Employment — national citizens

In 2024, Sweden's employment decreased by 0.7% compared to 2023, reaching 4,625k.

Sweden accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 181,350k.

Sweden ranks 9th 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 1.7% (from 4,549k in 2019).

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