Employment — non-EU foreign citizens

In 2016, Sweden's employment increased by 15.9% compared to 2015, reaching 164k.

Sweden accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 7,426k.

Sweden ranks 7th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 52.7% (from 108k in 2011).

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