizens

In 2021, Sweden's employment decreased by 0.2% compared to 2020, reaching 4,472k.

Sweden accounts for 2.5% of the EU-27 total of 177,389k.

Sweden ranks 11th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.6% (from 4,445k in 2016).

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